Researchers at security firm Guardicore Labs are tracking a botnet they call Vollgar that's targeting devices running vulnerable Microsoft SQL Server databases with brute-force attacks and planting cryptominers in the infected databases.
Italian officials are investigating whether a disruption this week of access to the country's social security website was due to a hacking incident or a network overwhelmed by demand for benefits offered during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to news reports.
The stuck-at-home chronicles have fast become surreal, as remote workers face down a killer virus on the one hand and the flattening of their work and personal lives on the other. To help, many have rushed to adopt Zoom. And for many use cases - hint: not national security - it is a perfectly fine option.
'Cloud' may no longer be a buzzword, but 'AIOps' still is. This needs to change, now more than ever, as operations can no longer be run at an analog speed. Most of today's digital transformation projects demand a pace, scale and volume of data generation that IT Operations just can't manage without the help of AI and...
Ready for Office 365? Already deployed but running into problems? Either way, there are some secrets to deployment that can put you on the road to success. Even though these tips have been discussed-even by Microsoft-many companies discover deployment problems the hard way.
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Why do enterprises still rely on incumbent technology that depends on the use of appliances anchored to the data center? It's simply because there's been no viable alternative.
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Discover new applications and protect your environment;
Use policy-based access to simplify...
The UK Public Sector DNS Service is one of the NCSC's most widely deployed Active Cyber Defence capabilities across the public sector to date. The NCSC has partnered with Government Digital Services (GDS) and Nominet to provide the Protective DNS service.
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Today's digitized business processes have opened the door for more efficient operations, greater self service, and an optimized user experience. But they also expose the organization to new risks as external data enters the organization, potentially unchecked. And these new threats may be difficult to identify and...
With the U.S. and other nations adopting economic stimulus packages as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, fraudsters are now using the promise of government checks as phishing lures to spread banking Trojans, according to a pair of new security research reports.
NTT's Global Threat Intelligence Center has released their latest report for March 2020.
Download the report and learn about:
The latest on web attacks;
The threat assessment for the 2020 Olympics;
Phishing and malware attacks centered around the coronavirus.
Learn why on-demand simulation-based cybersecurity training is essential for security teams in today's threat environment. This white paper defines the simulation-based training market, its training value, and its advantages to security leaders and security team members.
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The FBI warns that the notorious FIN7 cybercrime gang has a new trick up its sleeve: Mailing victims a $50 gift card portrayed as good for redeeming items listed on an accompanying USB storage device, which in reality downloads Griffon backdoor software to give attackers remote access.
Security practitioners around the world are struggling to cope with the challenges posed by remote workers heavily relying on virtual private networks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's a look at steps to take to help enhance security.
The IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2020 highlights high-profile security events of 2019 and forecasts trends that will occur in 2020.
The report is comprised of insights and observations from data analyzed via hundreds of millions of protected endpoints and servers across over 100 countries.
The report...
A newly discovered advanced persistent threat group is targeting industrial firms in the Middle East with a new type of backdoor Trojan, according to the security firm Kaspersky.
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