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By: Amrita Shergill, Account Manager, NaaS and Ecosystem Sales COVID-19’s disruption of traditional business models has paved the way for long overdue business operational changes. Declining revenues, along with the burden of growing fixed cost during Covid, induced lockdowns and eroded margins. Due to these tough conditions, organizations required working capital to keep the lights on. In response to these adverse circumstances, businesses increasingly adopted technology and an asset-light model to navigate these market challenges. Network…

This week the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the Cyber Safety Review Board’s (CSRB) first report into the December 2021 Log4j event, where a number of vulnerabilities were reported with this Java-based logging framework. The report’s methodology included a mixture of interviews and requests for information over a 90-day period, engaging with approximately 80 organizations and individuals comprising software developers, end users, security professionals and companies. This was to ensure the board spoke with multiple representatives from…

By Timothy Liu, CTO & Co-founder, Hillstone Networks In tandem with the evolution of security technology, network attacks have become more targeted, concealed, and persistent. To counter this trend, endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology provides a new medium and platform for detecting and preventing security threats at the endpoint. The advanced nature and advantages of EDR in defending against unknown threat attacks, zero-day vulnerability attacks, and APT attacks have become an important part of…

North Korean threat actors are targeting small and mid-sized businesses with ransomware, according to Microsoft Security researchers. The group of actors, going by the name H0lyGh0st, have been developing and conducting cross-national malware attacks for over a year, performing successful attacks as early as September 2021.  As well as using a ransomware payload, the group – tracked by Microsoft as DEV-0530 – maintains an .onion site to communicate with their victims. Utilizing the method of double extortion, their strategy…

A modern, agile IT infrastructure has become the critical enabler for success, allowing organizations to unlock the potential of new technologies such as AI, analytics, and automation. Yet modernization journeys are often bumpy; IT leaders must overcome barriers such as resistance to change, management complexity, high costs, and talent shortages. Those successful in their modernization endeavors can expect significant business gains. In Ampol’s case, the transport fuels provider enjoyed enhanced operational efficiency, business agility, and…