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This Week in IT: Google Meet, Cisco Attack, Ransomware, IT Spending

Google Meet updates, a sophisticated phishing attack against Cisco, IT spending and other cybersecurity items highlight this week's IT news.

August 11, 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. New Google Meet live-sharing features As […]

SMBs Are Grappling with Paying Ransom Demands

SMBs don’t have even enough to cover the median ransomware demands and are calling on the government for help.

August 10, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), who have become a favorite target of cybercriminals are concerned about they will meet ransomware demands, according to BlackBerry and Corvus Insurance’s latest cyber insurance report. The survey of 450 business decision makers for IT/security solutions in the U.S. and Canada shows that SMBs are increasingly being targeted, but only 19% have […]

Tenable Cloud Security with Agentless Assessment and Live Results

Tenable Announces Cloud Security Agentless Assessment for Faster Detection

Tenable Cloud Security Agentless Assessment paired with Tenable Cloud Security Live results can help organizations remediate zero days faster.

August 10, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Vulnerability management software provider Tenable is introducing Tenable Cloud Security Agentless Assessment paired with Tenable Cloud Security Live results to help organizations remediate vulnerabilities faster and prevent zero-day bugs from being exploited. This unifies the company’s cloud security posture and vulnerability management tools into a single, agentless solution designed to help customers address the critical […]

Ransomware Groups Continue to Disrupt Industrial Operational Technology

Dragos observed 125 ransomware incidents targeting industrial OT environments in Q2 compared to 158 in the last quarter.

August 9, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Ransomware groups continued to target industrial organizations and infrastructures and disrupt operational technology (OT) operations in the second quarter of 2022, according to industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos, Inc. In May of 2022, electronics manufacturer Foxconn was hit by Lockbit 2.0 ransomware, resulting in over 1,200 servers in one of the company’s factories in Mexico becoming […]

Cybersecurity testing, penetration testing, cyber threats

Security Scorecard Integrates Professional Services With Security Ratings Platform

Security Scorecard is integrating its professional services offering with its ratings platform to provide comprehensive security services.

August 9, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity rating technology provider Security Scorecard is integrating its professional services offering with its ratings platform to provide a single point of orchestration to help organizations better manage their cybersecurity risks. According to the company, the Professional Services team helps customers manage their risk in concert with its global cyber risk data set. Paired with […]

Microsoft Office to begin publishing Office symbols

Microsoft Office will begin publishing symbols for Windows via the Microsoft Public Symbol Server to help improve security and performance.

August 9, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft Office will begin publishing symbols for Windows via the Microsoft Public Symbol Server to help improve security and performance for the company’s customers and partners. The Redmond, Wash. IT giant says the move will help empower the cybersecurity community to protect customers by providing additional information to security researchers to help them find and […]

Vulnerability Discovered in Dahua’s ONVIF Implementation

The vulnerability could be abused by attackers to access Dahua cameras with full privileges, including watching live video footage.

August 5, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks recently revealed it had discovered a new vulnerability affecting the implementation of an Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) authentication mechanism in some IP cameras developed by Dahua Technology. According to a blog post by the cyber experts, this vulnerability could be abused by attackers to compromise Dahua network cameras by sniffing a […]

These are the Top 11 Malware Strains Observed in 2021

These are the top malware strains that IT and security professionals should protect against, according to U.S., Australian cybersecurity officials.

August 5, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A new joint cybersecurity advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) details the 11 most-observed malware strains from the last year, including remote access Trojans, banking Trojans, information stealers and ransomware. In the advisory, CISA along with the ACSC says most of these top malware […]

This Week in IT: Teams and Apple Silicon, Cloud Leaders, VMware and Cisco Patches

Better Teams performance on Macs, cloud infrastructure market data, critical patches and cyber threats highlight this week's IT news.

August 4, 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 curated summary of IT and enterprise technology stories each week. Microsoft Teams on Macs with Apple silicon Microsoft will be rolling out […]

Router Security Flaws Surge to Record Heights

Router security flaws may expose individuals and corporate networks to cybersecurity dangers. Here's how to secure your home WiFI network.

August 4, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

With the rise of remote work, routers are gaining more attention. Remote work opens the possibility for hackers to breach corporate security by abusing old and unpatched home routers, according to Atlas VPN. Router flaws may expose individuals and corporate networks to cybersecurity dangers such as hacking, data breaches, financial fraud, industrial espionage and others. […]