A Big Tech team of Microsoft, Google, Cisco, VMWare, LinkedIn and GitHub are joining Facebook in a legal fight against spyware vendor NSO Group, alleging the group enables its customers to break into computers, phones and other connected devices. In a blog on Monday, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President for Customer Security and Trust Tom Burt […]
A coalition of tech and cybersecurity companies are launching a new Ransomware Task Force in a bid to combine resources, expertise, and tools to help the IT community prevent and respond to ransomware attacks. The Institute of Security and Technology (IST) announced the news Monday in partnership with 18 organizations, including Microsoft, McAfee, Citrix and […]
Microsoft and other security researchers has discovered additional malware that also affects the SolarWinds Orion platform, the company posted in a security blog late Friday. The news came just days after security researchers disclosed a massive hacking campaign utilizing the same IT management software from SolarWinds that so far has impacted several high-profile U.S. government […]
According to Microsoft, it has identified more than 40 victims of the wide-ranging SolarWinds Orion supply chain compromise that were breached further by hackers believed to be backed by a foreign state-backed entity. In a blog post, Microsoft said 44% of the 40-plus entities that were further breached by hackers in the large-scale attack are […]
The first coronavirus vaccine shipments are scheduled this week, but with the shipments comes a whole host of logistics, security, and privacy issues, as well as a hesitancy by some Americans to get vaccinated. Here’s a brief overview of the various issues: Logistics & Hospital Security Really cold freezers are needed by the hospitals and […]
According to cybersecurity researchers, 28 browser extensions on Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome contain malware, and they’ve been downloaded by more than three million people. In a blog post, cybersecurity firm Avast said it has analyzed 28 malicious browser extensions after a group of Czech researchers identified the threat and found extensions to contain malware. […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is aware of other attack methods on the IT supply chain in addition to known malware that infected SolarWinds’ Orion IT management platform. In an alert issued Thursday, the agency said it “has evidence of additional initial access vectors, other than the SolarWinds Orion platform; however these are […]
People with asthma typically carry their inhaler with them wherever they go – but if they’re keen on modern asthma monitoring technology, then they’ll also be sure to carry their smartphone. The Asthma Guardian by Resmonics is a system to help asthmatics gain more control over their condition. According to a recent Tech Acute report: […]
An electronic wreath, intense flashing lights, large blow-ups which can talk…holiday displays are getting more and more intense by the year, and that’s just among the ones I’ve seen in my neighborhood! I know yard decorations have been around longer than the information technology industry, but lately, it seems like they’re getting incredibly intricate, large, […]
The tech community is still reeling from the massive hack of SolarWinds’ Orion platform that resulted in the compromise of several U.S. government networks and reportedly thousands of other SolarWinds customers. According to public filings, news reports and the company’s own disclosures, here is what we’ve learned since news of the highly sophisticated attack was […]
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