The Mirai botnet is actively exploiting the known vulnerability CVE-2021-38647, which is part of a quarter of vulnerabilities dubbed OMIGOD, in Microsoft's Azure Linux Open Management Infrastructure framework, according to Kevin Beaumont, head of the security operations center for Arcadia Group.
CISA, the FBI and the U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command warn users of Zoho Corp.'s single sign-on and password management tool to patch for a vulnerability that nation-state groups may look to exploit. Attackers could use the bug to compromise credentials and exfiltrate data from Active Directory.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of the state of the Biden administration's efforts to disrupt ransomware attackers, as well as how a newly patched Apple iMessage flaw was being targeted by Pegasus spyware to effect zero-click exploits.
Regarding the recent tactical innovation by the Grief ransomware gang that is threatening to wipe a victim's data and decryption key if the victim engages a ransom negotiator, analysts are calling this a desperate ploy to scare a target into paying the ransom demand.
Managed service providers are hardly immune from digital transformation. But what does transformation mean through their lens? Adrien Gendre of Vade shares insight on the trends, as well as the business benefits of tool consolidation.
In this eBook Gendre discusses:
MSP transformation trends;
Business benefits of...
Tammy Klotz took on a new job at a new company and even in a new state in 2020 - and she was charged with both establishing herself and raising the firm's cybersecurity posture. No challenge during a global pandemic, right? Here is how she has begun to pave her way.
A pair of House committees this week said they want to spend additional millions on cybersecurity by injecting funds into CISA and the FTC, as part of the debate over the Biden administration's $3.5 trillion budget proposal for 2022. Part of the money would help fulfill Biden's executive order.
Microsoft has officially gone fully passwordless, allowing Windows users to replace their alphanumeric passwords with one of several substitute sign-in technologies to gain entry into a Microsoft product - a move received positively by industry insiders.
The need to act fast and respond to risks and threats has never been greater. On average it takes 73 days to contain a breach, and the average total cost is $3.92 million. Since 2020, security got a whole lot harder. Cybercriminals ramped up activity, eager to capitalize on confusion and profit from the pandemic....
Now in its sixth year, the 2021 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) report exposes vulnerabilities and license conflicts found in more than 1,500 codebases across 17 industries.
The report includes recommendations to help developers and consumers understand the software ecosystem they are a part of, as...
Electronic equipment is increasingly being used in safety critical environments, and the software used in these products is becoming more and more complex. Exhaustive testing to ensure that there is no situation in which a failure could occur is rarely possible and, therefore, systems must be designed in such a way to...
Microsoft's September Patch Tuesday security update covers 61 vulnerabilities, with four rated critical. These include a fix for the critical MSHTML Vulnerability Microsoft revealed last week and patches to a Windows scripting engine flaw and a Windows DNS flaw.
The top three tactics attackers have been using to break into corporate and government networks are brute-forcing passwords, exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities, and social engineering via malicious emails, says security firm Kaspersky in a roundup of its 2020 incident response investigations.
"There are so many basics we need to get right," says Daniel Dresner, professor of cyber security at Manchester University. In this interview, he discusses the cybersecurity practices that he recommends to make the task of securing small- to medium-sized enterprises less overwhelming.
Merger and acquisition activity picked up in September with BitSight, Tenable and Mastercard, all making deals. Moody's became BitSight's largest shareholder after making a $250 million investment in the company.
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