Over a third (36%) of workers claim to have picked up bad security behaviors since working from home, potentially putting their employers at risk, according to a new study from Tessian. The security vendor polled over 4,000 employees in the US and UK across various company sizes and industries, along with 200 IT professionals, to better understand back-to-work trends. The resulting Back to Work: Security Behaviors Report revealed that many staff found security workarounds since working…

News Detail New Solution Will Improve Spectrum Efficiency for Mobile Networks by as Much as 2x PALO ALTO, Calif. & SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– As communication service providers (CSPs) move to open radio access network (O-RAN) architectures, the door to innovation opens. Partnering to accelerate this innovation, Cohere Technologies and VMware (NYSE: VMW) today announced they are developing an … Tue, 15 Jun 2021 00:00:00 New Solution Will Improve Spectrum Efficiency for Mobile Networks by…

According to a new report, no two criminal groups deploy the infamous REvil ransomware variant identically, adding to the challenge for those tasked with detecting and responding to such attacks. The new study from Sophos details the activity of the affiliates who license the malware itself and handle the break-ins. This ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model now accounts for the majority of attacks in the wild. Initial network access could come from brute-forcing internet-facing services like VPNs, RDP, VNC, and cloud-based…

The Avaddon ransomware gang has shut down its operations and released the decryption keys to allow victims to recover their files for free. Good news for the victims of the Avaddon ransomware gang, the cybercrime group has shut down its operations and provided the decryption keys to BleepingComputer website. The group has also shut down its servers and deleted profiles on hacking forums, they also shut down their leak site. This morning, BleepingComputer received a…

A data breach at a Volkswagen vendor has impacted millions of customers and prospective car purchasers across North America.  The breach occurred after information gathered by the vendor between 2014 and 2019 for sales and marketing purposes was stored electronically in an unsecured file for years.  The majority of the individuals whose data was compromised were potential buyers or current customers of luxury car brand Audi. The Volkswagen Group formed Audi in 1969 after it bought the Auto Union…