Securing the Pandemic Disrupted Workplace

We could not have anticipated how the “new normal” would affect the way we interact. With malicious actors taking advantage of the situation, you need to see what you’re up against — and we can help...

Respect and Equal Protection For Everyone

We are profoundly distressed by the racism, bigotry and violence committed against people of color in our society and by public institutions. Here at Akamai, we have no tolerance for discrimination. We value our diversity. It is a strength of our organization. And in a moment when many people are...

Managing Team Burn Out

According to the World Health Organization: “Burn-out is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by three dimensions: feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion increased mental distance from one’s job, or...

Cisco Flaws Put Millions of Workplace Devices at Risk

Five vulnerabilities in Cisco Discovery Protocol make it possible for a hacker to take over desk phones, routers, and more...

Mobile threat defense and intelligence are a core part of cyber defense

The modern workplace is a mobile workplace. Today’s organizations rely on mobility to increase productivity and improve the customer experience. But the proliferation of smartphones and other mobile devices has also expanded the attack surface of roughly 5 billion mobile devices in the world, man...

CISA Launches “Cyber Essentials” for Small Businesses and Small SLTT Governments

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has launched Cyber Essentials, an effort to assist small organizations in understanding and addressing cybersecurity risks. Developed in partnership with small businesses and small state, local, tribal, and territorial SLTT governments,...

Survey Finds People are Privacy Hypocrites

Even while people remain concerned about their own privacy in the workplace and online, most still admit to violations of their coworkers’ privacy by “creeping” on PC screens and “peeking” at documents found in printer trays, a new survey has found. The survey—commissioned by HP as part of Nation...

Security Bulletin: FileNet Workplace XT can be affected by the File Extension validation vulnerability (CVE-2016-8921)

Summary FileNet Workplace XT is vulnerable to the File Extension validation bypass which allows malicious content to be uploaded to the FileNet P8 server Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-8921 DESCRIPTION: IBM FileNet Workplace XT could allow a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files, which...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

opencms-core is vulnerable to cross-site scripting XSS attack. The sanitization of input parameters are not done properly in system/workplace/ , allowing multiple XSS attacks in the management interface...

Five Carbon Black Team Members Honored on CRN’s 2019 Women of the Channel List, One Named to the Power 100 List

We are excited to announce that five of Carbon Black’s talented employees have been named to CRN’s 2019 Women of the Channel list: Christine Bufalini, Senior Marketing Director Melanie Holterhoff, Channel Marketing Manager Toni Pommet, Senior Channel Marketing Manager Ashley Tranfaglia, Senior...

Words of Wisdom: Advice for Pursuing a Career in Tech

The introduction of AI into the workplace is creating uncertainty over the future of employment. However, research shows that tech will create "133 million" more jobs before 2022 than it will dissolve, as "new entities in the economy replace obsolete...

March Madness Scams Give Attackers Fast Break

With the 2019 NCAA tournament’s Final Four around the corner, researchers are urging viewers to be wary of a slew of March Madness-related phishing attacks, adware installers and other security threats. While security concerns regarding popular sporting events – from the World Cup to the Super Bo...

How Endpoint Management Can Keep Workplace IT Secure

Workplaces have become highly connected. Even a small business could have dozens of devices in the form of desktops, mobile devices, routers, and even smart appliances as part of its IT infrastructure. Unfortunately, each of these endpoints can now be a weak link that hackers could exploit. Hacke...

How Endpoint Management Can Keep Workplace IT Secure

Workplaces have become highly connected. Even a small business could have dozens of devices in the form of desktops, mobile devices, routers, and even smart appliances as part of its IT infrastructure. Unfortunately, each of these endpoints can now be a weak link that hackers could exploit. Hacke...

On Surveillance in the Workplace

Data & Society just published a report entitled "Workplace Monitoring & Surveillance": This explainer highlights four broad trends in employee monitoring and surveillance technologies: Prediction and flagging tools that aim to predict characteristics or behaviors of employees or that are designed...

How to browse the Internet safely at work

This Safer Internet Day, we teamed up with ethical hacking and web application security company Detectify to provide security tips for both workplace Internet users and web developers. This article is aimed at employees of all levels. If you’re a programmer looking to create secure websites, visi...

Zoom Client / Desktop / Workplace Detection (Mac OS X SSH Login)

SSH login-based detection of the Zoom Client / Desktop / Workplace. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

The evolution of Microsoft Threat Protection, November update

At Ignite 2018, we announced Microsoft Threat Protection, a comprehensive, integrated solution securing the modern workplace across identities, endpoints, user data, cloud apps, and, infrastructure Figure 1. The foundation of the solution is the Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph, which...

A week in security (October 8 – 14)

Last week, we warned you away from some dubious Doctor Who streams, explained how Endpoint Detection and Response may not be enough, and explored what happens during a confusing supply chain story. We also showed you how to keep up with security, explained the risks of fake browser updates, and...

Workplace violence: the forgotten insider threat

Organizations are no stranger to insider threats. In fact, for those who have been around long before the Internet, workplace violence, alongside spying is a problem many businesses have seen before and sought to address. However, the adoption and use of the Internet completely changed the way...