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Dell Data Protection Protected Workspace & Malware Prevention

CTOvision

The video below explores DDP Protected Workspace and uniquely addresses healthcare regulations related to malware prevention. If the only line of defense is free or pseudo free AV solutions like Microsoft, than you are not in compliance with the spirit of HIPPA, and at best you are meeting the minimum requirements. Related articles.

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China's 'Volt Typhoon' Targeting U.S. Infrastructure, Microsoft Warns

SecureWorld News

"Volt Typhoon," a state-sponsored cyber actor associated with the People's Republic of China (PRC), has been identified by Microsoft, the United States, and international cybersecurity authorities as the party responsible for recent activity affecting networks across U.S. Here is a CNBC report on the warning from Microsoft.

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Experts Sound Alarm on Critical Cloud Security Risks

SecureWorld News

Misconfigurations, vulnerable services, advanced malware, and sheer scale have opened cracks in cloud security. Attackers also use other techniques, such as malicious software (malware), zero-day exploits, and account takeover, to breach public clouds." These stealthy malware strains evade traditional signature-based defenses.

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AMD Ryzen Pro 5000 series mobile chips put eight cores in light business laptops

The Verge

The company claims the chips, based on the same Zen 3 architecture as most of its consumer-focused Ryzen 5000 series , will provide “uncompromised performance and battery life” for thin-and-light business laptops. They include a new Shadow Stack ( here’s an explainer if you’re curious) designed to protect against malware attacks.

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Technology Short Take 151

Scott Lowe

Chris Evans revisits the discussion regarding Arm processor architectures in the public cloud. And, speaking of Arm processor architectures in the public cloud, here’s another look at Amazon’s Graviton2 and Graviton3 chips, as discussed in a pair of re:Invent talks. Cross-platform malware. ” and “faker.js”

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Does Next-Generation Anti-Virus Solve the Fatal Flaws of Anti-Virus?

CTOvision

PCworld on Macrobased Malware. Microsoft on Macro Malware. Trendmicro on Macro Malware. Moreover, even in the context of attacks that are file-based, malware is increasingly encrypted or packed using obfuscation engines, and then unpacked or decrypted in memory when executed. See: Security Ledger on Fessleak.

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The Problem That CIOs Have With Windows Software

The Accidental Successful CIO

How much Microsoft windows software is being used at your company? However, the bad guys out there know this and they are using Microsoft software to gain access to our company. What’s Wrong With Microsoft Software? The first thing that we all have to understand is that Microsoft is everywhere.

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