Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced further actions to disrupt Cyclops Blink, a sophisticated state-sponsored botnet that affected network devices from multiple vendors, including a limited number (less than 1%) of WatchGuard firewall appliances.
We are excited that Forrester has named CrowdStrike a “Leader” in The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Providers, Q2 2022 and recognized us as dominating in EDR while building our future in extended detection and response (XDR) and Zero Trust. We believe that to be a leader in XDR, you must first be a leader in EDR, which is why we are well-positioned to drive innovation and lead the XDR market forward.
It should be no surprise that both knowledge workers and the companies that employ them want to benefit from hybrid work environments. After two years of a new remote workplace routine, businesses must provide workplace flexibility to compete for the best talent, allowing employees the option of working from a corporate office or elsewhere.
Over the last two years, the healthcare sector has been the number 1 target for hackers who have attempted to attack health centers or even the health department of an entire country. The industry faces threats such as ransomware that blocks the whole healthcare system, deceptive techniques such as phishing, or breaches of sensitive data.
Most company decision-making executives know how blockchain technology works but few have adopted it within their organization at this stage. This is the conclusion drawn by the latest Pulse survey conducted on 145 senior IT managers from companies on three continents. It shows that only 8% have experienced this technology, compared to 53% who know how it works but are yet to use it.
Spring is a good time to do some cleaning; put away winter clothes and ski gear, open windows and let spring breezes clear out the dust that gathered through the winter. But it’s also a good time for IT and cybersecurity teams to “spring clean” their security postures as well. Below we share 10 quick and easy ways to “clean up” your cybersecurity practices and adapt to the security threats we face daily.
April 2020, Zoom was booming. The start of the COVID pandemic forced employees to work from home, meetings in person migrated to a videoconferencing model, and Zoom was the preferred tool. The massive and fast growth led into an opportunity for attackers. A vulnerability in Zoom could allow an attacker to steal a user’s Windows credentials, as long as the target user would click on a link provided through a Zoom session. The question was then how to get into those private sessions.
