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The goal is to help alleviate the estimated 700,000 vacancies in cybersecurity jobs in the U.S. Image: Maksym Yemelyanov/Adobe Stock A number of companies pledged to do their parts to help assuage the shortage of cybersecurity professionals during the White House National Cyber Workforce and Education Summit on Tuesday. The summit’s goal was to “raise the bar on cybersecurity through greater awareness, education and training,’’ the White House said in a statement. It was also…

  Despite a lack of women in technology professions, Lizzie Noblecilla Piscoya believes that women have a promising future in cybersecurity. Lizzie believes that women, by their very nature, have an enormous capacity to adapt and to face new challenges, making them a perfect fit for a dynamic industry that is constantly evolving. In this edition of our blog, Lizzie describes the path that led to her own success, and how other women can develop…

With an eye on the growing contact center-as-a-service (CCaaS) market—which is being spurred by enterprise efforts to offer better customer service and experience—Microsoft on Tuesday released a new, all-in-one, cloud-based offering to take on hyperscalers such as AWS and Google, and other rivals including Oracle, SAP and ServiceNow. Dubbed Digital Contact Center and available now, the new offering combines AI capabilities with existing Microsoft services and products including Dynamics 365, Teams, Power Platform and Nuance,…

CSRB has released a report saying that the Log4j exploit is here to stay long-term, meaning businesses should be ready in case of a cyber attack. Image: Adobe Stock The Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) recently labeled the Log4j security exploit as an ‘endemic vulnerability’ that will linger for years, according to a report released on Jul 11, 2022. The vulnerability itself was discovered back in December 2021, requiring little to no hacking skills in…

The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, DDoS, North Korea, Obfuscation, Phishing, Ransomware, Russia, Trojans, and Vulnerabilities. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity. Figure 1 – IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed….

The Albanian government has been hit with a “massive cyber-attack,” forcing its websites offline. In a statement shared with local news outlets, the government blamed the incident on a synchronized “attack from abroad.” The press release continued: “In order to not allow this attack to damage our information system, the National Agency of Information Society had temporarily shut down online services and other government websites.” The government also emphasized that all citizens’ data stored on…