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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 […]

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 […]

Microsoft Launches Defender Experts for Hunting

Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, a new service featuring Microsoft security experts designed to go beyond the endpoint.

August 3, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is helping organizations add to their security operations center’s threat hunting capabilities with Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, a new service featuring Microsoft security experts designed to go beyond the endpoint. According to Microsoft, experts will hunt for suspicious activity across endpoints, Office 365, cloud app and identities, and hand off that contextual alert […]

FCC: Scam Text Messages on the Rise

There have been about 8,500 smishing complaints through June 30, 2022, which is on pace to increase for the fourth straight year, FCC says.

August 1, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The Federal Communications Commission is warning of a substantial rise in smishing and scam text messages targeting consumers, with 2022 on pace to nearly triple what was reported to the commission in 2019. According to the FCC, which tracks complaints about scam calls and texts, there have been about 8,500 such complaints through June 30, […]

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ProxyShell, Log4Shell Among Most Exploited Security Bugs

New cybersecurity trends report from Palo Alto Networks finds that attackers are quickly exploiting new vulnerabilities.

July 27, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Updating systems and patching security vulnerabilities has always been a key part of the job for any IT or security professional, but a new report from cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks sheds new light on just how quickly threat actors are leveraging new vulnerabilities. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based security software provider’s Unit 42 Incident Response […]

Security Awareness Training Is Not Effective, New Research Suggests

About one-third of end users do not think they are responsible for cybersecurity, and just half find security awareness training effective, Tessian report finds.

July 26, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Organizations’ IT and cybersecurity professionals are struggling to spread security awareness and build security into their workplace culture, with a shocking percentage of employees responding to a recent study that they are simply unaware of cybersecurity issues and don’t find security awareness training effective. According to a recent report from cloud email security software provider […]

Spam Filtering 101: An Important Part of a Nutritious Breakfast

Careful planning is the most important part of any effective anti-spam deployment. Here's some key tips to maximize your chances of success.

July 25, 2022 Link Porterfield Leave a Comment

The first spam email was sent 44 years ago, and the threat posed by this sinister practice has grown to reach a scale that few, if any, could have envisioned back in the late 1970s. The spam problem goes far beyond annoying solicitations for questionable products and unwanted adverts from presumably well-meaning, but misguided and […]

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Google’s Chrome OS Flex Is Now Available To Repurpose Old PCs and Macs

Chrome OS Flex, Google's cloud-first operating system designed to repurpose older PCs and Macs and reduce waste, is now available.

July 18, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google is officially releasing Chrome OS Flex, its cloud-first operating system designed for PC and Macs that allows organizations to repurpose older machines with Google’s cloud-based operating system. The company first introduced Chrome OS Flex in February in early access channels, saying the offering is essentially a new version of CloudReady, an operating system built […]

How to Improve Your Cybersecurity Awareness Program

SANS Institute 2022 Security Awareness Report suggests that communication, compensation issues are impacting security awareness programs.

July 11, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Despite the rising proliferation of the ransomware-as-a-service industry and sophisticated attack methods being adopted by nation state actors, human error remains the biggest threat to an organization’s cybersecurity. That means security awareness has never been more important, according to the SANS Institute’s 2022 Security Awareness Report. The Maryland-based cybersecurity training organization’s report found that phishing, […]