Business executives in the United States favor retaliatory action over diplomacy when it comes to preventing cyber-attacks.  A day after American president Joe Biden announced his intention to replace “relentless war” with “relentless diplomacy,” new research by Arctic Wolf shows that just 15% of US executives believe that diplomacy effectively stops future cyber-attacks.  More than twice as many US executives – 31% – believe that retaliatory cyber-attacks against foreign nations would be effective in putting a halt to digital assaults.   When…

The most common targets of ransomware in the second quarter of 2021 were governmental, medical and industrial companies along with scientific and educational institutions, says Positive Technologies. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Ransomware attacks have hit “stratospheric” levels, according to a report released Wednesday by cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies. In the second quarter of 2021, ransomware accounted for 69% of all attacks involving malware, a 30% jump from the same quarter in 2020. The most popular targets…

Your IoT devices may be vulnerable to malware Length: 7:47 | Sep 22, 2021 NordPass: Only 33% of users surveyed had changed the default passwords on their IoT devices, leaving the rest vulnerable to attack. Source link

Cybersecurity professionals need to shoot for the stars and overcome self-confidence issues to progress in their careers. That was the message of an illuminating keynote address by Alyssa Miller, business information security officer, SMP Global, while giving the keynote address at the Infosecurity Magazine Autumn Online Summit – North America 2021. Miller began by describing her own career to date, and how she reached the heights of business information security officer at SMP Global, where…

News Detail Company Also Scores Highest in the Cloud-First WAN Use Case in the 2021 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for WAN Edge Infrastructure Report PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. as a Leader in the 2021 Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure. According to Gartner, VMware was evaluated on its ability to execute and … Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:00:00 Company Also Scores Highest in…

VMware published an advisory addressing 19 vulnerabilities, including one critical flaw in vCenter Server that is reportedly simple to exploit. Background On September 21, VMware published a security advisory addressing 19 vulnerabilities in vCenter Server, its centralized management software for VMware vSphere systems. The full list of vulnerabilities patched includes: CVE Description CVSSv3 CVE-2021-22005 vCenter Server file upload vulnerability 9.8 …