Category: Viral
For the 39th year, solution providers scored vendors across 27 technology categories based on their performance in product innovation, support, partnership, and managed and cloud services. Here’s a roundup of the companies with the highest overall scores. Making The Grade For the 39th year, CRN offered solution providers in North America the opportunity to grade…
Read More
Critical Infrastructure In this high-stakes year for democracy, the importance of robust election safeguards and national cybersecurity strategies cannot be understated 09 Aug 2024 • , 3 min. read The mention of election security, especially in a year where the majority of the world is destined to vote, brings to mind images of a voting…
Read More
Video Unsurprisingly, many discussions focused on the implications of the recent CrowdStrike outage, including the lessons it may have offered for bad actors 09 Aug 2024 This week was that time of the year when thousands of cybersecurity experts descended on Las Vegas to attend Black Hat USA, one of the world’s top cybersecurity conferences.…
Read More
Aug 09, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Microsoft on Thursday disclosed four medium-severity security flaws in the open-source OpenVPN software that could be chained to achieve remote code execution (RCE) and local privilege escalation (LPE). “This attack chain could enable attackers to gain full control over targeted endpoints, potentially resulting in data breaches, system compromise,…
Read More
Thousands of Cisco employees will be affected by a new layoff round, which could be announced next week, according to a Reuters report. Cisco will reportedly lay off around 4,000 employees in its second round of job cuts this year as the world’s largest networking company doubles down on artificial intelligence. According to a report…
Read More
The top ten biggest Google Cloud news stories of 2024 include capturing a new cloud market share record, failure to acquire Wiz or HubSpot, cutting partner Workspace renewal margins and launching more AI innovation than ever before. From record profitability and rapid AI innovation to antitrust lawsuits and failed blockbuster acquisitions, Google Cloud has consistently…
Read More
The cybersecurity vendor is reportedly mulling a buyout deal by investors. Trend Micro is reportedly exploring an acquisition deal by potential buyers including private equity investors. CRN has reached out to Trend Micro for comment. [Related: 10 Security Vendors Making Moves At Black Hat 2024] According to a Reuters report Thursday, Trend Micro is considering…
Read More
Critical vulnerability in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem exposes systems to unauthorized password changes, exploit code now available. Background On July 17, 2024, Cisco published an advisory for a for a critical vulnerability in Cisco’s Smart Software Manager On-Prem (SSM On-Prem): CVE Description CVSSv3 CVE-2024-20419 Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Password Change Vulnerability 10 Analysis…
Read MoreBusiness Security Cyber insurance is not only a safety net, but it can also be a catalyst for advancing security practices and standards 08 Aug 2024 • , 3 min. read If there was ever any doubt about the relationship between cybersecurity and the cyber insurance industry, then Black Hat USA 2024 dispelled it. A…
Read More
CrowdStrike’s ‘apology alone in these circumstances is vastly inadequate,’ Delta’s attorney said in a letter Thursday. Delta Air Lines and CrowdStrike’s war of words over responsibility and compensation concerning the July 19 faulty update that downed about 8.5 million Microsoft Windows machines continues to unfold publicly with well-known attorney David Boies, representing Delta, firing back…
Read More