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Microsoft plugs 53 security holes in July 2018 Patch Tuesday
For its July 2018 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has patched 53 vulnerabilities. 17 of them are critical and 16 of those affect Internet Explorer and Edge. Microsoft updates …

Is Windows ShimCache a threat hunting goldmine?
Enterprise-wide threat hunting sounds like a daunting task and for inexperienced forensic analysts it certainly can be. However, there are various techniques that can be used …

July 2018 Patch Tuesday forecast: The fireworks and the finale
Patch management is kind of like fireworks around the fourth of July. Momentary excitement with lulls that repeat several times until the culminate in a finale! Well there are …

How connected and secure is the modern workplace?
In collaboration with Microsoft, Ingram Micro Cloud UK commissioned market research firm YouGov to survey 1,000 workers employed by small and mid-size businesses with 50 to …

How Facebook and Google nudge users to make anti-privacy choices
Facebook, Google and Microsoft use design techniques and tricks to steer users toward sharing more information about themselves to benefit those businesses, the Norwegian …

91% of critical incidents involve known, legitimate binaries like PowerShell
Opportunistic threat actors are leveraging trusted tools, like PowerShell, to retrieve and execute malicious code from remote sources. According to eSentire, 91% of endpoint …
Zscaler announces integration with Microsoft Cloud app security
Zscaler announced closed-loop integration with Microsoft Cloud App Security. The Zscaler platform-Microsoft Cloud App Security integration feature set delivers the security of …

Microsoft offers new Azure AD tool to nix easily guessed passwords
Predictable, easy-to-guess passwords are often the weak link that ends up breaking the security chain and attackers know this. “They know to account for character …

Inferring Internet security posture by country through port scanning
In this podcast, Tod Beardsley, Director of Research at Rapid7, talks about the recently released National Exposure Index, which aims to better understand the nature of …
Pulse Secure extends capabilities for Microsoft Azure
Pulse Secure announced an enhancement to its hybrid IT strategy allowing enterprises to deploy and uniformly manage physical, virtual and cloud-based Pulse Secure Appliances …

IoT connections to grow 140%, will reach 50 billion by 2022
New data has revealed that the total number of connected IoT sensors and devices is set to exceed 50 billion by 2022, up from an estimated 21 billion in 2018. Juniper Research …

Overview: Microsoft June 2018 Patch Tuesday
It’s that time of the month again when Microsoft releases patches for its software. The June 2018 updates fix 50 vulnerabilities, 12 of which are critical. The company …
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