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The 25 most impersonated brands in phishing attacks

February 11, 2020

PayPal remains the top brand impersonated in phishing attacks for the second quarter in a row, with Facebook taking the #2 spot and Microsoft coming in third, according to …

ZeroFOX launches AI-powered Advanced Email Protection for Google and Microsoft platforms

February 11, 2020

ZeroFOX, the leading provider of public attack surface protection, announced it has extended its artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform to now include advanced …

Which vulnerabilities were most exploited by cybercriminals in 2019?

February 6, 2020

Which ten software vulnerabilities should you patch as soon as possible (if you haven’t already)? Table of top exploited CVEs between 2016 and 2019 (repeats are noted by …

STEALTHbits’ free program helps orgs mitigate risks associated with Microsoft’s pending AD update

February 5, 2020

STEALTHbits, a cybersecurity software company focused on protecting an organization’s sensitive data and the credentials attackers use to steal that data, announced a free …

Microsoft invites gamers and researchers to new Xbox bug bounty program

January 31, 2020

Gamers, security researchers, and technologists have been invited to identify security vulnerabilities in Xbox network and services and report them to Microsoft. Bounty …

You can upgrade Windows 7 for free! Why wouldn’t you?

January 27, 2020

“Doomsday is here! The sky is falling! Windows 7 is out of support and all hell will break loose!” – or, at least, that’s what some cybersecurity experts and press outlets …

Lessons from Microsoft’s 250 million data record exposure

January 24, 2020

Microsoft has one of the best security teams and capabilities of any organization in the technology industry, yet it accidentally exposed 250 million customer records in …

Micropatch simulates workaround for recent zero-day IE flaw, removes negative side effects

January 21, 2020

ACROS Security has released a micropatch that implements the workaround for a recently revealed actively exploited zero-day RCE flaw affecting Internet Explorer …

Microsoft Application Inspector: Check open source components for unwanted features

January 17, 2020

Want to know what’s in an open source software component before you use it? Microsoft Application Inspector will tell you what it does and spots potentially unwanted …

Dynatrace, Google and Microsoft collaborate to help make OpenTelemetry enterprise-grade

January 16, 2020

Software intelligence company, Dynatrace, announced it is collaborating with Google and Microsoft on the OpenTelemetry project to shape the future of open standards-based …

January 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft nukes Windows crypto flaw flagged by the NSA

January 14, 2020

As forecasted, January 2020 Patch Tuesday releases by Microsoft and Adobe are pretty light: the “star of the show” is CVE-2020-0601, a Windows flaw flagged by the …

Zimperium integrates with Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection EDR

January 13, 2020

Zimperium, the global leader in mobile threat defense (MTD), announced it has integrated with Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) endpoint detection and …