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CISA Eviction Guide for SolarWinds, Microsoft O365 Compromises

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The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released eviction guidance for system compromises caused by the supply-chain attack on SolarWinds and subsequent...

VMware Issues Patch for 2 Severe Flaws Posing Credential Theft Risk

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VMware issued a software update for its vRealize Operations, Cloud Foundation, and Lifecycle Manage to address two severe flaws that could allow an attacker to steal admin credentials and manipulate or...

Threat Actors Can Leverage RDP Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks

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A recent report from Netscout revealed that threat actors can abuse the Microsoft remote desktop protocol (RDP) to amplify denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Researchers identified over 14,000 servers...

Top Health IT Security Challenges? Medical Devices, Cloud Security

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Cloud security and connected medical device security are the biggest IT challenges healthcare entities are facing under the current landscape, according to 46 percent of IT leaders surveyed...

CISA: Poor Cyber Hygiene Exploited to Compromise Cloud Security Services

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Threat actors are successfully exploiting organizations with poor cyber hygiene to compromise cloud security services, according to a new Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and...

350M Voicemails, Health Details Exposed by Misconfigured Database

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Comparitech researchers discovered a trove of Broadvoice databases containing more than 350 million customer records, including names, contact details, and in some...

Medical Software Database Exposes Personal Data of 3.1M Patients

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A medical software company’s database containing the personal information of more than 3.1 million patients was left exposed online without the need for a password or other authorization,...

NSA Shares Guide to Securing IPSec VPNs, Telework, Remote Sites

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The National Security Agency (NSA) released guidance designed to help organizations better secure Ip Security (IpSec) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), given the rapid adoption of telework and...

Cloud Mitigation for Ransomware, as COVID-19 Spurs Cyberattacks

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A host of cyberattack trends on the health sector emerged in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as hackers sought to take advantage of the crisis with ransomware and misinformation campaigns, according...

Remote Attacks on Cloud Service Targets Rose 630% Amid COVID-19

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A recent McAfee report confirms that cybercriminals have been steadily working to exploit the increase in remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, with researchers finding that remote attacks on cloud...

DHS Shares Cloud, Microsoft Office 365 Insights for COVID-19 Telework

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The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released COVID-19 telework guidance for Microsoft Office 365 and other cloud services, given many organizations have...

Amid COVID-19 Telehealth Use, Sen. Probes Zoom on Privacy Practices

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Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, sent a letter to Zoom CEO Eric Yuan, asking for insights into the video conferencing platform’s privacy and security practices, given the drastic increase...

Must-Have Telehealth, Remote Work Privacy and Security for COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly expanded the use of telehealth, telemedicine, remote work, and bring-your-own-device, both on-site and remote in the healthcare sector. But while some outlets have...

Enterprise Public Cloud Adoption Stifled by Privacy, Security Concerns

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The majority of IT leadership say privacy and security concerns are restricting the adoption of public cloud services within their organization, despite finding significant value in its adoption,...

NSA Shares Guide for Mitigating Cloud Vulnerabilities, Threats

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The National Security Agency released new guidance designed to help organizations across all sectors mitigate cloud vulnerabilities, including identifying cloud security components, threat actors, and...