News Detail New Capabilities Simplify On-Prem and Multi-Cloud VDI and DaaS PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– During the first six weeks of the transition to remote work in early 2020, the total number of cloud-deployed VMware Horizon desktops grew by 82 percent1. As employees decide if they will return to the office or continue working remotely in some manner, VMware Horizon will continue to play a … Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:00:00 New Capabilities Simplify On-Prem…

Protecting systems from bad actors is essential, but all the firewalls in the world are useless against the modern hacker who targets human weaknesses instead of digital ones. Image: iStock/iBrave A study from cybersecurity company Proofpoint found that 2020 was a big year for cybercriminals, who shifted their strategies to better target vulnerable remote workers. Those trends, Proofpoint concludes, are here to stay, which means the human factor in cybersecurity is more important to focus…

An Iranian state actor spent years pretending to be someone called “Marcella Flores” in an attempt to spy on a U.S. aerospace defense contractor. A new report from cybersecurity company Proofpoint identified the actor as part of state-sponsored espionage against defense “industrial base” contractors doing work related to the Middle East. Identified as TA456, the state actor first established a relationship with an employee at a subsidiary of the defense contractor. Then, in early June 2021, attempted…

Hackers linked to the Chinese government invaded major telecom companies “across Southeast Asia,” says reporting firm Cybereason, and the tools they used will sound familiar. A diagram of the three APTs acting against Southeast Asian telecoms. Image: Cybereason New research has been published that points the finger at the Chinese government for being behind hacks of major telecommunications companies around Southeast Asia, all for the purpose of spying on high-profile individuals.  Published by Cybereason, the…

Enabling Zero Trust Access with End-to-end Data Security and Continuous Risk Assessment The current business transformation and remote workforce expansion require zero trust access to corporate resources, with end-to-end data security and continuous risk assessment to protect applications and data across all locations – public clouds, private data centers, and user devices.  MVISION Private Access is the industry’s first truly integrated Zero Trust Network Access solution that enables blazing fast, granular “Zero Trust” access to…

People make up an important part of an organization’s security posture. That’s because some employees have the rights necessary for accessing sensitive data as well as the privileges for viewing and/or editing critical systems. If those individuals have the right focus and training, they can play a crucial part in keeping those assets safe against digital attackers. But if they aren’t paying attention, they could do something that puts their employer at risk. Take cloud…