Microsoft patches actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2021-36948), more Print Spooler flaws
Microsoft’s August 2021 Patch Tuesday is pretty lightweight, through it covers a wide variety of Microsoft solutions. 44 CVE-numbered security holes have been plugged, …
Adobe fixes security holes in Magento, most of which are critical
Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Magento and Adobe Connect. Magento August 2021 security updates Magento is a popular open-source e-commerce …
The challenges healthcare CISOs face in an evolving threat landscape
Organizations in the healthcare sector – and especially those engaged in delivering healthcare services – have always been juicy targets for cyber attackers. But …
Can XDR bring the kill chain back to its roots?
When Lockheed Martin engineers first came up with the cyber kill chain concept, the purpose was clear – to mitigate or eliminate a cyberattack. It borrowed from military …
The evolution of identity-first security
Earlier this year, Gartner named identity-first security as one of the top security and risk management trends for 2021. Companies have been moving away from traditional LAN …
World Health Organization CISO suggests a holistic approach to cybersecurity
Flavio Aggio, CISO at the World Health Organization, has had a challenging year. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO has become a significant target for …
SMBs increasingly vulnerable to ransomware, despite the perception they are too small to target
Acronis released a report which gives an in-depth review of the cyberthreat trends the company’s experts are tracking. The report warns that small and medium-sized …
Cyber intrusion activity volume jumped 125% in H1 2021
The volume of cyber intrusion activity globally jumped 125% in the first half of 2021 compared with the same period last year, according to the Cyber Investigations, Forensics …
Enterprises turning to cybersecurity providers to fight off cyberattacks
Enterprises in the U.S. are turning to cybersecurity providers offering best-of-breed technologies that can help them fend off cyberattacks from sophisticated criminals, …
The value of PII and how it still fuels malign activities in the digital ecosystem
The COVID-19 pandemic engendered new vulnerabilities in the digital ecosystem for threat actors to exploit, resulting in items like vaccines, fraudulent vaccine certificates, …
Security matters when the network is the internet
In the past, network security was too often viewed as a separate issue to the design of the network itself, which led to solutions being either poorly thought out or hastily …
Why ransomware is such a threat to critical infrastructure
A recent spike in large-scale ransomware attacks has highlighted the vulnerabilities in the nation’s critical infrastructure and the ease with which their systems can be …
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