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This Week in IT: Sneaky Ransomware; Google, Army Partnership; Digital Transformation; Chinese Hackers

BlackByte's tactics, Google's Army Workspace deal, automation, digital transformation and China's favorite bugs highlight this week's IT news.

October 6, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology stories each week. BlackByte ransomware group disables security products […]

SASE, SASE approaches, SASE implementation

Aryaka Announces Zero Trust WAN Based on Unified SASE Architecture

Aryaka is building onto its zero trust WAN offerings with integrations of Secure Web Gateway and Firewall-as-a-Service.

October 6, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Networking company Aryaka is building onto its zero trust WAN offerings with the inclusion of Secure Web Gateway and Firewall-as-a-Service, an integration the company says is the first that allows enterprises to easily enforce security policies across offices and remote users with unified control, performance and stability. According to San Mateo, Calif.-based Aryaka, the company’s […]

Exchange Online Password Spray Attacks Up As Basic Auth Phase Out Begins

Microsoft revives urging Exchange Online customers to disable basic auth on their own before the end of the year.

October 5, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft says it is seeing indicators that Exchange Online customers are being targeted by password spray attacks leveraging basic authentication as the company begins to phase out basic auth in Exchange. The company has for three years been urging customers to move away from basic auth, and Microsoft has disabled it in “millions of tenants […]

Board Members, CISOs Aren’t on the Same Page

New Proofpoint research into the cybersecurity opinions of board members finds that boards are not seeing eye-to-eye with their CISOs.

October 5, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Despite a global refocusing on cybersecurity priorities over the last few years, nearly half of board members at organizations across the globe feel unprepared to respond to a targeted cyberattack, and nearly two-thirds say they are at risk within the next 12 months, data which suggests a disconnect between boards of directors and CISOs. That […]

State and Local Governments Struggle to Recover From Ransomware

The cost for government organizations to remediate an attack was three times the average ransom the sector paid, according to Sophos.

October 4, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

While state and local governments see fewer ransomware attacks than other industry sectors, government organizations are more likely to have their data encrypted and are significantly less able to stop ransomware attacks before that step, according to cybersecurity company Sophos. The U.K.-based cybersecurity firm says 72% of state and local government organizations had their data […]

Dell, Cybersecurity, Security, Zero Trust, Project Fort Zero

Dell Releases New Zero Trust Services, Endpoint Security Offerings

Dell's new services and products are designed to help organizations assess their Zero Trust posture, better secure endpoints and protect data.

October 4, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Dell is releasing new cybersecurity services designed to enable organizations to assess their zero trust and cyber resilience maturity, endpoint security solutions to support hybrid work and ransomware protection for object storage data. For services, Dell’s new offerings include Dell Cybersecurity Advisory Services, which will give organizations a roadmap to zero trust that builds on […]

Tenable Releases Exposure Management Platform Tenable One for Unified Visibility

Tenable One is a new exposure management platform designed to unify discovery and visibility into all assets and asses their vulnerabilities.

October 4, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Vulnerability management software provider Tenable is releasing Tenable One, a new exposure management platform designed to unify discovery and visibility into all assets and asses their exposures and vulnerabilities across the entire attack surface for proactive risk management. The company says Tenable One combines vulnerability management, external attack surface management, identity management and cloud security […]

Two New Exchange Vulnerabilities Are Being Actively Exploited

Two new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange that are similar to ProxyShell are being actively exploited, and a patch is not yet available.

October 3, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is warning organizations to mitigate two zero-day vulnerabilities in Exchange Server that are being actively exploited in the wild and can result in hands-on-keyboard access and Active Directory reconnaissance and data exfiltration. The vulnerabilities are CVE-2022-41040–a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability–and CVE-2022-41082–a remote code execution bug via Exchange PowerShell. According to Microsoft, CVE-2022-41040 can enable […]

More than Half of Employees Still Rely on Username and Password as Primary Authentication Method

Yubico's State of Global Enterprise Authentication Survey reveals enterprise still have a way to go to adopting and standardizing phishing-resistant MFA tools.

September 30, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Yubico, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of hardware authentication security keys revealed results of its inaugural State of Global Enterprise Authentication Survey 2022 at a security thought-leadership industry summit. The survey, conducted for Yubico by Censuswide, polled 16,000+ employees across a variety of enterprises in eight countries and asked about their perceptions and perceived challenges of […]

This Week in IT: Trellix Live, Hurricane Phishing Scams, Ransomware, HHS COVID Tracking

Trellix Live, Hurricane Ian phishing scams, ransomware attack stats, and how HHS' COVID tracking system lacked basic cyber protections highlight this week in IT.

September 29, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

BlackByte's tactics, Google's Army Workspace deal, automation, digital transformation and China's favorite bugs highlight this week's IT news.

Aryaka is building onto its zero trust WAN offerings with integrations of Secure Web Gateway and Firewall-as-a-Service.

Microsoft revives urging Exchange Online customers to disable basic auth on their own before the end of the year.

New Proofpoint research into the cybersecurity opinions of board members finds that boards are not seeing eye-to-eye with their CISOs.

The cost for government organizations to remediate an attack was three times the average ransom the sector paid, according to Sophos.

Dell's new services and products are designed to help organizations assess their Zero Trust posture, better secure endpoints and protect data.

Tenable One is a new exposure management platform designed to unify discovery and visibility into all assets and asses their vulnerabilities.

Two new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange that are similar to ProxyShell are being actively exploited, and a patch is not yet available.

Yubico's State of Global Enterprise Authentication Survey reveals enterprise still have a way to go to adopting and standardizing phishing-resistant MFA tools.

Trellix Live, Hurricane Ian phishing scams, ransomware attack stats, and how HHS' COVID tracking system lacked basic cyber protections highlight this week in IT.

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