For the final quarter of 2021, DHL surpassed Microsoft as the brand most spoofed in phishing campaigns, says Check Point Research. Image: iStock/OrnRin Phishing attacks often impersonate a popular brand or product to try to trick people into falling for their scams. But the brands that are most exploited change depending on events in the news, the time of year and other factors. A report released Monday by cyber threat intelligence provider Check Point Research…

Microsoft has been forced to issue an out-of-band update to fix several problems reported by system administrators following this month’s Patch Tuesday. After installing the January Windows update, customers complained of Hyper-V not starting, Windows resilient file system (ReFS) being no longer accessible, unwanted system reboots and other issues. Microsoft responded on Monday with a new update designed to fix the problems. “This update addresses issues related to VPN connectivity, Windows Server Domain Controllers restarting, virtual machines start failures and ReFS-formatted removable…

January is a natural time to press pause and establish the priorities that you and your team will need to focus on during the coming year. Separating high-priority issues from all the other things that clutter an IT leader’s already busy schedule requires time, insight, and a healthy dose of intuition. To make the job easier for you, here’s a quick rundown of eight key areas that should be at the top of your agenda….

Serendipity in IT can be a great force multiplier. Just ask growing fabric-maker Camira Fabrics, which discovered the power of APIs when seeking to cut customer costs by bringing EDI in house. Each year, Camira Fabrics produces around 8 million meters of fabric for use in contract furnishings and public transport seating — about enough to stretch from its headquarters in the North of England to San Francisco. Over the years, Camira has acquired a…

UK police have launched another initiative designed to persuade young people not to get involved in cybercrime after claiming that children as young as nine have launched DDoS attacks in the past. The National Crime Agency (NCA) has teamed up with Schools Broadband, part of ISP the Talk Straight Group, on a new education campaign. It said that students searching for specific terms associated with DDoS and other cybercrimes would be shown a warning message…