Although the pandemic forced many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to scale back their operations—and in some cases close all together—those businesses saw an increase in cyberattacks, according to a new study from remote access and enterprise password management solutions provider Devolutions. The company’s survey of 440 IT professionals and tech decision makers at organizations […]
Cybersecurity software provider Check Point Software Technologies has partnered with more than 200 training partners to launch Check Point Mind, a knowledge and training portal, a new cybersecurity training solution designed to address the global cybersecurity skills gap. The cybersecurity training offering comes after an intense two years for IT and cybersecurity professionals who were […]
Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is one of, if not THE, most critical services used by organizations of all sizes. In fact, for roughly 90% of Global Fortune 1000 companies, AD is the primary method utilized for seamless authentication and authorization when connecting and managing individual endpoints inside corporate networks. Research has revealed that AD also […]
A new report from HP Wolf Security finds that shadow IT is increasing and security incidents are rising as remote and hybrid workers get more comfortable settling into their home offices while commuting to the office a few days week. According to the report, HP Wolf Security report: Out of Sight & Out of Mind, […]
Microsoft says the same Russian hacking group behind the compromise of the SolarWinds Orion platform is targeting IT service providers and cloud technology resellers to leverage their privileged access to end customer networks. In a series of blogs, Microsoft says the threat actor it calls Nobelium is targeting cloud service providers, managed service providers and […]
The vast majority of ransomware victims end up paying their attackers to get their data unlocked, according to a new report from cybersecurity software provider ThycoticCentrify. The report, “2021 State of Ransomware Survey and Report: Preventing and Mitigating the Skyrocketing Costs and Impacts of Ransomware Attacks,” based on survey responses from 300 U.S.-based IT professionals, […]
If you have ever thought about the many IoT devices that live on networks at your organization, you should seriously look into the security of those products and segment those networks. At the very least, change the default passwords. That’s the lesson an Illinois high school district learned when a student hacked into his school’s […]
Microsoft has released patches for 71 new vulnerabilities in Windows systems and applications this past Tuesday, which follows 11 previously patched software flaws in Microsoft Edge and OpenSSL. That makes 82 patches this month, which is just slightly down from the 86 patches issued by Microsoft in September. This month’s patches address issues in Edge, […]
Medical records for nearly 69,000 patients at a New Mexico hospital were deleted when an unauthorized individual accessed its network last year. According to a statement released last week by the San Juan Regional Medical Center (SJRMC), the hacker used malware to remove patient information from its network on Sept. 7-8, 2020. The attack was reported to the U.S. Department of […]
Microsoft said it is tracking what it believes is an Iran-based threat actor that has been observed conducting “extensive password spraying” against more than 250 organizations, including U.S. and Israeli defense technology firms. Other targets include points of entry in the Persian Gulf or global maritime transportation companies that do business in the Middle East. […]
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