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The Stark Truth Behind the Resurgence of Russia’s Fin7

July 10, 2024 0 Comments 7-zip, advanced ip scanner, aimp, anydesk, autodesk, bastion secure, bitwarden, blackberry, Combi Security, esentire, Fin7, malwarebytes, Microsoft, Ne'er-Do-Well News, node.js, notepad++, pgadmin, prodaft, protectedpdfviewer, putty, python, Ransomware, rest proxy, russia's war on ukraine, silent push, spearphishing, stark industries solutions, sublime text, typosquatting, Web Fraud 2.0, zach edwards

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:22:59 +0000

The Russia-based cybercrime group dubbed “Fin7,” known for phishing and malware attacks that have cost victim organizations an estimated $3 billion in losses since 2013, was declared dead last year by U.S. authorities. But experts say Fin7 has roared back to life in 2024 — setting up thousands of websites mimicking a range of media and technology companies — with the help of Stark Industries Solutions, a sprawling hosting provider is a persistent source of cyberattacks against enemies of Russia.

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July Patch Tuesday Unleashes a Torrent of Updates

July 9, 2024 0 Comments Azure, Database, dynamics365, eop, Microsoft, microsoft sql server, ms-sql, office365, Patch Tuesday, people rating, rce, sophos x-ops, sql server, threat research, Windows

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 18:05:32 +0000

Microsoft fixes 138 bugs in Windows and other products this month

MalwareBytes Security

Microsoft Recall delayed after privacy and security concerns

June 17, 2024 0 Comments copilot+ pcs, Microsoft, news, Privacy, recall, windows insider

Microsoft has announced that its Copilot+PC’s Recall feature will be delayed due to privacy concerns and security risks.

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Microsoft AI “Recall” feature records everything, secures far less

May 22, 2024 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, copilot, copilot+ pcs, Microsoft, news, recall

Microsoft unveiled an AI search tool on new laptops that will require regular screenshots of all device activity to be recorded and stored.

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No mayday call necessary for the year’s fifth Patch Tuesday

May 14, 2024 0 Comments cve-2024-30040, cve-2024-30044, cve-2024-30050, cve-2024-30051, cve-2024-4559, featured, Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, threat research

Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 03:53:24 +0000

A return to pre-April CVE volumes, mostly for Windows, though two vulns – or is it three? — are already under exploit

ComputerWorld Independent

For March's Patch Tuesday, no zero-day flaws

March 15, 2024 0 Comments Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Security, small and medium business, Windows

Microsoft this week pushed out 61 Patch Tuesday updates with no reports of public disclosures or other zero-days affecting the larger ecosystem (Windows, Office, .NET). Though there are three updated packages from February, they’re just informational changes with no further action is required.

The team at Readiness has crafted this helpful infographic outlining the risks associated with each of the March updates.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday March 2024 includes critical Hyper-V flaws

March 13, 2024 0 Comments cve-2024-21334, cve-2024-21407, cve-2024-21408, Exploits and vulnerabilities, Hyper-V, Microsoft, news, omi, Patch Tuesday, scom

Microsoft patched 61 vulnerabilities in the March 2024 Patch Tuesday round, including two critical flaws in Hyper-V.

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59 CVEs primed for Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday

March 12, 2024 0 Comments CVE, Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, threat research

Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:57:48 +0000

Just two critical-severity issues addressed, though Azure and OMI admins won’t want to delay patching this month

ComputerWorld Independent

Download: UEM vendor comparison chart 2024

February 28, 2024 0 Comments blackberry, cisco systems, enterprise mobile management, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Security, unified endpoint management, vmware

Credit to Author: ,| Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:00:00 -0800

Unified endpoint management (UEM) is a strategic IT approach that consolidates how enterprises secure and manage an array of deployed devices including phones, tablets, PCs, and even IoT devices.

As remote and hybrid work models have become the norm over the past two years, “mobility management” has come to mean management of not just mobile devices, but all devices used by mobile employees wherever they are. UEM tools incorporate existing enterprise mobility management (EMM) technologies, such as mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM), with tools used to manage desktop PCs and laptops.

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Enterprise mobility 2024: Welcome, genAI

February 28, 2024 0 Comments enterprise mobile management, generative ai, Microsoft, mobile application management, mobile device management, Security, unified endpoint management, vmware

Generative artificial intelligence (genAI) has become a focal point for many organizations over the past year, so it should come as no surprise that the technology is moving into the enterprise mobility space, including unified endpoint management (UEM).

“Generative AI is the latest trend to impact the UEM space,” says Andrew Hewitt, principal analyst, Forrester. “This has been the main topic of interest in the last year. We see generative AI having impacts in multiple areas, such as script creation, knowledge-based article creation, NLP [natural language processing]-based querying of endpoint data, and help desk chatbots. All of these are considerations for inclusion within the UEM stack.”

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