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Critical VMware Vulnerability From 2021 Leveraged in Mass Ransomware Campaign

A threat actor is reportedly leveraging a two-year-old vulnerability in VMware ESXi servers to deploy ransomware.

February 7, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A two-year-old vulnerability in VMware ESXi servers is reportedly under mass-exploitation by a ransomware threat actor, and more than 1,000 VMware ESXI severs have been compromised. According to cybersecurity firm Blackberry, the new ransomware, ESXiArgs, is targeting unpatched VMware ESXi servers connected to the internet, leveraging a remote code execution bug from 2021 to cause […]

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Research: Vendors Are Introducing Security Risk Into Customer Environments

SecurityScorecard found that 98% of organizations have at least one-third party vendor that has been breached in the last two years.

February 6, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

While organizations are facing threats from malicious actors and nation-state groups, they should also be concerned with the security risks that their vendors and service providers are introducing into their environment, according to new research from cybersecurity ratings company SecurityScorecard. The New York-based company’s research with cybersecurity research firm Cyentia Institute found that 98% of […]

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This Week in IT: Google, Microsoft Cyberattacks; Gmail UI; ISE 2023

Microsoft consent phishing campaign, Google FI data breach, a new Gmail UI and ISE 2023 highlight this week's IT news.

February 2, 2023 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 news stories each week. Microsoft investigating threat actor consent phishing […]

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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Plus Subscription Service

ChatGPT Plus will be $20 per month and offer improved performance, reliability and access during peak usage times.

February 2, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

OpenAI, the developers of the buzzy conversational AI chatbot ChatGPT, is releasing ChatGPT Plus, a new subscription plan for the chatbot that includes increased access and better performance. Launched just months after the public preview of ChatGPT was made available, ChatGPT Plus will be available for $20 per month to customers in the U.S., with […]

Phishing Click Rates Mean More Training, Awareness are Needed

Large enterprises with at least 10,000 employees have the highest phishing click rates, according to a new report from Terranova Security.

February 1, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Large enterprises with at least 10,000 employees are the most susceptible to phishing schemes that promise a gift despite having access to more cybersecurity resources than smaller businesses, according to a new report on phishing link click rates from Terranova Security, a subsidiary of Fortra (previously HelpSystems). The report is based on the 2022 Gone […]

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UC&C Investments Increasing as IT Support Strain Decreases

Organizations continue to adapt their UCC strategy as hybrid work models persist and enterprises prioritize collaboration technology, NETSCOUT research finds.

January 31, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Three-quarters of enterprise plan to grow their use of unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) platforms in 2023 as organizations continue to adopt hybrid work environments and want to deploy new technologies to support those efforts, according to a new study from NETSCOUT. The Westford, Mass.-based provider of performance management and cybersecurity solutions’ annual survey of […]

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Fintech Company Standardizes on Wesco’s Conference Room as a Service

CSI selected Wesco's flexible Conference Room as a Service offering to support a productive workforce no matter where or how they work.

January 30, 2023 TD Staff Leave a Comment

In the wake of the pandemic, organizations around the globe were forced to evaluate nearly every facet of their business operations, including how the physical office and meeting spaces would support seamless collaboration and productivity of in-person and remote workers at scale. The shift to hybrid work environments highlighted the shortcomings and challenges of traditional […]

This Week in IT: Microsoft Outage, VR, Cyberattacks, iOS 16.3

A Microsoft 365 outage, the AltspaceVR shutdown, Hive ransomware takedown, legitimate RMM abuse and iOS 16.3 highlight this week's IT news.

January 26, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Varonis Launches Automated Posture Management

Varonis is releasing a new automated posture management tool to help customers automatically remediate cloud security and compliance gaps.

January 26, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity company Varonis is releasing a new automated posture management tool designed to help customers remediate security and compliance gaps across their cloud-based software and infrastructure environments. According to the New York-based company, the automated posture management tool continuously scans, detects and prioritizes cloud security risks, giving IT and security professionals real-time visibility into their […]

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Google Launches Threat Ready With Mandiant

Threat Ready with Mandiant is a new Google offering designed to leverage the incident response and expertise from newly acquired Mandiant.

January 24, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google is beginning to roll intelligence and expertise from cybersecurity firm Mandiant into its enterprise offerings with the launch of Threat Ready, a new solution designed to help protect enterprises with Mandiant expertise. The new offering comes after Google acquired the cybersecurity defense and response firm last year for $5.4 billion, and the announcement marks […]