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You need to analyze many potential entry points, attack paths, and data exfiltration tactics to reveal the scope of what took place-all while the culprits are potentially taking steps to cover their tracks. The attacker might then use stolen user credentials to move laterally throughout the network, finally launching a DCShadow attack that uses replication permissions to imitate a domain controller and make changes to Active Directory.
Windows 10 comes with built-in personalization settings to help you customize the desktop and it provides plenty of options by default. Unlike Windows Search, Fluent Search offers accurate results and it lets you jump easily between running apps and browser tabs.
Windows 11 is arriving later this year and it's currently available to testers in the Windows Insider program. Like Windows 10, Windows 11 also comes with bloatware in some form or another.
Even with plenty of old problems to contend with, an expert suggests security pros need to get ready for new and more powerful automated ransomware tools. New problems specific to SMBs. Little next takes on what he calls "New problems:" Challenges facing SMBs that are somewhat obscure, not mainstream, and seldom considered by those responsible for cybersecurity in smaller businesses.
ThycoticCentrify, formed from a merger between two computer access management firms, said it surveyed about 8,000 people, and reports just under a quarter admitted they reuse passwords across multiple websites - a cybersecurity no-no because it opens you up to credential stuffing. The use of browser-stored passwords was also called out as a potential security risk by ThycoticCentrify, with a third of respondents apparently saying they rely on their web browser to manage their passphrases.
Despite volatility of the risk landscape in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, most organizations still rely on manual tools and technologies for internal audit processes, a MetricStream survey reveals. The state of internal audit processes 67% of internal auditors have had to change their plans, and reprioritize audit activities during the pandemic.
Dropbox have made it easier to centralize, organize, and protect personal content. Automatically back up photos and videos from your mobile device to Dropbox, and access them on any device.
While the increased need for flexibility, agility, and speed continues to drive the evolution of application development and increased deployment of microservice-based architectures, many organizations have not updated their security tooling and continue to rely on traditional web application and API security tools to protect their business. "One of the biggest security challenges we are seeing today is that technologies are rapidly evolving to better serve the growing demand for digital experiences, but the security offerings that protect those technologies are not experiencing that same level of transformation - and often erode the benefits of modern technology stacks," said Kelly Shortridge, Senior Principal Technologist at Fastly.
LogRhythm has released a new set of automation tools to allow organizations to rapidly comply with Qatar's National Cybersecurity Framework. LogRhythm customers can deploy the tools in its NextGen Security Information and Event Management platform to rapidly achieve regulatory compliance.
Microsoft says they have discovered new attacks conducted by the Russian state-sponsored Nobelium hacking group, including a hacked Microsoft support agent's computer that exposed customer's subscription information. During the investigation into the attacks, Microsoft also detected an information-stealing trojan on a Microsoft customer support agent's computer that provided access to "Basic account information" for a limited number of customers.