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5 Best Practices for Managing Endpoints On a Global Scale
Organizations that operate on a global scale must adopt some special practices to ensure not just that they can manage endpoints effectively, but also that they do so in ways that ensure ...
No Patches, No Security
In the cybersecurity domain, we often assume that regularly checking for and applying updates keeps our systems secure. However, a subtle nuance is frequently overlooked. When we say we’ve applied “all available ...
Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of April 25, 2022
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us ...
5 Reasons the Public Sector Must Move Away From Legacy IT
Legacy IT software is costing the taxpayer, it’s damaging the security of public services infrastructure and it’s bad for the environment—something governments drastically need to address in the next 10 years if ...
Nuspire Report Confirms Massive Spike in Ransomware Attacks
Nuspire, a provider of managed security services, published a report today that found a 55,239% increase in ransomware activity a few weeks prior to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack conducted by DarkSide ...
Sloppy patches are a breeding ground for zero-day exploits, says Google
Security researchers at Google have claimed that a quarter of all zero-day software exploits could have been avoided if more effort had been made by vendors when creating patches for vulnerabilities in ...
April 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 4 actively exploited zero-day bugs
Yesterday, for the April 2020 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft revealed fixes for 113 vulnerabilities, including 4 security updates for vulnerabilities that are actively exploited. The patches apply to the following Microsoft software: • ...
Government Shutdown’s Negative Impact on Federal Cybersecurity
A quick glance at the headlines tell you how the government shutdown is affecting people across the country. National parks vandalized. Food safety inspections halted. Air travel at risk as planes aren’t ...
The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – The Insecure Internet of Things, Spectre Patch Updates, Android Malware
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for March 19, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions. This episode was hosted by Tom ...
Top 3 ways to prevent Spectre and Meltdown
Data security is critical to the healthcare industry. Hospitals and clinics need to ensure medical records are protected at all times to stay HIPAA-compliant. But with Spectre and Meltdown affecting every server, ...
