Creating A Strong Password Policy With Specops and NIST Guidelines

A Brief Guide to a Secure Multicloud Environment

As more organizations are shifting infrastructure and services to the cloud, more are adopting a multicloud strategy.

ALERT: North Korean hackers targeting South Korea with RokRat Trojan

A North Korean hacking group has been found deploying the RokRat Trojan in a new spear-phishing campaign targeting the South Korean government. Attributing the attack to APT37 (aka Starcruft, Ricochet Chollima, or Reaper), Malwarebytes said it identified a malicious document last December that, ...

How Does Your AD Password Policy Compare to NIST's Password Recommendations?

End-user passwords are one of the weakest components of your overall security protocols. Most users tend to reuse passwords across work and personal accounts. They may also choose relatively weak passwords that satisfy company password policies but can be easily guessed or brute-forced. Your users ...

SolarWinds Hackers Also Accessed U.S. Justice Department's Email Server

The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday became the latest government agency in the country to admit its internal network was compromised as part of the SolarWinds supply chain attack. "On December 24, 2020, the Department of Justice's Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) learned of ...

Hackers Using Fake Trump's Scandal Video to Spread QNode Malware

Cybesecurity researchers today revealed a new malspam campaign that distributes a remote access Trojan (RAT) by purporting to contain a sex scandal video of U.S. President Donald Trump. The emails, which carry with the subject line "GOOD LOAN OFFER!!," come attached with a Java archive (JAR) file ...

WhatsApp Will Disable Your Account If You Don't Agree Sharing Data With Facebook

"Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA," opens WhatsApp's privacy policy. "Since we started WhatsApp, we've aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind." But come February 8, 2021, this opening statement will no longer find a place in the policy. The ...

A Brief Guide to a Secure Multicloud Environment

As more organizations are shifting infrastructure and services to the cloud, more are adopting a multicloud strategy.