Security News > 2022 > April
Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 build to the Dev and Beta Channels that introduces multiple group policies that IT administrators can use to tweak the Start menu, the taskbar, and the system tray. "We are introducing new policies so that IT administrators can simplify their Windows 11 experience across Start, taskbar, and the system tray," the Windows Insider team said.
Early in April 2022, news broke that various users of Microsoft's GitHub platform had suffered unauthorised access to their private source code. GitHub, if you've never used it, is a cloud-based source code control system, best known for hosting the public repositories of many open source software projects.
AnyDesk vs TeamViewer: Remote desktop software comparison We may be compensated by vendors who appear on this page through methods such as affiliate links or sponsored partnerships. AnyDesk and TeamViewer are two popular remote desktop software that can enable IT support teams to connect to any remote desktop or device to perform a wide range of critical functions.
Library lending app Onleihe announced problems lending several media formats offered on the platform, like audio, video, and e-book files, after a cyberattack targeted their vendor. Onleihe is an app that allows users to connect to your local libraries and borrow eBooks, eMagazines, and audiobooks.
Library lending app Onleihe announced problems lending several media formats offered on the platform, like audio, video, and e-book files, after a cyberattack targeted their vendor. Onleihe is an app that allows users to connect to your local libraries and borrow eBooks, eMagazines, and audiobooks.
Google has announced that all security researchers who report Android 13 Beta vulnerabilities through its Vulnerability Rewards Program will get a 50% bonus on top of the standard reward until May 26th, 2022. Bug hunters can get a maximum payout of $1.5 million for a full remote code execution exploit chain on the Titan M used in Google Pixel Phones running an Android 13 Beta build.
Microsoft appears to be planning a VPN-like solution for its Edge browser judging by a support page for the upcoming feature. The change is described as a "Preview feature." It has yet to show up on our Canary and Dev versions of Microsoft's browser, however.
This all makes IAM solutions critical to any modern business, and two popular options in that category are Okta and Microsoft Azure Active Directory. Azure Active Directory is a separate cloud-based user management solution for Azure and web logins.
The Indian government has issued new directives requiring organizations to report cybersecurity incidents to CERT-IN within six hours, even if those incidents are port or vulnerability scans of computer systems. The most notable new requirement is that any internet service provider, intermediary, data center, or government organization, shall report these incidents to CERT-In within six hours of noticing them.
The group behind the Onyx operation is overwriting the data in those files with trash data rather than encrypting it, so the data cannot be recovered via a decryption key. "There's a big problem: as the ransomware they are using is a trash skidware, it's destroying a part of the victims' files," analysts at the Malware Hunter Team wrote in a tweet.