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By: Stephanie Crawford, Solutions Marketing Manager at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. Recent discussion about hybrid work has centered around enabling employees to work remotely, but remote work is only half of the hybrid equation. Equally important is ensuring that the corporate office environment provides the workspace and the technology to support this new way of working. Naturally, the network infrastructure plays a big role. As a key business tool and an enabler of…

Written by Tonya Riley Aug 10, 2022 | CYBERSCOOP If you’ve recently received a text claiming to have a delivery update for a package you never ordered or providing an urgent security alert for a bank you don’t belong to, you’re not alone. So far in 2022, the Federal Communications Commission has received more than 8,500 complaints about “unwanted text messages,” according to a consumer alert released last month. That number is on track to…

Give yourself peace of mind by implementing a new backup strategy with our tips. Image: apinan/Adobe Stock You know that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when a digital file goes missing? You immediately think: “Did I back that up? I must have. Did I?” Well, let’s go over the top five best backup practices so we can avoid that feeling forever. A quick word of warning — make sure whatever backup…

The threat actor known as DeathStalker has continued to target and disrupt foreign and cryptocurrency exchanges around the world throughout 2022 using the VileRAT malware, according to security researchers from Kaspersky. The findings are detailed in an advisory published on August 10 2022, which mentions a number of VileRAT-focussed campaigns  supposedly perpetrated by DeathStalker, starting in September 2020, through 2021 and more recently in June 2022. “DeathStalker has indeed continuously leveraged and updated its VileRAT…

According to ESG Research, XDR momentum continues to build despite there being confusion about what XDR is. Extended Detection & Response (XDR) is one of those solutions that everyone knows about, but few understand. Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solutions provide increased visibility into security threats by collecting data across all security telemetry, including networks, clouds, endpoints, and applications to detect, analyze, hunt, and mitigate threats, in real-time. Watch this quick video from Gartner® on…

Cyber-criminals spreading malware families are shifting to shortcut (LNK) files to deliver malware, HP Wolf Security’s latest report suggests. According to the new research, shortcuts are gradually replacing Office macros (which are starting to be blocked by default by Microsoft) as a way for attackers to get a foothold within networks by tricking users into infecting their PCs with malware.  Specifically, the report shows an 11% rise in archive files containing malware, including LNK files….