RSS_Virtulization

Scam emails most commonly originate from Eastern European countries, according to a study by Barracuda Networks. Analyzing geolocation and network infrastructure across over two billion emails from its Threat Spotlight data, the researchers calculated the quantity of phishing emails as an overall percentage of total messages sent from regions throughout the globe. It was discovered that the five countries with the highest proportion of phishing attacks from emails sent were all from Eastern Europe. In descending…

An American man who stole someone’s identity and tried to purchase a chemical weapon on the dark web after going through a breakup has been sent to prison. Forty-six-year-old Jason William Siesser admitted attempting to buy a highly toxic chemical in amounts capable of killing hundreds of people on two occasions between June 14 and August 23, 2018. On August 4, 2020, Siesser pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to acquire a chemical weapon and…

03.21 vRealize Automation Cloud Launch Update We wish you a very featureful Easter! We kept our 03.21 (March) launch under the covers until the very end of the month; but it was worth it: It’s full of Easter Eggs! vRealize Orchestrator plugin for vRealize Automation Cloud Should I use vRealize Orchestrator or Automation? That’s such a standard vRealize user question but it’s really a chocolate bunny-and-chocolate egg problem1. Fear no more! With this new plugin…

According to Verizon, nearly half of businesses sacrificed mobile device security best practices to “get the job done.” Image: anyaberkut, Getty Images/iStockphoto According to the Verizon Business Mobile Security Index 2021, the massive shift to remote work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic left many businesses knowingly vulnerable to attacks from employees’ mobile devices. Of the more than 850 businesses surveyed for the report, 40% said mobile devices are their company’s biggest IT security threat, yet…

Mike Adams joined Brunswick, the $4.3 billion manufacturing business, in 2017 to define its enterprise architecture function and to work with then CIO Danielle Brown to craft a modernization strategy. Since then, the company has sold off its non-marine businesses and is now fully focused on the marine market (its brands include Boston Whaler, SeaRay, and Mercury), which allows for a streamlined customer digital engagement strategy. Promoted to CIO last fall, Adams has identified three…

Concerns have been voiced by leading data privacy advocates regarding a new COVID-19 venue check-in app announced by the Scottish government. The app, Check In Scotland, which is separate from the Protect Scotland contact tracing app, requires citizens to check into venues as the country reopens from pandemic-induced lockdowns. As outlined on the Scottish government’s website, “Check In Scotland is a way to collect the contact details of people who visit a wide range of…

Cybercriminal extortionists have adopted a new tactic to apply even more pressure on their corporate victims: contacting the victims’ customers, and asking them to demand a ransom is paid to protect their own privacy. At the end of March, Bleeping Computer reported that the Clop ransomware gang had not stopped at threatening hacked companies and contacting journalists, but had taken the additional step of direct emailing victims’ customers whose details had been found in stolen…

On-premises SAP systems are targeted by threat actors within 72 hours after security patches are released, security SAP security firm Onapsis warns. According to a joint study published by Onapsis and SAP, on-premises SAP systems are targeted by threat actors within 72 hours after security patches are released. Threat actors perform reverse-engineering of the SAP patches to create their own code to exploit recently addressed vulnerabilities and use them to target SAP installs. SAP and…

Organizations must take more responsibility for the security of third party providers that access their data, according to experts speaking during a webinar session organized by Atakama. Moderating the discussion, Brian Herr, field CISO at Mainline Information Systems, firstly highlighted how organizations are becoming increasingly reliant on third parties, meaning growing numbers of entities are getting access to their confidential information. “Organizations are putting more data outside of their control,” he explained, adding that “the…