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Between Dec. 6 and Dec. 8, 2022, cybercriminals compromised and harvested information from nearly 35,000 PayPal accounts in a credential stuffing attack, Paypal announced after an investigation into the incident. During the two-day window, the attackers gained access to highly sensitive information. This information included users’ names, dates of birth, postal addresses, social security numbers, and tax identification numbers.

Old hardware calls for a refresh. Otherwise, you’ll be dealing with slow computers, meaning you’ll reduce your productivity and your company’s ROI. Even worse, slow computers are an open door for security breaches. When refreshing your server hardware, you should consider your budget, support plan, warranty period, and capacity planning. But it’s another story when you’re refreshing server hardware to use it as a virtualization host.

PowerShell has long been Microsoft’s preferred administrative tool for Windows and provides far more utility and flexibility than using its predecessor, the command prompt. For all PowerShell’s functionality and usefulness, it still has a reputation for being difficult to learn. For this reason, I want to present a few PowerShell tips you should know when you’re just getting started with the tool.

In an IT professional’s life, several situations require you to know a server’s hardware specification. The specification helps you when working on a hardware upgrade, troubleshooting problems, or assessing server resource capacity. Unfortunately, a server’s hardware specification is hardly ever readily available. You can, however, use several methods to identify a server’s hardware. In this article, I’ll show you 3 crucial methods to help you out.

Cyber threat actors have created a phishing site impersonating the official Zoom video conferencing application to deliver IcedID malware to installers, according to a report Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) issued. IcedID, also referred to as “BokBot,” is designed to steal user banking credentials and primarily targets businesses. The phishing site impersonates the original Zoom site, leading unsuspecting users to download the IcedID along with the application.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta a total of €390 million ($414 million) in a ruling against Facebook’s and Instagram’s use of targeted advertising. The ruling declared both subsidiaries’ method of furnishing user consent under its updated terms and service a violation of Article 6 of GDPR. The fines levied against Facebook and Instagram amount to €210 million ($225 million) and €180 million ($191 million), respectively.

Malware is a serious threat to both individuals and enterprises. It can compromise sensitive data, disrupt operations, and even cause physical damage to computer systems. That’s not the end of the rope, though. If malware infects your system, it could severely damage your company’s reputation in the case of a data breach. In addition, data breaches usually require a settlement to affected customers, which is very costly.

If any security or compliance-related incident occurs in your Microsoft 365 environment, it’s important to find out the source of the issue. Fortunately, Microsoft provides a very nice audit interface within the Microsoft 365 Defender portal that can help you research any event in your Microsoft 365 environment. In this article, I’ll show you how you can perform an audit using Microsoft 365 Defender. Let’s get started.

Setting up and running your own mail server helps strengthen the privacy and confidentiality of your email data. It also helps you to have better control over data and content customization and allows you to set up your own service levels, among other benefits. The benefits of having your own mail server are vast and clear. But how do they work, and which type is best for your business? In this article, I’ll discuss mail servers, how they work, and the different types you can choose from.

The CEO of Zurich Insurance, one of Europe’s largest insurance companies, has stated that cybercrime could soon become “uninsurable,” warning that the risks from cyberattacks surpassed both climate change and pandemics. “What will become uninsurable is going to be cyber,” said Mario Greco while speaking to the Financial Times.