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Report: DDoS Attacks Increasing As Record-Setting Year Is Anticipated

Ransomware gangs are using DDoS attacks to further pressure victims into paying large ransoms as attacks surge, new Netscout report finds.

September 23, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

It’s not just ransomware and supply chain cyberattacks that IT pros have to defend against, according to a new report that indicates DDoS attacks are also increasing in frequency and scope. According to cybersecurity company Netscout, there were 5.4 million distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the first half of 2021, which is an 11% increase from […]

Retrofitting CNC Systems to Safeguard Against Cyberattacks

September 23, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

FANUC’s Panel i Replacement Program upgrades out-of-date industrial PCs for faster, more reliable and more secure operations. HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#FANUC–FANUC America, a leading supplier of CNCs, robotics and ROBOMACHINES, introduces an upgrade solution for legacy CNC machines running on operating systems older than Windows 10. The Panel i Replacement Program retrofits FANUC CNCs with […]

Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) October General Meeting to Address Online Attacks and Abuse, Privacy and Data Protection and the Role of AI in Abuse Prevention

September 23, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Keynote to Examine Threats, Including Spyware, That Threaten Digital Communications SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#DDOS–The Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) will host its 53rd general meeting October 11-14 virtually. Members from internet service and email providers, networking and communications companies, security vendors and social networking companies will exchange updates, ideas and efforts to improve […]

Leaders in Cloud Adoption Approach Cloud Differently and Achieve 10x Greater ROI, Says Research by Wipro FullStride Cloud Services

September 22, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

The report, based on a survey of 1,300 executives from six nations and 11 industries, identifies key traits and investments that leaders use to drive bottom-line impact. NEW YORK & BANGALORE, India–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today released a report […]

CloudCover’s CC/B1 CyberSafety Platform™ Now Insured By $1 Million Ransomware Warranty

September 22, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Ransomware Warranty is first in three-part market-disrupting cybersecurity offering from company MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CloudCover®, an automated AI-driven cybersecurity platform, today announced the inclusion of a $1 Million Ransomware Warranty with a three-year contract for its CC/B1 CyberSafety Platform™. The warranty program is one of three network data insurance protection offerings the company will roll out over […]

ECS Awarded NIWC Legacy Data Consolidation Solution Contract

September 22, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Company will deliver digital transformation solution to improve patient care and achieve cost savings FAIRFAX, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Agile–ECS, a leader in advanced technology, science, and digital transformation solutions, has been awarded the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic Legacy Data Consolidation Solution (LDCS) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA). This program was awarded via the Information Warfare Research […]

ERI’s John Shegerian Shares Insights on Electronics and the Circular Economy at World Circular Economy Forum

September 22, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Video of Full Presentation Now Available FRESNO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CircularEconomy–John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of ERI, the nation’s largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, was a featured expert panelist last week as part of the World Circular Economy Forum. Co-organized by the Canadian government and the Finnish Innovation […]

New Ponemon Institute Research Shows Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Delivery Organizations Can Lead to Increased Mortality Rate

September 22, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

An Independent Analysis of Nearly 600 Providers Also Demonstrates How COVID-19 Has Reduced Their Ability to Defend Against Cyber Threats BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#covid–Ponemon Institute, the pre-eminent research center dedicated to privacy, data protection, and information security policy, surveyed 597 IT and IT security professionals to understand how COVID-19 has impacted how healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) protect […]

GRIMM Private Vulnerability Disclosure Program Reveals Netgear SOHO Devices Vulnerability

September 21, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GRIMM, a forward-looking cybersecurity organization led by industry experts, today announced they performed dedicated vulnerability research against a series of Netgear SOHO devices and discovered a vulnerability that allows remote code execution (RCE) as root. This research stems from GRIMM’s Private Vulnerability Disclosure (PVD) Program where research targets are selected based on extensive […]

Microsoft Azure OMI Vulnerabilities Are Being Exploited

Microsoft says it has seen several exploitation attempts, including basic host enumeration and attempts to install a cryptocurrency miner.

September 20, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

According to cybersecurity companies, media reports and Microsoft itself, threat actors are actively exploiting security flaws in Azure’s Open Management Infrastructure framework that Microsoft disclosed as part of this months’ cumulative security updates. The vulnerabilities are in the Open Management Infrastructure (OMI)  framework, which Microsoft calls an open-source Web-Based Enterprise Management implementation for managing Linux […]