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The authors of a cryptocurrency-stealing malware are distributing it over Telegram to aspiring cybercriminals under the guise of free malicious applications. Researchers have named the malware HackBoss and say that its operators likely stole more than $500,000 from wannabe hackers that fell for the trick.
Despite warnings from the CDC and news media, many vaccinated individuals are putting themselves at risk by posting images of their vaccine cards online, or unknowingly storing unsecure digital images on their devices. Sontiq announced that consumers can gain increased peace of mind and further protection of their sensitive medical files by placing the images into a Secure Identity Vault, which is included as part of Sontiq's identity protection products.
Adobe has released security updates that address security vulnerabilities in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Digital Editions, Adobe Bridge, and RoboHelp. In total, the company addressed ten security vulnerabilities affecting four products, with seven of them rated as critical as they allow arbitrary code execution or arbitrary file writes.
There's an increasing need for process automation in IT Operations as a result of organizations' digital transformation initiatives to meet customer and employee demands, as well as remote and hybrid work policies brought on by the pandemic, according to a Transposit study. The report contains findings regarding the impact of remote work and digital transformation on service incidents and remediation.
Onfido announced it has been selected by Microsoft to enable fast and secure identity verification and onboarding for its Azure Active Directory verifiable credentials. Once a person's real identity is bound to their digital identity using Onfido's document plus selfie verification, end-users are onboarded to Azure AD and have complete control over their identity from their smartphone, being able to provision its reuse to access additional services.
As it is, the digital world is a blender where it is difficult and often impossible to tell the difference between factual news and all other narratives. The media industry has not solved the problem, but rather moved to capitalize on sensationalism, leaving reputable news providers at a disadvantage.
Celonis, IBM and Red Hat announced a global strategic partnership to help accelerate the adoption of the Celonis Execution Management System and help deliver more flexibility and choice in how customers deploy the technology. "Through the strategic partnership with IBM and Red Hat, we plan to help power the shift from analog to intelligent business execution, helping many of the world's largest companies with their transactional systems, boosting their business performance," said Miguel Milano, Chief Revenue Officer and co-owner of Celonis.
In the evolution of cyber-attacks I'd argue while the fundamentals have stayed the same there have been two major critical changes recently in the past few years among nation-state and criminal attackers that require us to thoroughly understand and respond in a different manner than in the past. Most of the world and in most industries we've reached the tipping point in our digital dependence on our IT infrastructure and it has drawn attackers in.
With this acquisition, Tricentis will further expand its AI-driven, end-to-end continuous testing platform to offer the most comprehensive testing solution to accelerate software delivery and innovation. Neotys' flagship product, NeoLoad, will be added to the Tricentis portfolio, giving customers an enterprise-grade performance testing solution with the broadest coverage of enterprise packaged applications, including SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft, ServiceNow, Snowflake, and Workday.
HID Global announced the HID HydrantID Account Certificate Manager solution that eliminates manual, risk-prone processes for tracking, installing and renewing privately-issued as well as trusted Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security certificates. "HydrantID ACM solves today's difficult digital certificate lifecycle management problems by providing one secure and convenient cloud-based platform for organizational teams to easily access private Certificate Authority services managed by HydrantID on their behalf," said Brad Jarvis, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Identity & Access Management Business Area, with HID Global.