Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a full-featured CASB focused on protection for SaaS applications. It includes shadow IT discovery, visibility into cloud app usage, protection against app-based threats, information protection, and compliance assessments. Advanced capabilities include SaaS security posture management (SSPM), which enables security teams to improve the organization’s…
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Hundreds of cybersecurity professionals, analysts and decision-makers came together earlier this month for ESET World 2024, a conference that showcased the company’s vision and technological advancements and featured a number of insightful talks about the latest trends in cybersecurity and beyond. The topics ran the gamut, but it’s safe to say that the subjects that…
Read MoreApply appropriate patches provided by FortiNet to vulnerable systems immediately after appropriate testing. (M1051: Update Software)o Safeguard 7.1: Establish and Maintain a Vulnerability Management Process: Establish and maintain a documented vulnerability management process for enterprise assets. Review and update documentation annually, or when significant enterprise changes occur that could impact this Safeguard.o Safeguard 7.4: Perform…
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Cybercriminals are abusing Stack Overflow in an interesting approach to spreading malware—answering users’ questions by promoting a malicious PyPi package that installs Windows information-stealing malware. Sonatype researcher Ax Sharma (and a writer at BleepingComputer) discovered this new PyPi package is part of a previously known ‘Cool package’ campaign, named after a string in the package’s metadata,…
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Microsoft has released the May 2024 non-security preview update for Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 23H2, which includes 32 fixes and changes. Among this cumulative update’s highlights, Microsoft mentions fixing an issue causing the Windows File Explorer to freeze when swiping from the screen edge after turning off edge swiping and a second bug fix…
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Microsoft has released the optional KB5037849 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 with nine fixes or changes. This release is primarily a maintenance release, fixing numerous bugs causing crashes or network connection issues. However, Microsoft released two new enterprise features and improved Chinese fonts and input. This cumulative update preview allows Windows admins and…
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‘Our expectation is that three years after launch, AI PCs will represent between 40 percent and 50 percent of total PC shipments,’ HP CEO Enrique Lores says ahead of its second-quarter earnings release, which reports that falling printer demand offset commercial PC growth. HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores said the company expects AI PCs to…
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One such company reportedly eyeing N-able is Campbell, Calif.-based cybersecurity vendor Barracuda Networks. Barracuda is owned by private equity firm KKR. N-able is exploring a possible sale after “attracting acquisition interest,” according to a report from Reuters. Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that the Burlington, Mass.-based software vendor is participating in a sale…
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Computer hardware manufacturer Cooler Master has suffered a data breach after a threat actor breached the company’s website and claimed to steal the Fanzone member information of 500,000 customers. Cooler Master is a hardware manufacturer based in Taiwan that is known for its computer cases, cooling devices, gaming chairs, and other computer peripherals. Yesterday, a threat actor…
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Threat actors have been exploiting a high-severity Check Point Remote Access VPN zero-day since at least April 30, stealing Active Directory data needed to move laterally through the victims’ networks in successful attacks. Check Point warned customers on Monday that attackers are targeting their security gateways using old VPN local accounts with insecure password-only authentication. The…
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