Microsoft’s security sales reached a historical high in 2022, delivering more than $20 billion in annual revenue. This comes amid industry debate about the company’s position as both targeted tech giant and security vendor.
Despite multiple high-impact vulnerabilities and repeated warnings from Microsoft, government agencies and news media, there are likely hundreds of thousands of internet-connected servers (at least) running older, exposed versions of Exchange today.
The notorious Russian-backed Sandworm threat group targeted Ukraine with a new wiper malware variant dubbed SwiftSlicer, according to ESET researchers.
While threat intelligence remains challenging for security teams, many remain cautiously optimistic that budgets will expand and automation tools will improve.
A joint federal alert urges network defenders to review recommendations for an ongoing phishing campaign targeting legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software.
On Thursday morning, the FBI said it has been in Hive's network for months, seizing servers and websites used to extort victims and leak data for non-paying businesses, while also stealing decryptors for victims and clawing back ransomware payments.
The vast majority of security pros say they expect to spend more on network security in 2023 – and some two-thirds of those surveyed say they will deploy SSE this year.
