Twenty years ago, Microsoft introduced the concept of Patch Tuesday to “reduce the burden on IT administrators by adding a level of increased predictability and manageability.” The goal of Patch Tuesday was to provide needed structure around what was largely an ad hoc process. By consolidating the majority of security updates and required patches into a planned release cycle, … [Read more...] about The Impact of Microsoft’s Vulnerability Problem
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Measuring the impact of YouTube chess tutorials on the use of popular openings
For easier reading, I left out all possible buckets and focused on interpreting the change_points_count. A significant trend change was detected on the March 12 — a day after GothamChess released the video, which makes sense as he lives in New York City and, therefore, the time zone impacts this. The detected type is a trend_change. Like before, the p-value is associated with a … [Read more...] about Measuring the impact of YouTube chess tutorials on the use of popular openings
Privacy’s impact continues to grow, but more remains to be done
As part of Cisco’s recognition of International Data Privacy Day, today we released the Cisco 2023 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, our sixth annual review of key privacy issues and their impact on business. Drawing on responses from more than 3100 organizations in 26 geographies, the findings show that organizations continue to prioritize and get attractive returns from their … [Read more...] about Privacy’s impact continues to grow, but more remains to be done
Data Transparency and its Impact on Customer Trust
How do organizations earn and build trust when it comes to the personal data that customers share with them? Customers certainly expect these organizations to comply with all privacy laws that are now in place in more than 130 countries. Customers also expect them not to sell personal data without consent and to try to avoid data breaches that could expose personal data. While … [Read more...] about Data Transparency and its Impact on Customer Trust
Ransomware Attackers Abuse Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat System to Disable Antivirus
A vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the Genshin Impact video game has been leveraged by a cybercrime actor to disable antivirus programs to facilitate the deployment of ransomware, according to findings from Trend Micro. The ransomware infection, which was triggered in the last week of July 2022, banked on the fact that the driver in question ("mhyprot2.sys") is signed with a … [Read more...] about Ransomware Attackers Abuse Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat System to Disable Antivirus
New Study: Reducing Security Incidents and Impact with Endpoint Protection
The way we work has fundamentally changed since the beginning of last year. We are now part of a new, massively remote workforce that is here to stay. Organizations have long struggled with maintaining visibility across an increasingly complex attack surface. Now, with more employees relying on access to resources and applications from outside the office, endpoint protection … [Read more...] about New Study: Reducing Security Incidents and Impact with Endpoint Protection
How CISOs Can Impact Security for All
Insights from our new Advisory CISO, Helen Patton If there’s anyone who’s been put through their paces in the security industry, it’s Helen Patton, our new Advisory Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Helen has come to Cisco from The Ohio State University, where she served as CISO for approximately eight years. And before that she spent about 10 years as a security … [Read more...] about How CISOs Can Impact Security for All
New NAME:WRECK Vulnerabilities Impact Nearly 100 Million IoT Devices
Security researchers have uncovered nine vulnerabilities affecting four TCP/IP stacks impacting more than 100 million consumer and enterprise devices that could be exploited by an attacker to take control of a vulnerable system. Dubbed "NAME:WRECK" by Forescout and JSOF, the flaws are the latest in series of studies undertaken as part of an initiative called Project Memoria to … [Read more...] about New NAME:WRECK Vulnerabilities Impact Nearly 100 Million IoT Devices
Minimize Risk and Impact with a Security Platform Approach
Much has been written about the Sunburst attack, a supply chain attack using the SolarWinds Orion application. Many organizations are still diligently working to understand the potential exposure to their organization from this devastating attack. And many are starting to think about how they can get to a future state where the risk of these type of attacks are minimized. So … [Read more...] about Minimize Risk and Impact with a Security Platform Approach
The impact of a diverse cybersecurity team
Security Stories podcastIn the latest episode of the Security Stories podcast, we meet the wonderful Marene Allison. She will shortly be celebrating her ten year anniversary as Vice President and CISO for Johnson & Johnson. With more than 260 companies in 60 countries worldwide, J & J is a global leader in consumer health, pharmaceutical products, and medical … [Read more...] about The impact of a diverse cybersecurity team