RSS_Virtulization

Personal devices and the information they carry are incredibly valuable to their owners. It is only natural to want to protect your device like a royal family fortifying a medieval castle. Unlike medieval castles that depended upon layers and layers of protection (moats, drawbridges, spiky gates, etc.), personal devices thrive on just one defense: a devoted guard called antivirus software.  Increasing your personal device’s security detail with more than one guard, or antivirus software is actually less effective than using a single, comprehensive option. Microsoft operating systems recognize the detriment of running…

CISOs from Twitter, United Airlines and a Bain Capital partner discuss how to integrate security into all aspects of an organization at Rubrik’s FORWARD conference Tuesday. Image: kaptnali, Getty Images/iStockphoto There are higher incidents of ransomware because new threat models are emerging and bad actors are participating more frequently in ransomware as a service, said United Airlines VP and CISO Deneen DeFiore. “There is an evolution happening,” said DeFiore, speaking during a data security panel…

Industry-Leading Innovations Including SaaS Security, Advanced URL Filtering, DNS Security, a Cloud Identity Engine and New ML-Powered Firewalls Help Customers Adopt a Zero Trust architecture across their Network Security Stack SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q3 2020, today introduced five key innovations that make it easier for customers to adopt Zero Trust across their network security stack….

As businesses move to the cloud, threat actors have kept pace, which makes their attacks harder to detect and more effective than ever. Image: jctabb/Shutterstock The latest escalation of the cybersecurity arms race finds threat actors following their targets into the cloud as they start to launch difficult-to-detect attacks by leveraging trusted domains owned by companies like Google and Microsoft. According to a blog post from cybersecurity software company Proofpoint, cloud collaboration tools like Microsoft…

We’re all impatient these days, we want things fast and we want them all at once, especially when it comes to technology. In 2010, Intel even had an ad campaign about how watching the hourglass whilst waiting for something to load can lead to stress! They called it “Hourglass Syndrome” and I’m sure we can all relate. But why is it that we hear AI/ML workloads in particular need more performance? Is it because we’re…

The UK privacy regulator has fined a QR code provider that abused its access to personal data to spam individuals with direct marketing at the height of the pandemic. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) explained in a notice yesterday that it fined St Albans firm Tested.me £8000 after it send the marketing email without gaining adequate valid consent from data subjects. The firm provided clients with contact tracing services by enabling them to offer customers…

Some 90% of cyber-attacks investigated by a leading security vendor last year involved abuse of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), and ransomware featured in 81%. The figures come from a new Active Adversary Playbook 2021 compiled by Sophos from the experiences of its frontline threat hunters and incident responders. It revealed that, while RDP is often used to gain initial access into victim organizations, especially during ransomware attacks, it was also hijacked by attackers in…

CSO Online | May 19, 2021 The SolarWinds breach represents a tectonic shift in threat actor tactics, suggesting this kind of attack vector will be replicated. Not only were the attacker’s sophistication and technical proficiency high — allowing them to stay in stealth mode — they also understood the supply chain. Join us to learn how improved identity management and governance surrounding software components, along with workload runtime protection, are critical strategies in guarding against…