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A quick shift toward Microsoft Office 365 and Azure AD in the cloud has expanded the attack surface for many organizations, says Vectra AI. Image: Microsoft The coronavirus pandemic has forced many organizations to transition their applications and other assets to the cloud. One of the most popular applications continues to be Microsoft Office. As such, there’s been a surge in Office 365 implementations over the past year. SEE: Office 365: A guide for tech and…

Half of cybersecurity incident response professionals desire a better work-life balance from their role, according to recruitment firm Stott and May. The survey of 100 incident response professionals in the UK and US sought to determine the key factors that personnel in this area look for in a prospective employer. It found that close to a third (29%) of respondents saw the quality and calibre of potential new team members as the number one factor…

Cybercriminals know they can make money with ransomware and keep getting bolder with their demands, says Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Ransomware has emerged as one of the most pernicious security threats to organizations and one that has proved to be lucrative for the criminals who practice it. Many victims simply choose to pay the ransom to get up and running again, especially if they lack any feasible way to recover their…

Most of the cyberattacks on cloud environments have been due to compromised credentials, says Centrify. Image: iStock/Melpomenem Moving your assets and infrastructure to the cloud is a key way to offload some of the time, money and resources required to manage everything internally. With the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown forcing a dramatic shift toward remote working, more organizations have been migrating to the cloud over the past year. SEE: Managing the multicloud (ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature) | Download the…

A Californian man has been charged by a US regulator for tweeting false information to his followers in a secret bid to inflate the value of his shares in a defunct cannabis company. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against Irvine-based Andrew Fassari. He’s alleged to have bought over 41 million shares in Nevada-based Arcis Resources Corporation (ARCS), before tweeting lies to his thousands of followers…