We hope you’ve enjoyed Cyber Awareness month. This year’s theme asked us all to do our part to stay safer online. The idea is that if we each take steps to secure our lives online, then together we all contribute to creating a safer, more secure internet. Of course, it’s our job to help you #BeCyberSmart. With that in mind, we’ve pulled together all the safety tips we featured in October. From family security to protecting your latest smart home gadgets, they’re all here and organized by theme. So take a look below and let’s all…

We hope you’ve enjoyed Cyber Awareness month. This year’s theme asked us all to do our part to stay safer online. The idea is that if we each take steps to secure our lives online, then together we all contribute to creating a safer, more secure internet. Of course, it’s our job to help you #BeCyberSmart. With that in mind, we’ve pulled together all the safety tips we featured in October. From family security to protecting your latest smart home gadgets, they’re all here and organized by theme. So take a look below and let’s all…

This year’s VMworld promises lots of ways to connect and learn digitally. Follow @VMwareCloud first, if you aren’t already—we’ll be providing updates and live-tweeting some sessions. Looking for more ways to connect and socialize? Check out these options:  New this year: VMware Talk, a social spot with 10 public spaces where you can chat and connect.  For more opportunities to chat this week, connect with the #vmware-community in Slack during VMworld 2021. Find your VMware community among vExperts, bloggers, Champions, developers, VMUG and in…

As organizations continue to expand and evolve their digital footprint, security staff struggle to adapt operations quickly enough to ensure effective monitoring and response to incidents in their environment. These challenges are even more difficult due to limited staff and expertise. Enter extended detection and response or XDR. Depending on who you ask, you’ll get differing opinions about what XDR is, where it came from, and whether or not you need it. The fact is…

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly reviewing the news for interesting stories and developments in the cybersecurity world. Here’s what stood out to us during the week of September 27, 2021. We’ve also included the comments from a few folks here at Tripwire VERT. REvil Ransomware Group Goes Offline Back in July 2021, CyberNews reported that the REvil ransomware group’s website and infrastructure had gone offline. It was…

A former US army contractor has been sentenced to more than 12 years behind bars after pleading guilty to helping defraud thousands of military service members, veterans and their families. Fredrick Brown, 40, of Las Vegas, was sentenced for one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, following a guilty plea nearly two years ago. As a civilian medical records technician and administrator at the US army’s 65th…