Microsoft is sounding the alarm on a group it calls Volt Typhoon, another state-sponsored hacking group based in China that is targeting critical infrastructure organizations and leveraging living-off-the-land techniques and proxying its network traffic through compromised network edge devices and routers to evade detection. Microsoft says Volt Typhoon is pursing development of capabilities that could […]
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 to cut 10,000 jobs Microsoft […]
In a new report, the National Security Agency urges organizations to drop some commonly used programming languages such as C and C++ due to programmer error leading to exploitable memory-based vulnerabilities. The agency’s guidance, “Software Memory Safety” Cybersecurity Information Sheet, highlights how malicious cyber actors exploit poor memory management issues to access sensitive information and […]
With cybersecurity now the top concern for IT leaders and their team, dozens of organizations, including private companies, nonprofits, IT providers and cybersecurity vendors have released cyber-hardening guides over the last few years to help organizations secure their infrastructure. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, in particular, has been a leading voice when it comes […]
The U.S. National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have jointly released a new guidance resource on selecting and hardening virtual private network (VPN) solutions to help organizations address security risks associated with the popular tools. Especially in this new age of remote/hybrid work, VPNs have become a popular resource for organizations with […]
Federal officials could be combing through our emails and online messages without due process, according to a newly declassified FISA court ruling. As reported by the Intercept, the FBI could have violated the rights of millions of Americans by inappropriately searching through the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance program data. The ruling was made in […]
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