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Attackers are slowly abandoning malicious macros

Malicious macro-enabled documents as vehicles for email-based malware delivery are being used less and less, Proofpoint researchers have noticed. Threat actors are switching …

money
Minimizing risk: Key cybersecurity-related M&A considerations

Global M&A hit new highs in 2021 reaching an eye-popping $5.1 trillion in total deal value, according to PwC. With economic headwinds leaving acquisition as the only …

Microsoft
Microsoft adds default protection against RDP brute-force attacks

“Win11 builds now have a DEFAULT account lockout policy to mitigate RDP and other brute force password vectors,” David Weston of Enterprise and OS Security at …

Managing the Dynamic Nature of Cyber Security
Introducing the book: Managing the Dynamic Nature of Cyber Security

In order to provide organizations with knowledge to lower their cyber risk, Dr. Sander Zeijlemaker, launched his book – “Managing the Dynamic Nature of Cyber Security: A …

Passwork
Product showcase: Passwork – the best solution for work with corporate passwords

Passwork aims to enable efficient and secure working processes through the automated management of passwords and corporate accounts. Quickly access all employee credentials. …

Office 365
Phishers steal Office 365 users’ session cookies to bypass MFA, commit payment fraud

A massive phishing campaign has been targeting Office 365 (i.e., Microsoft 365) users in over 10,000 organizations since September 2021 and successfully bypassing multi-factor …

Who are the best fraud fighters?

Seasoned fraud expert PJ Rohall has recently become the new Head of Fraud Strategy & Education at SEON. In this Help Net Security interview, he talks about how he entered …

vmware
Attackers still exploit Log4Shell on VMware Horizon servers, CISA warns

If your organization is running VMware Horizon and Unified Access Gateway servers and you haven’t implemented the patches or workarounds to fix/mitigate the Log4Shell …

IE Edge
Is your organization ready for Internet Explorer retirement?

June 15, 2022, is the day that Microsoft will stop supporting most versions of Internet Explorer 11, and organizations should have ensured that they ready for its retirement. …

Microsoft
Microsoft helps prevent lateral movement from compromised unmanaged devices

A new feature in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can make it more difficult for attackers to perform lateral movement within company networks, as it allows admins to prevent …

tunnel
The most common exploit paths enterprises leave open for attackers

Exposed version control repositories, leaked secrets in public code repositories, a subdomain vulnerable to takover, exposed Amazon S3 buckets, and Microsoft Exchange Server …

biohazard
Qbot – known channel for ransomware – delivered via phishing and Follina exploit

More than a week has passed since Microsoft acknowledged the existence of the “Follina” vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190), after reports of it being exploited in the …

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