Microsoft Is Headed to Court Again, This Time Over Data
Microsoft is taking the federal government to court over a data request that affects one of its customer companies.
Data Security
FireEye Security Platform Has New Cloud Capabilities
FireEye, Inc. introduces new cloud security capabilities at its annual Cyber Defense Summit, including a strategic partnership with iboss, and availability on Amazon Web Services Marketplace. The FireEye Cloud Security Solution includes capabilities accessible through new cloud versions of FireEye Network Security, new Detection On Demand, a new secure web gateway offering with iboss, as […]
New Bedford Avoids Paying $5 Million in Ransomware Attack by Doing Something Unusual
The city of New Bedford, Mass. — not too far away from us here at TechDecisions — recently avoided paying the $5.3 million hackers demanded of it after successfully launching a ransomware attack. The town’s response? Bargain-and-stall. And it worked. Not the usual method An NPR article reports that after IT personnel discovered the attack the day […]
Google Antitrust Probe Launched by Over 40 State Attorneys General
Does your organization trust Google services for email, cloud, etc.? Many U.S. state attorneys general apparently believe its massive rate of data collection makes is more difficult for smaller tech companies to compete, as they’ve launched a probe for potential antitrust violations, according to a recent Reuters report. The Google antitrust probe focuses on “the […]
The U.S. Has a Plan to Minimize 2020 Election Hacking… And It’s Missing Something
Put aside your political leanings: there is evidence to suggest that 2020 election hacking in the U.S. is a real possibility. We’ve already told you about the dire need for more secure voting machines; how more than a few Pennsylvania counties will be using out-of-date electoral systems by the time the 2020 elections take place; and […]
AGAT SphereShield Now Supports Cisco Webex Teams
AGAT, a security and compliance solutions software provider, announces the launch of SphereShield for Cisco Webex Teams. AGAT SphereShield handles security threats related to authentication and identity, content inspection and data protection. The newly added support for Webex Teams is in addition to AGAT’s established support for Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business. “The unified […]
Def Con Voting Village Highlights: ‘Nyan Cat’ on a Voting Machine; Dire Need for Paper Trails
“Friendly hackers” were given a very clear directive during this year’s Def Con Voting Village, part of the international hacker conference. And they followed through, much to the dismay of visiting U.S. Congresspeople. Their task was to crack open some test voting equipment to see just how secure the electronic poll books and ballot printers […]
The Hidden Dangers of Unchecked Admin Accounts
So long as a user account is live and operative within your IT infrastructure, it is a potential gateway into your organization and makes it as easy as leaving a back window open into any device or application on your network being used via that account. Not having a clear record of all unchecked admin […]
The Top 5 Cyber Threat Misunderstandings of SMB Decision Makers
Keeper Security has released their findings after surveying 500 senior decision makers at SMBs surrounding cyber threats. Their findings suggest many businesses are under-prepared for cyber attacks — and that many SMB decision makers have severe cyber threat misunderstandings. Here are some cyber threat misunderstandings, according to their findings: 1 – Cybersecurity isn’t a priority 60% […]
Aporeto’s New Zero Trust Cloud Security Solution for Kubernetes Multi-Clusters
Aporeto, a Zero Trust Cloud Security company, announces its cloud network security solution for seamless distributed policy management across Kubernetes multi-cluster and container environments. According to the company, the solution uses a unique application identity-based approach to security instead of relying on IP addresses. Aporeto’s use of identity enables network security policies to now be managed up […]
