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Ransomware attacks decrease, operators started rebranding
2022-01-03 05:00

There's been an increase in the share of attacks against individuals, and also a rise in attacks involving remote access malware. The researchers believe one key reason for the change is the decrease in ransomware attacks and the fact that some major players have quit the stage.

LTE IoT market to grow steadily by 2026
2022-01-03 04:30

LTE IoT market is expected to register a healthy CAGR of over 28% during the forecast period, accordig to ResearchAndMarkets. The growth of connected devices and the need for unique and defined network qualities are fueling the growth of the LTE IoT market.

Infosec products of the month: December 2021
2022-01-03 04:00

Open source cloud native security analyzer Terrascan embeds security into native DevOps tooling. Cs prevents cloud security risk and improves developer productivity.

Are Medical Devices at Risk of Ransomware Attacks?
2022-01-03 03:32

Medical device security will be a key part of hospital cybersecurity as ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations increase. In today's world, medical equipment is linked to all other connected devices in a hospital or medical care institution.

Microsoft Issues Fix for Exchange Y2K22 Bug That Crippled Email Delivery Service
2022-01-02 20:02

Microsoft, over the weekend, rolled out a fix to address an issue that caused email messages to get stuck on its Exchange Server platforms due to what it blamed on a date validation error at around the turn of the year. The Windows maker said the issue impacted on-premises versions of Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 but didn't specify how widespread the impact was.

Microsoft releases emergency fix for Exchange year 2022 bug
2022-01-02 19:06

Microsoft has released an emergency fix for a year 2022 bug that is breaking email delivery on on-premise Microsoft Exchange servers. These errors are caused by Microsoft Exchange checking the version of the FIP-FS antivirus scanning engine and attempting to store the date in a signed int32 variable.

BleepingComputer's most popular cybersecurity and tech stories of 2021
2022-01-02 17:50

How to fix the Windows 0x0000011b network printing error. 2021 has been a complete mess for Windows printing, with security update after security update causing more issues for Windows admins than we have seen in a long time.

Uber ignores vulnerability that lets you send any email from Uber.com
2022-01-02 14:48

A vulnerability in Uber's email system allows just about anyone to send emails on behalf of Uber. The researcher who discovered this flaw warns this vulnerability can be abused by threat actors to email 57 million Uber users and drivers whose information was leaked in the 2016 data breach.

Uber dismisses vulnerability that lets you email anyone as Uber!
2022-01-02 14:48

A vulnerability in Uber's email system allows just about anyone to send emails on behalf of Uber. The researcher who discovered this flaw warns this vulnerability can be abused by threat actors to email 57 million Uber users and drivers whose information was leaked in the 2016 data breach.

Microsoft Exchange year 2022 bug in FIP-FS breaks email delivery
2022-01-01 17:29

Microsoft Exchange on-premise servers cannot deliver email starting on January 1st, 2022, due to a "Year 2022" bug in the FIP-FS anti-malware scanning engine. Starting with Exchange Server 2013, Microsoft enabled the FIP-FS anti-spam and anti-malware scanning engine by default to protect users from malicious email.