Chinese Silk Typhoon Group Targets IT Tools for Network Breaches

Microsoft warns that Chinese espionage group Silk Typhoon now exploits IT tools like remote management apps and cloud services to breach networks...

Rapid7 Introduces Exposure Command to Eliminate the Security Visibility Gap

Exposure Command provides 360-degree visibility and enables security teams to pinpoint and extinguish your most critical risks. Security and IT teams are experiencing a significant shift in operations as they become more distributed. Development and procurement processes have decentralized, and...

New Microsoft security tools to protect families and businesses

Today marks an exciting milestone in Microsoft’s AI journey. This morning, at an event in New York City, we made several major announcements to empower people across work and life—you can read more about Microsoft Bing and Edge with Copilot, what’s new from Microsoft 365 Copilot and Bing Chat...

New Malvertising Campaign Distributing Trojanized IT Tools via Google and Bing Search Ads

A new malvertising campaign has been observed leveraging ads on Google Search and Bing to target users seeking IT tools like AnyDesk, Cisco AnyConnect VPN, and WinSCP, and trick them into downloading trojanized installers with an aim to breach enterprise networks and likely carry out future...

The Everyday IT Tools That Can Offer ‘God Mode’ to Hackers

Attackers are increasingly attuned to the power and potential of remote management software...

Crimes of Opportunity: Increasing Frequency of Low Sophistication Operational Technology Compromises

Attacks on control processes supported by operational technology OT are often perceived as necessarily complex. This is because disrupting or modifying a control process to cause a predictable effect is often quite difficult and can require a lot of time and resources. However, Mandiant Threat...

Cynet Provides Security Responders with Free IR Tool to Validate and Respond to Active Threats

Organizations that suspect an active threat or breach have two options: calling an external incident response provider to manage the investigation and response or trying to handle it internally with their own resources. Cynet is now introducing a free IR offering that caters to both scenarios – a...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Internet Explorer

Microsoft has released Microsoft security advisory 2458511 to alert users of a vulnerability affecting all supported versions of Internet Explorer. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Update: Microsoft has released two Fix it tools in Microsoft Support article...