Microsoft has released just 51 new patches to address vulnerabilities this month, but February’s Patch Tuesday comes with an anomaly: there are no critical-rated patches. The number of security patches is unusually low, as the company last month issued fixes for over 120 security bugs and patched 67 vulnerabilities in December. However, the most unusual […]
Microsoft is rolling out a new security feature that will block VBA macros obtained from the internet by default for five Office apps that run macros, helping to prevent malware deployments to unwitting end users. In a Tech Community blog, the company says this default setting impacts Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word, and only […]
Despite a cyberthreat landscape that continues to evolve and become even more dangerous, just 22% of Microsoft Azure Active Directory customers have implemented strong identify authentication protection, Microsoft says in a new report. In the company’s Cyber Signals report, a new quarterly cyber threat intelligence brief marketed to IT and security leaders, Microsoft says less […]
Within the last two years, there’s been a high demand for IT professionals across nearly every industry and sector, according to the Dice Tech Salary Report. Tech unemployment remained low throughout 2021, dipping to 2.1% by October. The average technologist salary increased 6.9%, between 2020 and 2021, reaching $104,566, the highest salary every recorded by […]
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is now a standard cybersecurity practice—or at least it should be—across an organization’s IT environment. MFA has been proven to stop hackers from accessing accounts and thwart ransomware attacks from happening with compromised credentials alone. However, like with most IT security safeguards, cybercriminals are finding ways around it with phishing attacks that […]
IT professionals and software developers should prepare for Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) to become a regular part of the IT ecosystem, according to new research from the Linux Foundation. The term, while already known to IT professionals, became more popular in the wake of several software supply chain security crises, including the SolarWinds compromise, […]
Microsoft is rolling out the general availability of a feature that allows administrators to manage the security and vulnerability management of Android and iOS devices with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The new cross-platform coverage, threat and vulnerability management capabilities now support all major device platforms across the organization, spanning workstations, servers and now mobile devices, […]
Although fewer than 40% of tech executives store more than half of their legacy app data on the cloud, more than 80% of tech leaders are prioritizing a move to the cloud for their legacy app data over the next 12 months, according to new research from cloud migration software provider Archive360. The company’s survey […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced a new $3 million program to help emerging small businesses develop their cybersecurity infrastructure. According to the SBA, state governments will be able to compete for grants via the Cybersecurity for Small Business Pilot Program to help small young businesses in their state to build their cyber defense […]
Microsoft says it recently mitigated a 3.47 Tbps DDoS attack with a packet rate of 340 million packets per second, which would make it the largest such attack in history. In an Azure blog, Microsoft says the November 2021 attack targeted an Azure customer in Asia that originated from about 10,000 sources from multiple countries, […]
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