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FBI: Don’t Insert USB Drives That Suspiciously Arrive In The Mail

Organizations should be on the lookout for suspicious USB drives that arrive in the mail, as they may contain ransomware, FBI says.

January 10, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Organizations in the transportation, defense and insurance industries should be on the lookout for suspicious USB drives that arrive in the mail, as they may contain malicious payloads and ransomware. According to a new FBI alert obtained by CNN, The Record, Bleeping Computer and other publications, the ransomware group FIN7—the same group behind the BlackMatter […]

Curator Hotel & Resort Collection Selects LEFCON and VENZA as Preferred Partners to Provide PCI Compliance and Managed IT Services to Member Hotels

January 10, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

BETHESDA, Md. & ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CuratorHotelCollection—Curator Hotel & Resort Collection (“Curator”) announced that it selected LEFCON and VENZA as preferred partners to provide cybersecurity and IT services solutions to its portfolio of more than 80 independent hotels and resorts. In addition, VENZA has been named as the preferred partner for PCI compliance solutions. LEFCON and VENZA […]

Researchers Discover Google Docs Comment Exploit

Threat actors have used the attack to target 500 inboxes across 30 tenants, with hackers using over 100 different Gmail accounts.

January 7, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Threat actors are leveraging the comment feature in Google Docs and other Google collaboration tools to send malicious content, primarily to Outlook users. According to new research from cybersecurity firm Avanan, hackers have found a way to use these useful collaboration tools from Google to target Outlook users, hitting over 500 inboxes across 30 tenants, […]

Log4j Exploits Stretch Into Second Month

Microsoft is urging organizations to continue their vigilance against the Log4j bugs as known threat actors adopt the exploits.

January 4, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

IT and security professionals should continue to be vigilant and look for signs of vulnerable versions of Log4j as exploitation attempts stretch into a second month, Microsoft warns. According to an update to a running Microsoft security blog on the issue, sophisticated threat actors like nation-state groups and others are rolling Log4J exploitations into its […]

Comcast Launches New WiFi 6E Gateway – Its Most Powerful WiFi Device to Date

January 3, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Consumers Will Experience Faster Speeds, Lower Latency, and Increased Capacity to Support Massive Influx of Connected Devices in Their Homes PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Comcast announced its next generation xFi Advanced Gateway that incorporates WiFi 6E, offering customers an unbeatable broadband experience with a faster, more reliable wireless connection. Comcast’s most powerful device to date, the new […]

Microsoft: This Is Why Emails Were Stuck For On-Premise Exchange Servers

Microsoft says it has fixed an issue for an Exchange Server bug that is breaking email delivery for on-premise servers.

January 3, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft says it has fixed an Exchange Server bug that is causing emails for on-premises servers to get stuck in queues due to the change of the new year. According to Microsoft, emails were stuck in transport queues of on-premises Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 due to a date check failure with the change of […]

Shared Assessments Releases Free Standardized Tool for Assessing Log4j Risks

December 22, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

SANTA FE, N.M.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Log4j—The Shared Assessments Program, the member-driven leader in third party risk assurance, has released a free Standardized Assessment Tool for the Log4j risk. The tool incorporates a questionnaire that enables organizations to conduct urgently needed assessments of their third parties. Shared Assessments also advises organizations to share the tool with their vendors, […]

C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Announces Call for Proposals for AI to Transform Cybersecurity and Secure Critical Infrastructure

December 21, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

BERKELEY, Calif. & URBANA, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute invites scholars, software developers, and researchers to advance the science of digital transformation with artificial intelligence (AI) designed to harden information security (Infosec) and secure critical infrastructure. “Cybersecurity is an existential issue,” said Thomas M. Siebel, Chairman and CEO of C3 AI, a leading enterprise […]

StrikeReady Sweeps 2021 CyberSecured Awards with Wins in Vulnerability Risk Management, AI Security/ Machine Learning and Enterprise Security

December 21, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–StrikeReady, a cloud-based security operations and management company, announced today that it has swept the 2021 CyberSecured Awards with wins in three categories – AI Security, Machine Learning; Enterprise Security; and Vulnerability Risk Management. Launched in 2020 by 1105 Media’s Security Today brand, The CyberSecured Awards honor the outstanding product development achievements […]

Prioritize These December Microsoft Patches

As if Log4j wasn't enough, Microsoft issues patches for several critical remote code execution vulnerabilities this month.

December 14, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As system administrators, cybersecurity experts and other IT professionals work around the clock to address the Log4j vulnerability, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Adobe released a slew of security patches this week that address significant software flaws. Microsoft and Adobe followed the typical patch Tuesday cycle, releasing a total of 78 patches across products from the two […]