With 2021 approaching, it is a time to both reflect on the outstanding progress we have each made – personally and professionally, and warmly welcome a new chapter in 2021!   2020 has been one of the most unexpected years in our history. However, despite COVID-19, we had some amazing successes.  January brought McAfee our new CEO – Peter Leav. It’s hard to believe it has only been a year under his leadership. What an impact! And, McAfee is back on the stock…

Background On Dec. 13, FireEye published a detailed analysis about the attack carried out against SolarWinds, which appears to have compromised its Orion IT monitoring and management platform to spread the Sunburst Backdoor malware. As part of the attack, which started in March, the Orion platform started sending out the digitally-signed trojanized malware via regular updates. According to SolarWinds, the compromised update may have been installed by fewer than 18,000 of its customers, including many…

SolarWinds, a provider of IT management and monitoring software deployed by thousands of global customers, was breached between March and June of 2020 by an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) that cybersecurity company FireEye is tracking as UNC2452. As part of the supply chain attack, the APT compromised the company’s Orion business software with trojanized malware known as Sunburst, which opens a backdoor into the networks of customers who executed Orion updates. Immediately following news of…

Data automation allows companies to conduct operations more consistently, securely, and reliably. Learn how one company tackled the challenges. Image: iStock/ADragan Data automation is going to be a major focus for my team of system administrators in 2021. Since I work for a financial organization, security is a paramount concern, so this is an area in which we intend to hit the ground running in the New Year. SEE: Managing the multicloud (ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature)…

AI and machine learning have the potential to take a bite out of cybercrime, but let’s not forget the human factor. Image: iStockphoto/AndreyPopov Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being touted as a technology that will reduce cybercrime. Ed Bishop, cofounder and CTO at Tessian, agrees that AI will help but only if it is configured to protect people. “Despite thousands of cybersecurity products, data breaches are at an all-time high,” writes Bishop in his sponsored VentureBeat…