Month: June 2024
‘The only way to stay ahead of the bad actors is to streamline how we monitor and manage the security tools. And when it comes to IT security, relying on too many tools can be a recipe for disaster,’ says Ameer Karim, executive vice president and general manager of cybersecurity and data protection at ConnectWise.…
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The ransomware attack against U.K. lab services firm Synnovis is having a ‘significant impact’ on services at multiple hospitals, according to a spokesperson. A ransomware attack Monday against a major U.K. lab services firm, Synnovis, is having a “significant impact” on services at multiple London hospitals, according to a spokesperson. The attack is the latest…
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Paul Robichaux, senior director of product management at cloud security vendor Keepit, agreed that Microsoft’s decision not to address the vulnerability was reasonable. “I think Microsoft called this one correctly. This isn’t nothing, but it’s not a big deal either. It is a theoretical vulnerability if you’re using Azure service tags as a single point…
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Zyxel Networks has released an emergency security update to address three critical vulnerabilities impacting older NAS devices that have reached end-of-life. The flaws impact NAS326 running firmware versions 5.21(AAZF.16)C0 and earlier, and NAS542 running firmware versions 5.21(ABAG.13)C0 and older. The networking solutions vendor addressed three critical flaws, which enable attackers to perform command injection and remote…
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Snowflake Iceberg Tables, Cortex AI and Horizon received major updates during the annual conference. Snowflake Iceberg Tables general availability. New artificial intelligence enhancements in Coretex AI. And a private preview of an internal model marketplace in Snowflake Horizon. These are among the biggest announcements unveiled this week at Snowflake Data Cloud Summit 2024, the data…
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Startups and well-established vendors alike have a new acronym in their arsenals: DSPM, or data security posture management, which can extend data security practices from on-premises environments to today’s cloud-based architectures. In our increasingly cloud-powered era where IT infrastructure has become to a large degree interchangeable, what really matters from a security perspective is the…
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Debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) now says over 3.2 million people have been impacted by a data breach that occurred in February. FBCS is a nationally licensed debt collection agency in the U.S., specializing in collecting unpaid debts from consumer credit, healthcare, commercial, auto loans and leases, student loans, and utilities.…
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There’s a huge untapped market for MSPs in helping small organizations adopt secure access service edge, which offers lower costs, better security and a simple deployment. For many SMB and midmarket customers, the only thing holding them back from shifting to newer cloud-delivered approaches for network security at this point is awareness of the option—and…
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A ransomware attack affecting pathology and diagnostic services provider Synnovis has impacted healthcare services at multiple major NHS hospitals in London. While Synnovis has yet to issue a public statement regarding the June 3 ransomware attack, memos sent by partner hospitals affected by the attack revealed that this “ongoing critical incident” has had a “major…
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As the industry has gotten better at locking down endpoint devices such as laptops, threat actors are finding new ways to infiltrate an organization’s systems—and they’re seeing more and more success. From the widespread compromise of Ivanti VPNs to a string of cyberattacks involving vulnerabilities in on-premises firewalls, this year has seen threat actors increasingly…
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