FBI Issues Fortinet Flash Warning

FBI Issues Fortinet Flash Warning

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a flash warning Thursday over the exploitation of Fortinet vulnerabilities by advanced persistent threat (APT) groups. According to the FBI, an APT actor group has “almost certainly” been exploiting a FortiGate appliance since at least May 2021 to access a web server hosting the domain for a US municipal government. The APT actors may have established new user accounts on domain controllers, servers, workstations, and the active directories to…

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VMware to Present at the Stifel 2021 Virtual Cross Sector Insight Conference

VMware to Present at the Stifel 2021 Virtual Cross Sector Insight Conference

News Detail PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today announced that Raghu Raghuram, VMware’s incoming chief executive officer will present at the Stifel 2021 Virtual Cross Sector Insight Conference on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 1:40 p.m. PT/ 4:40 p.m. ET. A live webcast will be available on VMware’s Investor Relations page at … Fri, 28 May 2021 00:00:00 PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW),…

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US Jails Telemarketing Fraudster

US Jails Telemarketing Fraudster

A scammer who defrauded elderly American computer users by tricking them into believing that their computers had suffered a cyber-attack will be spending the next three years in federal prison. Himanshu Asri, of Delhi, India, took part in a five-year telemarketing scheme that conned around 2,000 computer users, most of whom were seniors.  The 34-year-old fraudster operated the call center in India that played an integral part in the Tech Fraud deception. Under the scheme,…

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SolarWinds hackers resurface to attack government agencies and think tanks

SolarWinds hackers resurface to attack government agencies and think tanks

Operating in Russia, the Nobelium cybercrime group has targeted 3,000 email accounts across more than 150 organizations, says Microsoft. NicoElNino, Getty Images/iStockphoto The group behind the infamous SolarWinds hacks is on another cyberattack spree, this time targeting not just government agencies but others as well. In a report published Thursday, Microsoft revealed that the threat actor Nobelium launched a series of attacks this past week against government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations. More…

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Cisco Partner, AnyWeb, Achieves Advanced DevNet Specialization

Cisco Partner, AnyWeb, Achieves Advanced DevNet Specialization

We’re happy to announce that AnyWeb has achieved Advanced DevNet Specialization partner status. AnyWeb earned DevNet Specialization status in February of this year. Today, they completed the evaluation to become the first partner in Cisco’s Europe/Middle East/Africa/Russia region to achieve the advanced level. And coincidentally, on the one year anniversary of the DevNet Specialization program. Based in Switzerland, AnyWeb has built a practice around automating, integrating, and enhancing their customers’ infrastructure. When speaking to earning this advanced…

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SolarWinds Hackers Go Phishing

SolarWinds Hackers Go Phishing

American multinational technology company Microsoft says that the threat group behind the Microsoft and SolarWinds hack has launched a massive new phishing campaign targeting government agencies, NGOs and think tanks.  Last year, an advanced persistent threat (APT) group exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft and SolarWinds programs to carry out a supply-chain attack that trojanized SolarWinds’ Orion business software updates to distribute malware. Nine US federal agencies and over 100 companies were targeted. According to Microsoft, Russian-based APT group…

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Strategies for improving enterprise network management and security

Strategies for improving enterprise network management and security

Hire the right people, remember every essential step, and put the right security policies in place with these downloadable guides. Modern businesses rely on good networks, and it’s unlikely that’s going to change in the near future. In fact, the dramatic shift to remote and hybrid-style work is actually likely to accelerate the need for good networking technology and standards. These five TechRepublic Premium downloads can help businesses large and small enact the right networking…

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Supporting a hybrid work environment is no longer an option, it’s a requirement. – Cisco Blogs

Supporting a hybrid work environment is no longer an option, it’s a requirement. – Cisco Blogs

While it’s exciting to see more organizations start to return to the office, it’s a transition that comes with a new set of questions and challenges as customers evolve to meet the flexible working needs of today.  We know our channel partners will deliver answers and solutions to shape the future of work starting with software and hardware to build a bridge for wherever and however customers need to work. To help accelerate the safe return to…

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Secure Workload and Secure Firewall – Unified Segmentation

Secure Workload and Secure Firewall – Unified Segmentation

Some questions may never be answered: Tea or Coffee? Cricket or Baseball? Should I implement segmentation in my application environment with or without an agent? Well, if you’ve ever struggled with that last question, I have some good news for you in this blog. If you study the segmentation products market, you will find a significant bifurcation in approach: segmentation via an agent residing within the workload (e.g., host-based firewalls) or by a device that…

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Cyber Hygiene: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of incident response

Cyber Hygiene: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of incident response

Today’s incident response teams operate like hospital emergency rooms (ERs). When an alert comes in—malware infection, intrusion, anomalous behavior, etc.—a specialist is called in for diagnosis and remediation. In cybersecurity, as in healthcare, good preventive care can improve outcomes and reduce costs. At Cisco,  I’ve been a part of a team responsible for imagining a preventive-care approach to cybersecurity—“cyber hygiene.” Here’s our current thinking on what’s needed. Foundation: a holistic view of digital assets The…

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