Channel Chief Kate Woodley takes a deep dive with CRN on IBM’s partner strategy, its new MSP program and why IBM is pushing the channel to become Palo Alto Networks partners following the sale of QRadar. Kate Woolley, IBM’s global channel chief, sat down with CRN at IBM Think 2024 to discuss the company’s upcoming…
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‘Enterprise clients usually have some level of company-wide program as far as sustainability goes. Toner recycling programs have been offered to all of our clients for many years. We continue to do so. If they wish to take advantage of it, it’s quite simple for us to start up with them. All of our vendors…
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May 24, 2024NewsroomEndpoint Security / Threat Intelligence The MITRE Corporation has revealed that the cyber attack targeting the not-for-profit company towards late December 2023 by exploiting zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) involved the actor creating rogue virtual machines (VMs) within its VMware environment. “The adversary created their own rogue VMs within the VMware…
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HPE will sell 30 percent of its stake in China-based H3C for $2.1 billion, with the option of selling its remaining 19 percent share, HPE said in a regulatory filing today. Hewlett Packard Enterprise will sell 30 percent of its shares of H3C to Chinese IT provider Unisplendour for approximately $2.1 billion, HPE said in…
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Some of the largest drug companies in the world have disclosed data breaches due to a February 2024 cyberattack at Cencora, whom they partner with for pharmaceutical and business services. Cencora, formerly AmerisourceBergen, is a pharmaceutical services provider specializing in drug distribution, specialty pharmacy, consulting, and clinical trial support. The Pennsylvania-based firm, with a presence…
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A new ransomware strain called ShrinkLocker creates a new boot partition to encrypt corporate systems using Windows BitLocker. ShrinkLocker, named so because it creates the boot volume by shrinking available non-boot partitions, has been used to target a government entity and companies in the vaccine and manufacturing sectors. Creating new boot volumes Ransomware using BitLocker…
Read MoreMS-ISAC ADVISORY NUMBER: 2024-061 DATE(S) ISSUED: 05/24/2024 OVERVIEW: A vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chrome that could allow for arbitrary code execution. Google Chrome is a web browser used to access the internet. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow for arbitrary code execution in the context of the logged on user. Depending on…
Read MoreCisco released a bundled publication for security advisories that address vulnerabilities in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), Firepower Management Center (FMC), and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software. A cyber threat actor could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the following publication and…
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May 24, 2024NewsroomMalvertising / Endpoint Security Threat actors have been observed making use of fake websites masquerading as legitimate antivirus solutions from Avast, Bitdefender, and Malwarebytes to propagate malware capable of stealing sensitive information from Android and Windows devices. “Hosting malicious software through sites which look legitimate is predatory to general consumers, especially those who…
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Ransomware, on the other hand, saw a decline to 16%, from 23% of incidents in the preceding quarter, Kroll noted, possibly because of the law enforcement takedowns of ransomware-as-a-service organizations such as LockBit and BlackCat. Insider threats mostly malicious Insider threats, the report said, are hitting professional services hardest, accounting for 23% of incidents, with…
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