RSS_Virtulization

From 28 June to 28 July, PCI SSC stakeholders can participate in a Request for Comments (RFC) on a draft of the PCI DSS v4.0 draft validation documents. As indicated in a recent post on the PCI DSS v4.0 timeline, this RFC was added as a unique opportunity for the industry to provide feedback on drafts of the v4.0 Report on Compliance (ROC) Template and the ROC Attestations of Compliance (AOC). This RFC also introduces…

Every day you place your personal information in the hands of companies and trust that it will remain safe. However, what happens when external threats jeopardize your personal data security, especially while working remotely?  The transition to remote work environments and consumers’ online habits have made it more difficult for Canadian employees and consumers to protect their personal information. This challenge is primarily due to ransomware. To protect yourself, you need to first understand how cybercriminals take advantage of users’ online behaviors to launch strategic attacks against employees and consumers…

Every day you place your personal information in the hands of companies and trust that it will remain safe. However, what happens when external threats jeopardize your personal data security, especially while working remotely?  The transition to remote work environments and consumers’ online habits have made it more difficult for Canadian employees and consumers to protect their personal information. This challenge is primarily due to ransomware. To protect yourself, you need to first understand how cybercriminals take advantage of users’ online behaviors to launch strategic attacks against employees and consumers…

Every day you place your personal information in the hands of companies and trust that it will remain safe. However, what happens when external threats jeopardize your personal data security, especially while working remotely?  The transition to remote work environments and consumers’ online habits have made it more difficult for Canadian employees and consumers to protect their personal information. This challenge is primarily due to ransomware. To protect yourself, you need to first understand how cybercriminals take advantage of users’ online behaviors to launch strategic attacks against employees and consumers…

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Introduction Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface+, also known as GDI+, allows various applications to use different graphics functionality on video displays as well as printers. Windows applications don’t directly access graphics hardware such as device drivers, but they interact with GDI, which in turn then interacts with device drivers. In this way, there is an abstraction layer to Windows applications and a common set of APIs for everyone to use. Because of its complex format,…

Organizations of all industries and sizes are adopting a multi-cloud strategy to meet the demands of today and tomorrow. So much so, that 80% of organizations expect to support a distributed model for cloud apps across public, private, and edge environments in the next three years. Whether to support diverse business needs or leverage best-of-breed functionalities by aligning app needs to specific cloud capabilities – a multi-cloud strategy provides the speed, flexibility, and scalability organizations…

Microsoft discovered that Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers, tracked as Nobelium, have breached the network of three new organizations. Microsoft revealed on Friday that Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers, tracked as Nobelium or APT29, have conducted news cyber attacks against other organizations. Threat actors carried out brute-force and password spraying attacks in an attempt to gain access to Microsoft customer accounts. Microsoft pointed out that the recent campaign was mostly unsuccessful and most of the attempts failed, but confirmed to be…

New survey finds that the attack also motivated more information sharing within the industry and improved supply chain security. Image: Shutterstock/Vchal The good news is that security teams are beefing up network defenses, but the bad news is that most companies have recently suffered a cybersecurity incident that required a board meeting. That’s the analysis from the 2021 Cybersecurity Impact Report from IronNet.  The report is based on interviews with 473 security IT decision makers…