![]() The World Economic Forum (WEF) has brought together industry and cybersecurity experts from companies and organizations such as Siemens Corp, Saudi Aramco, Royal Dutch Shell, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, the U.S. With the GDPR now in its third year, compliance with the EU data privacy regulation is still a significant issue for organizations to tackle, especially especially when it comes to the Internet of Things (IoT).Įnhancing cyber resilience in the oil and gas industry Happy birthday GDPR: IoT impact and practical tips for compliance While exotic attacks and nation-states such as Russia and China grab headlines, the most prevalent enterprise cybersecurity risks in Q1 came from unpatched legacy systems, attacks from the US, and consumer applications, such as TikTok. As technology continued to advance and became more complex, so too did threat actors who saw new opportunities to disrupt businesses, by stealing or holding that data hostage for ransom.Įnterprise networks vulnerable to 20-year-old exploits The role of CISO first emerged as organizations embraced digital revolutions and began relying on new data streams to help inform business decisions. VMware has patched two vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-21985, CVE-2021-21986) affecting VMware vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation and is urging administrators to implement the offered security updates as soon as possible. VMware fixes critical vCenter Server RCE vulnerability, urges immediate action (CVE-2021-21985) The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced a Security Directive that will enable the Department to better identify, protect against, and respond to threats to critical companies in the pipeline sector. New TSA security directive is a needed shock to the system "The time has come for us, along with our hardware and software partners, to invest our resources towards more recent technologies," Microsoft said in announcing the move.Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles:īelgium’s Interior Ministry uncovers 2-year-long compromise of its networkīelgium’s Federal Public Service Interior (i.e., the country’s Interior Ministry) has suffered a “complex, sophisticated and targeted cyberattack.” Honestly, you'll be doing yourself a bunch of favors all at once by upgrading past Vista. Operating systems that are no longer supported are much more vulnerable to attack, because bad actors who find vulnerabilities in the software know that they will be able to exploit them for years without needing to worry about the bug getting patched. ![]() From here on out there will be no more Vista security patches, no more bug fixes, and no more technical help. That lack of support after April 11-which applies to Internet Explorer 9 as well-doesn't just mean basic inattention. Which means, if you're somehow stuck with Microsoft's least popular operating system, it's time to move on. A decade later, Microsoft's finally pulling the plug on support tomorrow. Six years is a long time to make people wait, no matter how great the replacement. Launched in 2007 (after a few delays), it was the first Windows overhaul since the well-loved XP release in 2001. Windows Vista was not a popular Microsoft release.
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