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IDERA expands portfolio of cloud-based database and workload management solutions for SQL Server
2020-03-12 02:30

IDERA, a provider of powerful database productivity tools, announced an expanded portfolio of cloud-based database and workload management solutions for SQL Server. SQL Inventory Manager to automatically discover, track, and manage SQL Server inventory and perform health checks, including SQL Server in the cloud.

Microsoft Exchange Server Flaw Exploited in APT Attacks
2020-03-09 18:01

Multiple threat groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange servers, researchers warn. After Microsoft patched the flaw in February researchers with the Zero Day Initiative, which first reported the vulnerability, published further details of the flaw and how it could be exploited.

Microsoft Exchange Server Flaw Exploited in APT Attacks
2020-03-09 18:01

Multiple threat groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange servers, researchers warn. After Microsoft patched the flaw in February researchers with the Zero Day Initiative, which first reported the vulnerability, published further details of the flaw and how it could be exploited.

10 best practices for using Windows servers
2020-03-06 16:55

Automated tools exist to ensure that your Windows servers stay as secure and trouble-free as the day they were set up. Here is a simple set of management principles that are easy to implement at any budget and skill level to help your IT department take hold of its Windows servers and make sure they are managed efficiently and securely, while being optimized to deliver the best performance possible.

Hackers Scanning for Apache Tomcat Servers Vulnerable to Ghostcat Attacks
2020-03-05 12:29

Hackers have started scanning the web in search of Apache Tomcat servers affected by a recently disclosed vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-1938 and dubbed Ghostcat. Bad Packets told SecurityWeek on Wednesday that the scanning activity they have detected is designed to enumerate vulnerable servers by checking for the path "/WEB-INF/web.

Week in review: Attackers probing for vulnerable Exchange servers, RSA Conference 2020 coverage
2020-03-01 09:00

Healthcare industry at greatest risk of data breachThe healthcare industry has significantly more exposed attack surfaces than any other industry surveyed, according to Censys's research findings of cloud risks and cloud maturity by industry, revealed at RSA Conference 2020. Attackers probing for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers, is yours one of them?CVE-2020-0688, a remote code execution bug in Microsoft Exchange Server that has been squashed by Microsoft in early February, is ripe for exploitation and could become a vector for ransomware groups in coming months, warns cybersecurity researcher Kevin Beaumont.

GhostCat: New High-Risk Vulnerability Affects Servers Running Apache Tomcat
2020-02-28 10:37

If your web server is running on Apache Tomcat, you should immediately install the latest available version of the server application to prevent hackers from taking unauthorized control over it. Yes, that's possible because all versions of the Apache Tomcat released in the past 13 years have been found vulnerable to a new high-severity 'file read and inclusion bug'-which can be exploited in the default configuration.

Hackers Looking for Exchange Servers Affected by Recently Patched Flaw
2020-02-27 14:49

Hackers have started scanning the Internet for Microsoft Exchange Server instances that are affected by a remote code execution vulnerability patched earlier this month. The issue resides in the Exchange Control Panel component and consists of Exchange Server installations having the same validationKey and decryptionKey values in web.

Cloud Protection: How to Secure Server Environments
2020-02-26 16:18

The security dynamics too often overlooked in the drive to become a cloud-first organization;. How organizations must reassess how they protect server environments;.

Attackers probing for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers, is yours one of them?
2020-02-26 13:37

CVE-2020-0688, a remote code execution bug in Microsoft Exchange Server that has been squashed by Microsoft in early February, is ripe for exploitation and could become a vector for ransomware groups in coming months, warns cybersecurity researcher Kevin Beaumont. Organizations running on-premise Exchange - any supported version up until the recent patch - would do well to patch as soon as possible, as scanning for vulnerable internet-facing servers has already begun.