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93% of organizations find the execution of some essential security operation tasks, such as threat hunting, challenging, according to Sophos. IT professionals face challenging security operation tasks.
68% of data security professionals have identified shadow data as their top concern when it comes to protecting cloud data. While security teams are confident that they have complete visibility into new public cloud data repositories, 93% are concerned about shadow data, up 11% from the year before, and 68% of respondents say it is the greatest challenge in protecting cloud data.
Why? Bad actors know that SMEs typically have a smaller security budget, less infosec manpower, and possibly weak or missing security controls to protect their data and infrastructure. The good news is you don't have to create your security strategy from scratch.
58% of SMBs have experienced high-impact shadow IT efforts outside the purview of their official IT department, according to Capterra. Half of SMBs say shadow IT teams are most commonly formed because there's a lack of understanding among employees about the process for acquiring new technology.
Microsoft has unveiled a faster and redesigned version of its Microsoft Teams communication and collaboration software that has begun rolling out to Windows users today as a preview release. The company describes the new Teams client as being twice as faster and consuming 50% less memory and up to 70% less disk space when compared to the current app.
Microsoft has unveiled a faster and redesigned version of its Microsoft Teams communication and collaboration software that has begun rolling out to Windows users today as a preview release. The company describes the new Teams client as being twice as faster and consuming 50% less memory and up to 70% less disk space when compared to the current app.
Competitors successfully exploited zero-day bugs in multiple products during the second day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023, including the Tesla Model 3, Microsoft's Teams communication platform, the Oracle VirtualBox virtualization platform, and the Ubuntu Desktop operating system. Team Viettel hacked also Microsoft Teams via a 2-bug chain to earn $78,000 and Oracle's VirtualBox using a Use-After-Free bug and an uninitialized variable for $40,000.
Why? Bad actors know that SMEs typically have a smaller security budget, less infosec manpower, and possibly weak or missing security controls to protect their data and infrastructure. The good news is you don't have to create your security strategy from scratch.
In a joint effort, the German Regional Police, Ukrainian National Police, Europol, Dutch Police, and FBI joined forces on February 28, 2023, to take down the masterminds behind a notorious criminal organization responsible for unleashing devastating cyberattacks using the DoppelPaymer ransomware. This ransomware appeared in 2019, when cybercriminals started using it to launch attacks against organizations, critical infrastructure, and industries.
"In today's economic reality, security budgets have not necessarily been cut down, but buyers are far more careful in their purchasing decisions and rightfully so. We believe that you cannot secure what you do not know, so knowing should be a basic commodity. Once you understand the magnitude of your SaaS attack layer, you can make an educated decision as to how you are going to solve it. Discovery is the natural and basic first step and it should be accessible to anyone." said Galit Lubetzky Sharon, Wing's Co-Founder and CTO. The company reported that within the first few weeks of launching, over 200 companies enrolled in their self-service free discovery tool, adding to the company's existing customer base. The challenge is that SaaS applications are often onboarded by employees without involving IT or security teams.