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Microsoft has released updates today including 65 vulnerability fixes.  While there are no Zero Day exploits in the April patch release, there were a couple of Zero Days identified between March and April Patch Tuesdays, which we will mention in a moment.  There is one public disclosure this month in SharePoint Server. The challenging aspect of this month is that there are enough critical vulnerabilities in the Operating System, browser updates, and in Office that...

You are just about to go to sleep when you get a text from your SOC team: code RED. They have discovered your company has suffered a serious breach and you need to decide what to do.  At this point, you are either in the position of having prepared for such an event and your team will follow checklists and playbooks. As part of this process, the team will inform the appropriate Execs on what...

Digital transformation is a much-hyped business buzzword, driven by the adoption of cloud IT services around the world. This hype has seen enterprises scramble to become more digitally agile in a fight to stay competitive. In fact, a new study by OneLogin, the industry leader in Unified Access Management, reveals that 92% of UK enterprises have developed a digital transformation strategy, with over two-thirds of those surveyed expecting to deploy up to 100 new commercial...

Within ten years your medical check-up could involve more interaction with sensors, cameras and robotic scanning devices than human doctors and nurses, as healthcare organisations re-build services around the Internet of Things (IoT), according to a new report by Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.   The ‘Building the Hospital of 2030’ report, features the results of interviews carried out with senior healthcare leaders and futureologists. It explains both the likelihood, and the need, for...

When news broke that Facebook was found to be mishandling user’s data, the company’s stock plummeted as both the social networking site and its owner, Mark Zuckerberg lost billions. A whistle-blower informed that millions of Facebook users had their data exploited by the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica which is accused of improperly using the data on behalf of political clients. It was reported that Facebook knew the data was being harvested in 2015 but did...

Malwarebytes™, the leading advanced malware prevention and remediation solution, today announced the release of Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection and Response.   When it comes to Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), most businesses fall into one of three categories: they either don’t have EDR and have limited visibility into endpoint activity across their infrastructure; they have an EDR solution that provides visibility, but staff lack the time to gain the expertise necessary to leverage EDR data; or they have...

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the world’s largest and most trusted cloud delivery platform, today released data noting how companies are struggling with the tug-of-war between advancing digital innovation and ensuring secure digital experiences that maintain user trust and mitigate risk. As part of a commissioned study of more than 350 global information technology leaders conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Akamai, the results also show that the companies defined as being the most...

 Spiceworks today announced the results of a new survey examining the adoption and usage of intelligent assistants and AI chatbots in the workplace. The results show that within the next 12 months, 40 percent of large businesses – those with more than 500 employees – expect to implement one or more intelligent assistant or AI chatbot on company-owned devices, compared to 25 percent of mid-size companies and 27 percent of small businesses. The findings indicate that although adoption is...

IBM Security today announced results from the 2018 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index which found the number of records breached dropped nearly 25 percent in 2017, as cybercriminals shifted their focus on launching ransomware and destructive attacks that lock or destruct data unless the victim pays a ransom. Last year, more than 2.9 billion records were reported breached, down from 4 billion disclosed in 2016. While the number of records breached was still significant, ransomware...

McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, today released Winning the Game, a new report investigating key challenges facing IT security organisations in terms of threats, technology investment and skills required to win the fight against cyberthreats. The survey revealed that concerted efforts to increase job satisfaction, automation in the Security Operations Centre (SOC) and gamification in the workplace are key to beating cybercriminals at their own game.  The landscape for cyberthreats is growing, both in complexity...