Social media is part of our social fabric. So much so that nearly 50% of the global population are social media users to some degree or other. With all that sharing, conversing, and information passing between family and friends, social media can be a distinct digital extension of ourselves—making it important to know how you can protect your social media accounts from hacks and attacks. Beyond the sheer number of people who’re on social media,…

Social media is part of our social fabric. So much so that nearly 50% of the global population are social media users to some degree or other. With all that sharing, conversing, and information passing between family and friends, social media can be a distinct digital extension of ourselves—making it important to know how you can protect your social media accounts from hacks and attacks. Beyond the sheer number of people who’re on social media,…

As more companies focus on digital adoption goals in 2022, finding security tools to detect malicious activity is top-of-mind for executives. Cybercrime is on the rise, with no signs of slowing down. Recent findings show a 358% increase in malware activity. Further, each day, the AV-TEST Institute registers over 450,000 new malicious programs and potentially unwanted applications, with new malware cropping up at an alarming rate. Some experts even believe cybercrime is the number one…

ZoHo patches authentication bypass in ManageEngine Desktop Central that could allow attackers to write arbitrary zip files to the server. Background On January 17, ZoHo issued an advisory and patches for CVE-2021-44757, a critical authentication bypass in its ManageEngine Desktop Central and ManageEngine Desktop Central MSP products. These are unified endpoint management solutions used to centrally manage a variety of devices including servers, personal computers and mobile devices. In December, ZoHo patched a separate authentication…

Twenty-five or more years ago, many companies jumped on the ERP bandwagon to consolidate all their major business operations under one technology umbrella. Today, we’re seeing many of those same companies prepare to implement a new ERP system as they migrate from legacy, on-premises applications to cloud-based systems that can be managed and scaled more quickly. These modern systems enable a massive shift in how organizations can automate and integrate business processes and enhance the…

Speed in business often means time to market — get there before the competition, and you can establish yourself as the market leader. The fact is, though, your pace of change is in many ways limited by how quickly your technology can flex to meet a new opportunity or challenge. And your IT team is limited by one major challenge: a talent shortage. One easy workaround is to make integration work to your advantage. A…

Florida cybersecurity company ReliaQuest has opened its first office in India. The new location for the Tampa-based company is in Pune, in the state of Maharashtra. ReliaQuest aims to have more than 50 employees on its India team by the end of the year. ReliaQuest, which reached a valuation of more than $1bn in its latest round of funding, announced its international expansion on January 11.  “2021 was an incredible year of growth and milestones for ReliaQuest, and we…

You can feel even more confident that you’ll enjoy life online with us at your side. AV-Comparatives has awarded McAfee as its 2021 Product of the Year. McAfee makes staying safe simple, and now this endorsement by an independent lab says we protect you best. Over the course of 2021, AV-Comparatives subjected 17 different online protection products to a series of rigorous tests. Their labs investigated each product’s ability to protect against real-world Internet threats,…