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August 2019 Patch Tuesday forecast: Expect updates from Adobe, stay current on other updates
Microsoft released details on August 6 regarding another variant of the Spectre Variant 1 speculative execution side channel vulnerability (CVE-2019-1125). The vulnerability …
SWAPGS Attack: A new Spectre haunts machines with Intel CPUs
Bitdefender researchers have uncovered yet another viable speculative execution side-channel attack that can be leveraged against Intel CPUs and the computers running on them. …
JASK joins the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association
JASK, the provider of one of the industry’s first cloud-native SIEM platforms, announced it joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), a group of security …
Microsoft sets up isolated environment for bug hunters to test attacks against Azure
Microsoft has some very good news for bug hunters: not only has the company doubled the top bounty reward for vulnerabilities discovered in its Azure cloud computing service, …
Microsoft is right, mandatory password changes are obsolete
Microsoft has recently come out and said that mandatory password changing is ancient and obsolete. This goes directly against everything we were trained to think for the last …
Global IaaS market reached $32.4 billion in 2018, total growth was 31.3%
The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 31.3% in 2018 to total $32.4 billion, up from $24.7 billion in 2017, according to Gartner. Amazon was once again …
If you’re struggling with Windows 10 migration, updates will be an even bigger challenge
With the end of Windows 7 support on the horizon, many companies remain significantly behind in completing their Windows 10 migration, new data from 1E shows. Of 600 senior IT …
Google increases bounties for Chrome, Google Play bugs
Bug hunters searching for security flaws in Google’s offerings are now vying for higher bounties. Microsoft has launched a new bug bounty program. Google’s changes …
Microsoft data security improved with Nucleus Cyber MIP integration
Nucleus Cyber, the intelligent data-centric security company for the modern workplace, at Microsoft Inspire in Las Vegas announced its NC Protect solution now utilizes MIP …
Microsoft and ServiceNow to help customers accelerate their digital transformation
Microsoft and ServiceNow announced a broader strategic partnership intended to significantly enhance the integration and optimization of the companies’ products, platform and …
July 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs two actively exploited zero-days
For July 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has pushed out patches for 78 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities (15 of them critical) and Adobe for three, but none of them in its most …
A fileless campaign is dropping the Astaroth info-stealer
Attackers are delivering the Astaroth info-stealing backdoor by leveraging a combination of fileless malware and “living off the land” techniques, …
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