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Threat actors are now installing a new ransomware called 'DEARCRY' after hacking into Microsoft Exchange servers using the recently disclosed ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. Since Microsoft revealed earlier this month that threat actors were compromising Microsoft Exchange servers using new zero-day ProxyLogon vulnerabilities, a significant concern has been when threat actors would use it to deploy ransomware.
Threat actors are now installing a new ransomware called 'DEARCRY' after hacking into Microsoft Exchange servers using the recently disclosed ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. Since Microsoft revealed earlier this month that threat actors were compromising Microsoft Exchange servers using new zero-day ProxyLogon vulnerabilities, a significant concern has been when threat actors would use it to deploy ransomware.
On Wednesday, shortly after security researcher Nguyen Jang posted a proof-of-concept exploit on GitHub that abuses a Microsoft Exchange vulnerability revealed earlier this month, GitHub, which is owned by Microsoft, removed code, to the alarm of security researchers. The bug, referred to as ProxyLogon, was one of four Microsoft Exchange zero-days that Microsoft patched in an out-of-band release on March 3, 2021.
Founded by David Ting, the cofounder and former CTO of Imprivata and a former appointee to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force, Tausight will help healthcare provider CIOs, CISOs, and their IT organizations better secure clinical workflows when clinicians access and use PHI. The company will use the funding to expand its go-to-market team and further build out its healthcare-specific solution for exposing the hidden vulnerabilities in clinical workflows that can put patient data at risk. "As attacks on the industry accelerate and healthcare decentralizes, Tausight is taking a unique approach to protecting clinical workflows involving PHI to improve patient safety," said David Ting, founder and CTO, Tausight.
Accenture has completed its acquisition of Imaginea, a cloud native product and platform engineering firm that helps companies drive innovation through disruptive technologies to transform their businesses digitally and capture new opportunities. With headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., and offices in London and throughout India, Imaginea excels in using its product and platform engineering skills and leads with a design-thinking approach steeped in innovation.
Ai's team of data scientists and AI luminaries developed a groundbreaking platform that tackles the skills gap problem by analyzing millions of data sources - including corporate data and government statistics - in order to capture business growth drivers, analyze skills and skill-shifts cycles, and predict the 'Jobs-of-the-Future' allowing employers and employees to better understand which skills are emerging, evolving and expiring. The platform then maps an organization's skills inventory, quantifies talent gaps, and recommends internal mobility and transition plans and personalized training pathways to bridge the skills gap.
DataRobot has named Dan Wright as its new Chief Executive Officer as the company seeks to further accelerate its growth and adoption of its Enterprise AI Platform. Wright has served as DataRobot's President and Chief Operating Officer since January of 2020 and succeeds co-founder Jeremy Achin.
AI-driven startup company DNSFilter provides DNS threat protection and content filtering for enterprises. She joins DNSFilter as the Chief Operating Officer, bringing over 20 years of cybersecurity experience to the position.
An official version of the popular 7-zip archiving program has been released for Linux for the first time. Linux already had support for the 7-zip archive file format through a POSIX port called p7zip but it was maintained by a different developer.
The Spanish State Employment Service in Spain has been hit by a cyberattack, suspending its communications systems across hundreds of offices and delaying thousands of appointments. SEPE is an "Autonomous body" in Spain that manages and controls unemployment benefits.