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Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Exchange admins advised to expand antivirus scanning

After having stressed the importance of keeping Exchange servers updated last month, Microsoft is advising administrators to widen the scope of antivirus scanning on those …

Microsoft Defender 365
Microsoft announces automatic BEC, ransomware attack disruption capabilities

Last year, Microsoft announced automatic attack disruption capabilities in Microsoft 365 Defender, its enterprise defense suite. On Wednesday, it announced that these …

ChatGPT
Users looking for ChatGPT apps get malware instead

The massive popularity of OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT has not gone unnoticed by cyber criminals: they are exploiting the public’s eagerness to experiment with it to …

cybersecurity jobs
Cybersecurity layoffs in 2023: What to expect?

The economic downturn predicted for 2023 will lead to layoffs but cybersecurity workers will be least affected, says the latest (ISC)² report. Also, as soon as things get …

vmware
VMware patches critical injection flaw in Carbon Black App Control (CVE-2023-20858)

VMware has fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-20858) in Carbon Black App Control, its enterprise solution for preventing untrusted software from executing on critical …

Fortinet
PoC exploit, IoCs for Fortinet FortiNAC RCE released (CVE-2022-39952)

Horizon3.ai’s Attack Team has released a PoC exploit for CVE-2022-39952, a critical vulnerability affecting FortiNAC, Fortinet’s network access control solution. …

Coinbase
What can we learn from the latest Coinbase cyberattack?

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has fended off a cyberattack that might have been mounted by the same attackers that targeted Twillio, Cloudflare and many other companies …

Twitter
Twitter will start charging users for SMS-based 2FA option

Twitter has announced that starting with March 20, users who don’t pay the Twitter Blue subscription will no longer be able to use the SMS-based two-factor …

Fortinet
Fortinet plugs critical security hole in FortiNAC, with a PoC incoming (CVE-2022-39952)

Fortinet has dropped fixes for 40 vulnerabilities in a variety of its products, including two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-39952, CVE-2021-42756) affecting its FortiNAC …

Cisco
Admins, patch your Cisco enterprise security solutions! (CVE-2023-20032)

Cisco has released security updates for several of its enterprise security and networking products, fixing (among other things): A critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-20032) in …

Lisa Plaggemier
Helping users and organizations build an instinctive data privacy habit

Each year at the end of January, internet users are deluged with advice on how to keep their data protected and reclaim their online privacy. What started as Data Privacy Day …

Patch Tuesday
Microsoft patches three exploited zero-days (CVE-2023-21715, CVE-2023-23376, CVE-2023-21823)

The February 2023 Patch Tuesday is upon us, with Microsoft releasing patches for 75 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including three actively exploited zero-day flaws …

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