Wednesday, 1 May 2019

Microsoft Expands Security and Compliance Features for 365 Customers

Microsoft this week announced more control and options designed to provide Microsoft 365 customers with the ability to strengthen their data privacy and compliance practices.

Following the update, customers get new capabilities as part of Microsoft 365 E5 and E5 Compliance (previously known as Information Protection & Compliance). 

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Kaspersky Analyzes Hacking Group's Homegrown Attack Tools

Kaspersky Details MuddyWater’s Post-Infection Tools

The MuddyWater cyberespionage group is making use of a broad range of post-infection tools in their attacks, mostly developed in-house, Kaspersky Lab’s security researchers reveal.

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Muhstik Botnet Exploits Recent Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability

A recently observed variant of the Muhstik botnet is exploiting a recently disclosed Oracle WebLogic server vulnerability for cryptomining and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

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Two Vulnerabilities Expose Rockwell Controllers to DoS Attacks

Two vulnerabilities discovered by industrial cybersecurity companies CyberX and Nozomi Networks in some of Rockwell Automation’s controllers expose devices to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks

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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Sentenced to 50 Weeks in UK Jail

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks—for almost a year—in prison by a London court for breaching his bail conditions in 2012 and taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy for nearly 7 years. The 47-year-old Assange was arrested last month by London's Metropolitan Police Service after the Ecuadorian government suddenly withdrew his political asylum. Within hours of his

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CompTIA Certification Training Courses — Avail Awesome 95% Discount

The Information Technology industry has seen exponential growth over the years. It is essential for everyone to earn cybersecurity certification if you want to be a part of this growing industry. Organizations always prefer employees with strong internationally-recognized professional certifications. It proofs your skills, knowledge, and gives more credibility to advance your career. IT

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‘Privacy-Focused’ Facebook Puts the Spotlight on Groups

Facebook is launching a major redesign of its app and website built around letting people connect with groups that share their interests — an attempt to shift its focus away from the untrammeled public sharing that has helped spread hate speech, extremism, misinformation and livestreamed video of massacres.

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DHS Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Critical Flaws Within 15 Days

In recent years, we have seen how hackers prey on those too lazy or ignorant to install security patches, which, if applied on time, would have prevented some devastating cyber attacks and data breaches that happened in major organisations. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ordered government agencies to more swiftly plug the critical security vulnerabilities found

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Hackers Found Exploiting Oracle WebLogic RCE Flaw to Spread Ransomware

Taking advantage of newly disclosed and even patched vulnerabilities has become common among cybercriminals, which makes it one of the primary attack vectors for everyday-threats, like crypto-mining, phishing, and ransomware. As suspected, a recently-disclosed critical vulnerability in the widely used Oracle WebLogic Server has now been spotted actively being exploited to distribute a

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DHS Orders Agencies to Patch Critical Flaws Within 15 Days

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week issued a new Binding Operational Directive (BOD) instructing federal agencies and departments to act more quickly when it comes to patching serious vulnerabilities in internet-exposed systems.

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