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Microsoft Office 365 a Major Supply Chain Attack Vector  Community Chats Webinars Library Performance issues are not the only concern users have about Microsoft Office 365 and Azure cloud services: the office productivity suite also represents a major threat vector and an attractive target for network and supply chain attacks.  On a quantitative level, Office 365 draws over 250 million active users, according to Microsoft statistics. Attackers can thus intuitively guess that a certain p...

DHS directive will compel pipeline companies to report cyberattacks SHARE The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is preparing to issue a directive that will require all pipeline companies to report cybersecurity incidents following the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. earlier this month. The Washington Post reported today that the Transportation Security Administration, a unit of the DHS, will issue the reporting directive later this week. The TSA will the...

Should Paying Ransoms to Attackers Be Banned? Compliance Compliance Compliance DougOlenick) • May 24, 2021     Statement posted on CNA website after ransomware attack Insurance company CNAs apparent decision to pay attackers a $40 million ransom and Colonial Pipeline Co.s payment of a $4.4 million ransom are stirring debate over whether such payments should be banned under federal law. Bloomberg News reported Thursd...

The top 10 signs that Office 365 and Azure have been compromised As more systems move to the cloud the threat landscape becomes more complex and detecting events that require urgent attention is more difficult. Many businesses are turning to AI to help and threat detection specialist Vectra AI has released a new report focusing on the top 10 threat detections seen across Microsoft Azure AD and Office 365 environments. Issues include risky O365 Exchange operations that may indicate an attacker i...

Vectra Identifies Top 10 Threat Detections Across Azure AD and Office 365 New Security Research Shows How Security Teams Can Avoid Costly Cyberattacks by Utilizing the Right Data and Meaningful Artificial Intelligence News provided by Share this article SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  Vectra AI, a leader in threat detection and response, today released its 2021 Q2 Spotlight Report, Vision and Visibility: Top 10 Threat Detections for Microsoft Azure AD and Office 365. This new r...

); //]]>//--> By Jack M. Germain May 19, 2021 5:19 AM PT New research by a threat detection and response firm shows that the most common threats to corporate networks remain consistent throughout all companies -- no matter their size. Vectra AI on Wednesday released its 2021 Q2 Spotlight Report, "Vision and Visibility: Top 10 Threat Detections for Microsoft Azure AD and Office 365." These top threat detections found across Microsoft Azure AD and Office 365 allow security teams to detect infrequ...

Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Order on Cybersecurity Compliance Compliance DougOlenick) • May 12, 2021     President Joe Biden President Joe Biden signed an extensive executive order Wednesday detailing the governments plan to increase cybersecurity protection across the public and private sectors, as well as securing the nations digital infrastructure against that type of attack that targeted SolarWinds and its cus...

Eradicating privileged intruders from the network in the aftermath of an attack poses major challenges, experts say.

BankInfoSecurity May 20, 2021 May 3, 2021 May 5, 2021 Twitter Reps. Jim Langevin (left) and Mike Gallagher want to give CISA $400 million more in funding. Several bipartisan congressional initiatives are seeking to expand the mission of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The recently announced proposals call for CISA to beef up its staff, provide additional incident response services to organizations outside the government, conduct a five-year national risk management c...

Rap music, coffee and noisy kids in the car IMPROVES reaction time behind the wheel and women are quicker to spot hazards than men, study shows An experiment was carried out on 100 motorists using the DVSAs Hazard Perception Test used in the driving theory test It was administered by UK-based behavioural science consultancy, CX Lab On average, women responded on average 690 milliseconds faster than men Impact of different music genres, caffeine and children were also measured