Mondelēz snacks on AwareGO security training
AwareGo has signed a three year deal with Mondelēz International to supply security awareness training to the food giant. Mondelēz sees an advantage to the ‘bite-sized’ training modules that AwareGO offers....
Golden Chicken lays more_eggs backdoor for LinkedIn jobseekers
The Golden Chicken threat actor is currently running a spearphishing campaign that leaves the fileless backdoor more_eggs on its victim’s computer. The details of the attack are in a blog from...
ThreatQuotient secures US $22.5 million in new finance deal
ThreatQuotient has secured US $22.5 million in new financing. The money is a combination of equity and debt financing from an investment syndicate. That syndicate includes New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Adams...
Mitigating Microsoft Exchange attack and the rise of XMRig
April’s NTT Global Threat Intelligence Report is focused on the ongoing Microsoft Exchange attack and the growing incidents involving XMRig. It is over a month since several zero-day exploits against Microsoft...
News from week beginning March 29th, 2021
News from week beginning March 29th, 2021 includes the acquisition of Harmony Business Systems (@HarmonyPSA) by @IngramMicroInc business @thisisCloudBlue @HarmonyPSA
Semiconductor manufacturers leave supply chain vulnerable
Semiconductor manufacturers are under the spotlight in a new report from BlueVoyant titled: “Semiconductors, the Supply Chain & Cyber Security 2021" (registration required). It goes on to say: “Semiconductor manufacturers do...
How big an impact has COVID-19 had on communication providers?
As COVID-19 forced companies to adopt remote working, communication providers found their worlds turned upside down. Employees realised that their broadband and telephony were fine for home use but not good...
Protecting sensitive data in healthcare a complete farce
Protecting sensitive data in healthcare is effectively a complete farce. After reading through the Varonis 2021 Data Risk Report for Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Biotech, that's the conclusion. The report opens with...
Vaccines were just one target of cybercriminals in 2020
Cybercriminals are using fake COVID-19 websites impersonating Pfizer and BioNTech, according to research by Palo Alto Networks. The research, authored by Lucas Hu, comes almost a year after Palo Alto Networks first...
Kaseya shines light on challenges and opportunities for MSPs in 2021
Kaseya has published its annual MSP Benchmark Survey. It looks at the state of MSP businesses, their challenges, and the opportunities for 2021. It asked more than 1,000 MSP firm representatives...