Microsoft reveals a staggering 600 million cyberattacks daily, with both cybercriminals and nation-states increasingly utilizing generative AI to enhance their operations.
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Microsoft has just announced a new Cybersecurity Program for Rural Hospitals in the US. It will offer both free and low-cost programs to these hospitals to help them fight cyberattacks and ransomware.
It's not yet clear which US government agencies were hit as part of this cyberattack, nor if they had any files taken as a result. A known hacker group called CL0P is a suspect in some of the attacks.
Cyberattacks and other factors will help to push up security spending this year by 12.1% to $219 billion, according to a forecast by IDC. The spending includes investments in hardware and software.
The cybercriminals behind the ESXiArgs ransomware have created a new variant that evades the recovery script that the U.S. CISA recently released. The new version also comes with a new ransom note.
Medibank, the Australian private health insurance provider has been hit by a cyber incident. Currently, It is investigating the nature of the incident and any impact it may have on its customers.
One of the leading anti-virus assessment companies, AV-TEST couldn't stop the breach of its own Twitter account. The attack happened over a week ago and the account still remains hacked.
Back in December last year, Microsoft had disabled the MSIX app installer protocol to prevent malicious spoofing attempts and attacks. Today, a formal annoucement has come regarding the matter.
Microsoft blocked close to 71 billion cybersecurity attacks last year using its various security solutions like Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Office 365. However, the firm is also worried.
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Intel has published an updated security advisory for a couple of new LPE bugs that were discovered. A lot of the newer CPUs, except Alder Lake, are vulnerable too. Firmware patches are rolling out.
Nokia has released the latest edition of its Threat Intelligence Report. The document reveals that cyberattacks on IoT devices are increasing at an alarming rate due to poor security.
Microsoft has announced some new security and teamwork capabilities for its 365 Government services. The productivity suite was launched last year for the United States government.
The cybersecurity firm has been under heavy scrutiny for alleged ties to the Kremlin and purported spying on American interests through its popular software. Now, it wants to win back public trust.
Microsoft, Accenture, and Avanade collaborate through a multimillion-dollar agreement to bring to the market enhanced cyberdefense solutions, which should help clients better respond to cyber threats.
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