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These phishing emails promise compensation, test results, and other lures about the coronavirus to trick unsuspecting users, says Armorblox. Image: iStock/OrnRin Phishing campaigns often take advantage of events in the news as a way to hook potential victims, and that’s been especially true with COVID-19. Throughout this year, cybercriminals have exploited every aspect of the virus to capitalize on the fear, anxiety, and curiosity people naturally have felt about this deadly outbreak. A new report…

As we begin to wind-down 2020, we would like you to make sure you did not miss our annual Black Unicorn Report.  You’ll see some of the most innovative and skyrocketing cybersecurity companies in the industry, with past and present judges including Roger Herjavec, David DeWalt, Bob Ackerman and Gary Miliefsky. In the venture capital industry, a unicorn refers to any tech startup company that reaches a $1 billion-dollar market value as determined by private…

Jack Wallen shows you how to install and configure fail2ban on the latest release of Fedora Linux. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Since IBM/Red Hat has decided to ring the death knell for the CentOS we know and love, many of you might be considering making the switch to Fedora or Fedora Server. Because of that, you might want to know how to get a crucial system like fail2ban installed and running. For those that might not…

The vulnerabilities in Counter Strike: Global Defensive, Dota2, and Half Life could have allowed hackers to crash the games and hijack computers, according to Check Point. Getty Images/iStockphoto Check Point Research has identified four vulnerabilities in the network library of Steam, the online platform from game developer Valve that is used by 25 million users to connect together at peak time to buy, play, create, and discuss PC games. The platform hosts thousands of games,…

It’s time to say a final “Goodbye” to Flash. (Or should that be “Good riddance”?) With earlier this week seeing the final scheduled release of Flash Player, Adobe has confirmed that it will no longer be supporting the software after December 31 2020, and will actively block Flash content from running inside Flash Player from January 12 2021. In the company’s own words it “strongly recommends all users immediately uninstall Flash Player to protect their…

The business world has changed and managing your endpoints is more important than ever By Jay Goodman, Strategic Product Marketing Manager, Automox The business world has changed and many of the resulting adjustments, like remote work, are here to stay. Keeping your teams healthy and safe during this period is a top priority, as is making sure their remote endpoints are managed and secure. But with these changes come a list of concerns and issues…

Security researchers detected a new spear-phishing attack that’s using an exact domain spoofing tactic in order to impersonate Microsoft. On December 7, IRONSCALES revealed that it had spotted the campaign targeting Office 365 users. Those users primarily worked in the financial services, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, utilities and telecom industries. The email security provider took a deep dive into the campaign and found that it was using an exact domain spoofing technique. This means that the…

North Korea’s offensive cyber-program evolved from one of power projection to one which is “dual-focused” and going after international economic targets. Speaking at Black Hat Europe 2020, Crowdstrike researchers Jason Rivera and Josh Burgess discussed how North Korea had advanced its strategy from one of showing force, which was more prevalent under the leadership of Kim Jong-Il, to one which is now going after targets other than the US, South Korea and Japan. At first,…

News Detail VMware’s 2030 Agenda integrates 30 Environmental, Social and Governance goals into the business PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced its 2030 Agenda, a decade-long commitment to address critical challenges facing the global community. The Company created 30 measurable goals to achieve by 2030 (30×30) that are focused on three outcomes relevant to its … Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:00:00 VMware’s 2030 Agenda integrates 30 Environmental, Social and Governance goals…