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Encryption management solutions market to grow steadily by 2025
2022-02-14 04:00

The encryption management solutions market is expected to increase by $6.07 billion from 2020 to 2025, and the market's growth momentum will accelerate at a CAGR of almost 17%, according to Technavio. The encryption management solutions market is fragmented, and the vendors are deploying various organic and inorganic growth strategies to compete in the market.

Spot the irony: India's Reserve Bank says outsourcing and offshoring are risky
2022-02-14 03:59

The Reserve Bank of India has warned the nation's finance sector that outsourcing information technology jobs could "Expose them to significant financial, operational and reputational risks." A quick reminder: since the late 1990s, India has championed outsourcing IT services and profited mightily as a result.

Spanish Police Arrest SIM Swappers Who Stole Money from Victims Bank Accounts
2022-02-14 01:44

Spain's National Police Agency, the Policía Nacional, said last week it dismantled an unnamed cybercriminal organization and arrested eight individuals in connection with a series of SIM swapping attacks that were carried out with the goal of financial fraud. The suspects of the crime ring masqueraded as trustworthy representatives of banks and other organizations and used traditional phishing and smishing techniques to obtain personal information and bank data of victims before draining money from their accounts.

Whitepaper: Dell Technologies How Intrinsic Security Protects Against Business Disruption
2022-02-14 00:00

When it comes to IT, disruption is just another day at the office. From fending off cyberattacks to incorporating leading-edge technologies, today's organizations no longer experience "Business as usual."

Whitepaper: Dell Technologies Securing Endpoints Amit New Threats
2022-02-14 00:00

Giving employees the flexibility to be fully productive while working remotely makes it critical that businesses have endpoint security measures in place to prevent, detect and respond to the growing threat landscape while allowing employees the flexibility to work remotely. Dell endpoint protection spans the enterprise to include multi-cloud data protection solutions that can be delivered as software-defined and/or appliance-based solutions, and above all, enables users to remain highly productive by defeating increasingly sophisticated attacks in the new remote work paradigm.

Dell Technologies Securing Endpoints Amit New Threats
2022-02-14 00:00

Giving employees the flexibility to be fully productive while working remotely makes it critical that businesses have endpoint security measures in place to prevent, detect and respond to the growing threat landscape while allowing employees the flexibility to work remotely. Dell endpoint protection spans the enterprise to include multi-cloud data protection solutions that can be delivered as software-defined and/or appliance-based solutions, and above all, enables users to remain highly productive by defeating increasingly sophisticated attacks in the new remote work paradigm.

Dell Technologies How Intrinsic Security Protects Against Business Disruption
2022-02-14 00:00

When it comes to IT, disruption is just another day at the office. From fending off cyberattacks to incorporating leading-edge technologies, today's organizations no longer experience "Business as usual."

Microsoft Defender will soon block Windows password theft
2022-02-13 20:00

Microsoft is enabling a Microsoft Defender 'Attack Surface Reduction' security rule by default to block hackers' attempts to steal Windows credentials from the LSASS process. While Microsoft Defender block programs like Mimikatz, a LSASS memory dump can still be transferred to a remote computer to dump credentials without fear of being blocked.

Microsoft is making it harder to steal Windows passwords from memory
2022-02-13 20:00

Microsoft is enabling a Microsoft Defender 'Attack Surface Reduction' security rule by default to block hackers' attempts to steal Windows credentials from the LSASS process. One of the most common methods to steal Windows credentials is to gain admin privileges on a compromised device and then dump the memory of the Local Security Authority Server Service process running in Windows.

CISA, FBI, NSA Issue Advisory on Severe Increase in Ransomware Attacks
2022-02-13 19:06

Cybersecurity authorities from Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. have published a joint advisory warning of an increase in sophisticated, high-impact ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations across the world in 2021. "Ransomware tactics and techniques continued to evolve in 2021, which demonstrates ransomware threat actors' growing technological sophistication and an increased ransomware threat to organizations globally," the agencies said in the joint bulletin.