by Shawn | Nov 23, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security
An ad fraud scheme dubbed Matryoshka is preferentially targeting U.S. swing states in a reportedly Russian-owned mobile app that has historically been linked with white supremacism content, according to an ad fraud vendor. Matryoshka, of course, are nesting Russian...
by Shawn | Nov 20, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
An active botnet comprising hundreds of thousands of hijacked systems spread across 30 countries is exploiting “dozens of known vulnerabilities” to target widely-used content management systems (CMS). The “KashmirBlack” campaign, which is...
by Shawn | Nov 18, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Network Security, News, Security, Security Breach
Apricorn announced new findings from a Twitter poll exploring the data security and business preparedness for remote working during the pandemic. More than 30% of respondents singled out employee education as being the biggest area companies needed to make changes to...
by Shawn | Nov 16, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
Google has disclosed details of a new zero-day privilege escalation flaw in the Windows operating system that’s being actively exploited in the wild. The elevation of privileges (EoP) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-17087, concerns a buffer overflow present...
by Shawn | Nov 13, 2020 | Computer Networking, Network Security, Networking, News, Uncategorized
It’s easy to see how network tool sprawl gets started. The needs and challenges facing security and networking groups are immense. Network speeds have steadily increased, and there are always new demands and uses. Network conditions and requirements change weekly, if...
by Shawn | Nov 11, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Departments of Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a joint alert Wednesday warning of an “imminent” increase in ransomware attacks and other cyberattacks against hospitals and...
by Shawn | Nov 9, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Network Security, News, Security
IT Security During a Pandemic Healthcare providers remain firmly focused on dealing with the global pandemic, juggling the often-conflicting demands of providing care while keeping patients and staff safe. The financial impact of the pandemic has left many providers...
by Shawn | Nov 6, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Network Security, News, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
Microsoft, in collaboration with MITRE, IBM, NVIDIA, and Bosch, has released a new open framework that aims to help security analysts detect, respond to, and remediate adversarial attacks against machine learning (ML) systems. Called the Adversarial ML Threat Matrix,...
by Shawn | Nov 4, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, Monitoring, Network Security, Security, Security Breach, zero trust
Zero Trust Networks While the concept of Zero Trust was created 10 years ago, the events of 2020 have thrust it to the top of enterprise security agendas. The COVID-19 pandemic has driven mass remote working, which means that organizations’ traditional perimeter-based...
by Shawn | Nov 2, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
A Windows-based remote access Trojan believed to be designed by Pakistani hacker groups to infiltrate computers and steal users’ data has resurfaced after a two-year span with retooled capabilities to target Android and macOS devices. According to cybersecurity...
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