July 29, 2021 Are Your Passwords Strong Enough? In order to avoid your organization falling afoul of the ever-increasing attempts of cybercriminals to infiltrate business networks, it is important to invest some time ... Read more
July 19, 2021 Two More Windows Print Spooler Vulnerabilities Identified A further zero-day vulnerability has been identified in Windows Print Spooler that could be exploited via remote print servers under the attacker’s control to gain ... Read more
July 19, 2021 5 Best Free Password Managers Most computers and mobile devices have free password managers built into their operating systems or browsers. For example, if you have a PC with a ... Read more
July 11, 2021 Which Password Manager is the Best for Compatibility? When it comes to password management for large companies, one of the most important aspects to consider, prior to investment, is the compatibility of each ... Read more
July 7, 2021 Microsoft Issues Out-of-Band PrintNightmare Patch for Some Windows Versions Microsoft has released an out-of-band patch to fix two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in the Windows Print Spooler Service dubbed PrintNightmare. A patch had ... Read more
June 8, 2021 HIPAA Right of Access Case Settled for $5,000 by Diabetes, Endocrinology & Lipidology Center According to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a settlement agreement has been negotiated with The Diabetes, Endocrinology & Lipidology Center, Inc. (DELC) in ... Read more
June 2, 2021 How Does Bitwarden Manage Your Passwords? The Bitwarden password manager is one of the newest password management solutions available. It is an open source password manager, which means the code is ... Read more
May 27, 2021 HIPAA Security Rule Violations Lead to $25,000 Settlement between Clinical Laboratory & OCR The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) says a $25,000 HIPAA settlement has been agreed with Peachstate Health Management, LLC, ... Read more
May 22, 2021 What are the Driving Factors for Enterprises Behind Single Sign On (SSO) Solutions? Single Sign-On or SSO allows system users to access a range of different devices and applications using just one set of credentials, for this reason ... Read more
May 18, 2021 Protecting Yourself from a Password Cracker Protecting yourself and your organization from password crackers may appear to be an impossible mission, but it is much easier than you might imagine. You ... Read more
May 13, 2021 President Biden Signs Extensive Executive Order to Improve Federal Government Cybersecurity President Biden has signed an Executive Order that seeks to modernize the cybersecurity defenses of the federal government and protect its networks from cyber threats. ... Read more
May 6, 2021 12-Year-Old Vulnerabilities Place Millions of Dell Devices at Risk Hundreds of millions of Dell devices are vulnerable to firmware update driver flaws that could potentially be exploited to achieve remote code execution. The vulnerabilities ... Read more
May 2, 2021 Tackling Identity & Access Management Risks The move to remote working by many companies both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic has seen considerable effort and investment in securing networks. One ... Read more
April 16, 2021 Is 1Password, LastPass or Bitwarden Easier to Use? One of the most important factors when evaluating password managers is ease of use. If a password manager is not easy to configure and populate, ... Read more
April 15, 2021 FBI Removes Malicious Web Shells from Hundreds of Corporate Exchange Servers The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has removed malicious web shells from hundreds of corporate servers in at least 8 states without the knowledge or ... Read more
March 11, 2021 Patch Critical BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Vulnerabilities Now, Warns F5 Networks On March 10, 2021, F5 Networks released updated software to fix 7 vulnerabilities in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems, 4 of which are rated critical, 2 ... Read more
March 7, 2021 Six-month Prison Term for Whistleblower Who Falsely Claimed Nurse Violated HIPAA A six-month prison-term and $1,200 fine has been handed down to a Georgia man who falsely claimed a former acquaintance had violated patient privacy and ... Read more
February 26, 2021 TitanHQ Collects Multiple 2021 Expert Insights Best-of Awards Three TitanHQ cybersecurity solutions have been named winners in the Expert Insights’ 2021 “Best-Of” Awards in the Email Security Gateway, Web Security, and Email Archiving ... Read more
February 3, 2021 Three Vulnerabilities Identified in SolarWinds Products Patches have been released to fix three vulnerabilities SolarWinds products. Two of the flaws affect the SolarWinds Orion platform, and the third affects the Serv-U ... Read more
February 2, 2021 Phishers Target US Businesses in Scam Offering Fake PPP Loans A phishing campaign has been detected which is targeting U.S. businesses that are struggling to stay in operation during the pandemic. The emails attempt to ... Read more
January 19, 2021 Microsoft Warns Windows Zerologon Patch Enforcement Starts on February 9, 2021 The critical Windows Zerologon vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) was patched by Microsoft on August Patch Tuesday; however, despite the seriousness of the vulnerability – rated 10/10 for severity ... Read more
January 15, 2021 Cloud and Medical Device Security are the Top Challenges for Healthcare IT Teams A recent 2021 IDG research study sponsored by Masergy and Fortinet explored the state of IT in the healthcare industry and revealed the key challenges ... Read more
January 8, 2021 NVIDIA Software Update Corrects Multiple High Severity Graphics Driver Flaws NVIDIA has released patches to correct 16 vulnerabilities in its graphics drivers and vGPU software for Windows and Linux systems, most of which are high ... Read more
December 22, 2020 US Federal Government Seizes Domains Spoofing COVID-19 Vaccine Developers Two domains spoofing the COVID-19 vaccine developers Moderna and Regeneron have been seized by the U.S. Department of Justice. The websites were almost perfect clones ... Read more
December 16, 2020 Bill Passed by House Calling for HHS to Recognize Implementation of Cybersecurity Best Practices The House Energy and Commerce Committee has passed a new bill (HR 7898) which seeks to amend the HITECH Act to require the Department of ... Read more
December 11, 2020 K-12 Schools Warned About Cyber Actors Targeting Distance Learning Education The U.S. Cybersecurity and infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have issued ... Read more
December 2, 2020 BEC Scammers Using Auto-Forwarding Rules in Web-Based Email Clients to Prevent Detection Cybercriminals have been using auto-forwarding rules in web-based email clients to increase the chances of success of their business email compromise (BEC) scams, according to ... Read more
November 20, 2020 Facebook Fixes Messenger Bug That Allows Audio to be Transmitted Without a User’s Permission A critical flaw in the Facebook Messenger messaging app for Android which allowed callers to listen to users’ surroundings without permission has been fixed by ... Read more
November 10, 2020 Unprotected AWS S3 Bucket of Hotel Reservation System Contained 10 Million+ Files Containing Guests’ PII Another day, another cloud misconfiguration. This time, more than 10 million files have been exposed that contained the personal information and credit card data of ... Read more
October 15, 2020 Zoom Announces End-to-End Encryption Will be Rolled Out Next Week Earlier this year following a massive increase in the number of users, it was discovered that the Zoom teleconferencing platform did not offer end-to-end encryption ... Read more