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BlackSky’s Technology Leveraged to Monitor Secretive Iranian Nuclear Facility

July 7, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Stanford researchers use geospatial imagery and machine learning technology to gain real-time insights HERNDON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (“BlackSky”), a leading technology platform providing real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring that has announced a planned business combination with Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: SFTW), today shared that its geospatial imagery was used in a groundbreaking […]

Kaseya Confirms Sophisticated Cyberattack Over The Holiday Weekend

Cyberattack against Kaseya shows hackers are becoming strategic and targeting remote managed service providers.

July 6, 2021 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

Cyberattack against Kaseya shows hackers are becoming strategic and targeting remote managed service providers.

What IT Pros Need To Know About The PrintNightmare Vulnerability

IT administrators are being warned of a new actively exploited and unpatched remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler.

July 2, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

IT administrators are being warned of an actively exploited remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler that could allow an attacker to install programs, view or change data or create new accounts with full user rights. The vulnerability is being referred to as PrintNightmare (CVE-2021-34527), which Microsoft says is slightly different from another vulnerability […]

Why The IT Community Should Be Concerned About The SolarWinds Hack

There is still much we're learning about the SolarWinds hack, but one thing is clear: the IT security community got outplayed.

December 22, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

It’s being called the most devastating cyber attack on the U.S., and there’s still so much we don’t know about the SolarWinds supply chain hack, how attackers were able to compromise one of the software leaders in the IT space, what other tools could be compromised and just how much damage has been done to […]

Microsoft Identifies 40+ Victims of SolarWinds Hack, Including IT Companies

Microsoft says it has identified more than 40 victims of the SolarWinds Orion supply chain compromise, including several more IT and software companies.

December 18, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

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 […]

U.S. Cybersecurity Officials: K-12 Schools Are Increasingly Targeted By Hackers

U.S. cybersecurity officials are warning K-12 institutions of an uptick in cyberattacks designed to exploit and disrupt distance learning during.

December 15, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

U.S. cybersecurity officials are warning K-12 educators of an uptick in cyberattacks designed to exploit and disrupt distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. As schools everywhere continue to rely on critical IT services to support distance learning via videoconferencing and collaboration tools, cybercriminals are taking notice. Bad actors are targeting schools with ransomware, data theft […]

Take Action Now: Massive Hacking Campaign Uses Popular IT Management Software From SolarWinds

A hacking group backed by a foreign government is conducting a global attack with widely-used IT infrastructure management software, experts say.

December 14, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A hacking group backed by a foreign government is conducting a global attack through the software supply chain and widely-used IT infrastructure management software from SolarWinds, according to cybersecurity company FireEye. The attack method appears to be linked to a compromise of FireEye’s own systems in a breach reported last week in which attackers stole […]

Some GE Medical Devices Could Expose Patient Data, Researchers Say

Vulnerable GE medical devices are used for CT scans, MRIs, mammograms, ultrasounds and positron emission tomography, and may risk patient data.

December 10, 2020 Guest Authors Leave a Comment

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning to hospitals about dozens of GE medical devices, including imaging and ultrasound products. According to CISA, an authentication flaw in them poses a serious risk to protected health information. “A successful exploitation could expose sensitive data such as a limited set […]

Videos Claiming Trump Won the Election Have Been Banned by YouTube

YouTube bans any videos claiming there was widespread election fraud - but allows discussion if it does not agree to perpetrate a false narrative.

December 9, 2020 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

There have been many recent questions about the legitimacy of the election results, primarily coming from the outgoing Donald Trump administration and its followers. But thus far, no credible evidence of election fraud has surfaced, and YouTube is taking a major step towards halting the spread of election misinformation. The company released a statement saying […]

IBM: Hackers Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain

IBM’s cybersecurity team has uncovered a global phishing campaign that targets organizations associated with COVID-19 vaccine supply chains.

December 3, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

IBM’s cybersecurity team has uncovered a global phishing campaign that targets organizations associated with COVID-19 vaccine supply chains. Specifically, attackers are targeting the cold chain – a component of the vaccine supply chain that preserves vaccines in temperature-controlled environments during transportation and in storage, according to IBM. This “calculated operation” began in September and spanned […]