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Microsoft launches cybersecurity program to tackle attacks, protect rural hospitals

Microsoft has unveiled a new cybersecurity program to support hospitals serving more than 60 million people living in rural America. In 2023, the healthcare sector reported more ransomware attacks than any other critical infrastructure sector and attacks involving ransomware against the healthcare sector were up nearly 130%. Cybersecurity attacks disrupt health care operations across the country and pose a direct threat to patient care and essential operations of hospitals. In rural communities these attacks can … More → The post Microsoft launches cybersecurity program to tackle attacks, protect rural hospitals appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Patch Tuesday, June 2024 “Recall” Edition

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, a relatively light Patch Tuesday this month for Windows administrators. The software giant also responded to a torrent of negative feedback on a new feature of Redmond’s flagship operating system that constantly takes screenshots of whatever users are doing on their computers, saying the feature would no longer be enabled by default.
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Diligent AI enables leaders to better manage and respond to risk

Diligent announced Diligent AI, a set of artificial intelligence capabilities within the Diligent One Platform that enhance how organizations understand, anticipate and mitigate risks. Diligent AI will enable users to identify risks, safeguard data and democratize the decision-making processes, driving resilience and empowering organizations with certainty and clarity like never before. “Company leaders face a dynamic and evolving risk environment. It’s imperative to turn data into strategic intelligence to anticipate and prevent risks, rather than … More → The post Diligent AI enables leaders to better manage and respond to risk appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Users of JetBrains IDEs at risk of GitHub access token compromise (CVE-2024-37051)

JetBrains has fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-37051) that could expose users of its integrated development environments (IDEs) to GitHub access token compromise. About CVE-2024-37051 JetBrains offers IDEs for various programming languages. CVE-2024-37051 is a vulnerability in the JetBrains GitHub plugin on the IntelliJ open-source platform, and affects all IntelliJ-based IDEs as of 2023.1 onwards that have it enabled and configured/in-use. “On the 29th of May 2024 we received an external security report with details of … More → The post Users of JetBrains IDEs at risk of GitHub access token compromise (CVE-2024-37051) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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NIST’s new project for securing public benefits programs

Adaption of digital-identity guidelines will support those who need help to pay for food, housing and medical expenses. The post NIST’s new project for securing public benefits programs first appeared on Federal News Network.
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100 Snowflake customers attacked, data stolen for extortion

A financially motivated attacker used stolen credentials to systematically compromise customer accounts, steal a significant volume of data and extort victims, Mandiant said.
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Whine, cheese makes the return-to-office debate pungent

Brian Elliott, executive advisor around the future of work, said all organizations have to accept that how you measure employee performance has changed. The post Whine, cheese makes the return-to-office debate pungent first appeared on Federal News Network.
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