U.S. law enforcement learned that email attackers are using auto-forwarding rules to help them to perpetrate Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. In a Private Industry Notification published on November 25, the FBI revealed that some BEC scammers are now updating the auto-forwarding rules in the web-based client of an email account they’ve compromised. The FBI explained this tactic is predicated on the hope that administrators did not actively sync the web and desktop email clients…

News Detail PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced that global market research firm Forrester has named VMware a leader in both The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Cost Management and Optimization (CCMO), Q4 20201 and The Forrester Wave™: Hybrid Cloud Management, Q4 20202. “We’re honored to be a leader in both of these Forrester Wave reports,” said Ajay Singh, senior vice … Wed, 02 Dec 2020 00:00:00 PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc….

U.S. Federal Cybersecurity Today Computer security regulations have come a long way from their early beginnings.  Even before the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), there was the Computer Security Act of 1987 (CSA). The Computer Security Act was enacted by the 100th United States Congress in response to a lack of computer security protection measures, and a strong need for internal computer security governance for U.S. Federal agencies. Although the U.S. Federal Government relied…

In October, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released its “2020 Staff Report Lessons Learned from Commission-Led CIP Reliability Audits.” The report summarizes the Commission’s observations from Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) audits performed in conjunction with staff from Regional Entities and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). It is intended to inform both the community that’s subject to the CIP reliability standards and the public of lessons learned from audits performed in 2020. In…

This is the busiest time of the year for developers targeting AWS. Just over a week ago we announced the GA of Docker Compose for AWS, and this week we’re getting ready to virtually attend AWS re:Invent. re:Invent is the annual gathering of the entire AWS community and ecosystem to learn what’s new, get the latest tips and tricks, and connect with peers from around the world. Instead of the traditional week-long gathering of 60,000…