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minute read Share this article: Cyberattackers have set up a website for a fake company called SecuriElite, as well as associated Twitter and LinkedIn accounts. The same North Korean threat actors that targeted security researchers in January appear to be readying a new campaign using a fake company (and associated social-media accounts) that aim to lure security professionals into another cyber-espionage trap. Google discovered the site as well as Twitter and LinkedIn profiles for a fake company called “SecuriElite” that purports to be an offensive security firm located in T...

minute read Share this article: Chris Hass, director of information security and research at Automox, discusses how to shore up cybersecurity defenses and what to prioritize. Last year and early spring has been undoubtedly tough for cybersecurity. We’ve seen one of – if not the – worst cyberattacks on U.S. companies and government agencies in the last decade; and the ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities continue to be dangerous. Knowing just how vulnerable many companies are to organized malicious actors, IT teams are re-evaluating their shortcomings and processes...

A vast majority of companies in a global survey from Microsoft report being a victim of a firmware-focused cyberattack, but defense spending lags.

minute read Share this article: Some legacy models of QNAP network attached storage devices are vulnerable to remote unauthenticated attacks because of two unpatched vulnerabilities. Two critical zero-day bugs affect legacy QNAP Systems storage hardware, and expose devices to remote unauthenticated attackers. The bugs, tracked as CVE-2020-2509 and CVE-2021-36195, impact QNAP’s model TS-231 network attached storage (NAS) hardware, allowing an attacker to manipulate stored data and hijack the device. The vulnerabilities, also impact some non-legacy QNAP NAS gear. However, it is ...

Sponsored by: minute read Share this article: Insider Risk Management builds a framework around the new paradigm of “risk tolerance,” aiming to give security teams the visibility and context around data activity to protect that data, without putting rigid constraints on users. The pandemic was a force accelerator for digital transformation in the enterprise. It’s not just the dramatic remote work shift — it’s a profound shift toward prioritizing speed and flexibility as the drivers of a company’s competitive advantage. But as faster, more agile ways of w...