Category: Security

February 12, 2024

Just a couple of weeks ago, International Privacy Day passed with the usual fanfare as companies, organizations, and governments seized the opportunity to push their sound bites highlighting the importance of making privacy paramount. But I see an irony in […]

February 12, 2024

Cisco is adding a new top-level service tier to its suite of security offerings aimed at helping customers monitor, detect, investigate and remediate threats across the enterprise. New to the lineup is a Premier level of service for Cisco’s Breach […]

February 8, 2024

A group of attackers have compromised accounts on the SendGrid email delivery platform and are using them to launch phishing attacks against other SendGrid customers. The campaign is likely an attempt to collect credentials for a mass email service with […]

February 7, 2024

Orange Slovakia has become the first operator in the country to provide 5G Internet connectivity for companies. After a successful test run that started on December 14, 2023, the service is now available for business customers. This service provides businesses […]

February 6, 2024

Cisco is updating elements of its overarching Security Cloud platform to help enterprise customers better protect widely distributed resources. The enhancements include a new service called Identity Intelligence that brings together information from the vendor’s existing security products, such as […]

February 2, 2024

In January, Ivanti alerted customers that hackers were exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in its Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure. This week the company revealed that two other vulnerabilities were discovered in the meantime, with one already being exploited […]

February 1, 2024

STMicroelectronics (ST Micro) has gained level-three (Level 3) certification from both SESIP and PSA Certified for its STM32 system-on-chip security solution, which allows IoT developers to write and deploy code on its STM32 family of IoT-geared 32-bit microcontroller integrated circuits […]

January 31, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission said that a an ongoing joint effort to undermine and reduce spam and scam robocalls is bearing fruit. The two agencies have been jointly focusing on robocall enforcement; the FTC calls […]

January 30, 2024

Looking back on this past year, the network and security space has experienced a series of major advancements, as well as brand new challenges. The innovation and increasing integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in network operations has created new opportunities […]

January 30, 2024

Fostering a strong cybersecurity culture is recognized by those in the profession as a foundational element of creating a strong and healthy security program. However, recent research by TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group and the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) found […]

January 29, 2024

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is an enterprise networking architecture category introduced by Gartner in 2019. It converges the functions of network and security solutions into a unified, global cloud-native service. SASE allows an architectural transformation of enterprise networking and […]

January 12, 2024

A patched privilege escalation vulnerability impacting Microsoft SharePoint servers has been added to the known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Citing evidence of active exploitation, CISA has tagged the critical severity bug […]

January 11, 2024

Digital business in 2024 demands technology teams collaborate more to provide access to resources and applications while at the same time protecting assets and data from vulnerabilities and malicious attacks. The convergence of network and security teams marks an emerging […]

January 5, 2024

New cybersecurity rules for US Department of Defense (DOD) contractors are entering the home stretch. The rules, which establish a comprehensive and scalable assessment mechanism within the agency’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, aim to ensure that contractors and […]

December 29, 2023

Whether to address the dramatic spike in remote users during the pandemic or support growing network traffic at branch locations, most modern enterprises have deployed a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) within their environments. While the industry has moved on […]

December 18, 2023

When I visit network managers, one of the things they tell me that they like best about their jobs is that they don’t have to attend as many meetings as other IT managers. However, new thoughts on the strategic importance […]

December 15, 2023

Ransomware has come a long way since the days of simplistic “encrypt and pay me” attacks. As much as I wish we could go back to fighting those unsophisticated criminals, ransomware has unfortunately matured in recent years. Attackers have realized […]

December 14, 2023

Marking a major step in the fight against cybercrime, Microsoft has initiated action against Storm-1152, a group that offers a “cybercrime-as-a-service” network. The company has aggressively pursued legal measures to dismantle Storm-1152’s network, seizing its US-based infrastructure, shutting down key […]

December 12, 2023

TA4557, a threat actor tracked since 2018 to be sending job-themed email threats, has started a new technique of targeting recruiters with direct emails that ultimately lead to malware delivery, according to Proofpoint. The threat actor known for using More_eggs […]

December 8, 2023

Data Theorem, a leading provider of modern application security, introduced the industry’s first API Attack Path Visualization capabilities for the protection of APIs and the software supply chain. This latest enhancement of its award-winning API Secure solution empowers organizations with […]