Category: Security News

Choosing your MSP: What the Kaseya incident tells us about third‑party cyber risk

July 14, 2021

Lessons to learn from the Kaseya cyberincident to protect your business’ data when doing business with a MSP. Managed service providers (MSPs) play a critical role in the IT ecosystem. By outsourcing many of their day-to-day IT requirements to these companies, smaller organizations in particular can save costs, improve service levels and focus more resources … More Choosing your MSP: What the Kaseya incident tells us about third‑party cyber risk

The hybrid workplace: What does it mean for cybersecurity?

July 13, 2021

How can organizations mitigate the risk of damaging cyberattacks while juggling the constantly changing mix of office and off-site workers? The pandemic may finally be receding, but remote working is very much here to stay. The model that appears to be gaining most traction is a hybrid one, where most staff are allowed to spend … More The hybrid workplace: What does it mean for cybersecurity?

Ransomware: To pay or not to pay? Legal or illegal? These are the questions …

July 12, 2021

Caught between a rock and a hard place, many ransomware victims cave in to extortion demands. Here’s what might change the calculus. The recent spate of ransomware payments cannot be the best use of cybersecurity budgets or shareholder capital, nor is it the best use of insurance industry funds. So, why are companies paying and … More Ransomware: To pay or not to pay? Legal or illegal? These are the questions …

Microsoft issues patch to fix PrintNightmare zero‑day bug

July 9, 2021

The out-of-band update fixes a remote code execution flaw affecting the Windows Print Spooler service. Microsoft on Wednesday released an emergency update to plug a vulnerability in  the Windows Print Spooler service that is being actively exploited in the wild. Dubbed PrintNightmare, the zero-day security flaw affects all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system going back … More Microsoft issues patch to fix PrintNightmare zero‑day bug

ESET Research discovers Bandidos, a new spying campaign in Venezuela

July 7, 2021

The latest version of Bandook steals sensitive documents and credentials from corporate networks, creates a malicious Chrome extension, and misuses URL shorteners like Rebrandly and Bitly. ESET Research has recently uncovered a new and still active campaign that uses more advanced versions of the old crimeware Bandook to spy on its victims. The ongoing campaign … More ESET Research discovers Bandidos, a new spying campaign in Venezuela