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Guest Post: Cybersecurity Incidents Lead to New Standards, Requirements

Security Industry Association

The two most significant recent incidents in the cybersecurity timeline were the Mirai botnet of 2016 and the SolarWinds breach of 2020. The hack targeted the network management company’s Orion software, injecting it with malware that was then sent to approximately 18,000 public and private organizations through a customer software update.

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Are BYOD Practices Putting Your Business at Risk?

NexusTek

anti-malware software). Lax personal device security: Although your company might require strong passwords and multifactor authentication, employees may be less stringent with security practices for their own devices. 2016, August 3). References: Kolmar, C. 2022, April 14). link] Bullock, L. 2019, January 21). link] Turek, M.

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Microsoft Exchange Emergency Mitigation (EM) Service

LAN Infotech

Like other Exchange Server components, the Emergency Mitigation Service EM runs as a Windows service and will automatically be installed on servers with the Mailbox role after deploying the September 2021 (or later) CU on Exchange Server 2016 or Exchange Server 2019. Actions performed via mitigation include: Changing authentication settings.

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Protecting Your Corporate Website as an Enterprise Risk Management Strategy

Reciprocity

Whether an organization is large or small, the client-facing website offers hackers easily exploitable vulnerabilities for ransomware or malware infections. A few months ago, a knitting blogger warned her audience about malware infestations from free pattern downloads. Broken Authentication and Session Management.