Digital communication has seen some major developments in the last few years. Moving from basic SMS to apps like WhatsApp and Instagram Stories, complicated text-based platforms have been replaced with tools that feature simple, icon-driven …
XData and SambaCry add to the whopping number of data breaches this year
Weeks after WannaCry appeared center stage, networks around the world are still being bombarded with clusters of cyber threats including Adlykuzz and EternalRocks. But is that all? Nope. Two more threats, XData and SamabaCry are already doubling …
Fireball—the zombie apocalypse for internet browsers
If a zombie apocalypse looks like hordes of the undead eating human flesh, a browser zombie apocalypse looks like computer screens around the world getting flooded with unwanted browser ads. And according to Check Point Software Technologies, the browser zombie …
ServiceNow+Desktop Central: Integration that delivers better IT services
Just imagine how efficient your ServiceNow help desk would be if it could do more than just handle tickets! What if it could perform endpoint management and security operations—such as patch management, software deployment, and asset management—right from your help …
Stressed about Delta Charlie malware? Desktop Central has you covered
Vulnerability threats are any IT administrator’s worst nightmare. Recently, following the release of WannaCry ransomware, IT administrators have been feeling the heat when it comes to security threats. This new batch of malware …
WannaCry: Battle with the shadow
…“There are two kinds of people in America today: those who have experienced a foreign cyber attack and know it, and those who have experienced a foreign cyber attack and don’t know it.”
-Frank Wolf, former member
WannaCry again? Meet Adylkuzz, its sneaky cryptocurrency mining sibling
More than 400,000 computers wrldwide have been infected with WannaCry ransomware since the beginning of the devastating attack on May 12th, 2017. WannaCry has compromised standalone and networked Windows computers, at home and in the enterprise.…
If you think WannaCry is huge, wait for EternalRocks!
While the world was responding to the WannaCry attack—which only utilized the EternalBlue exploit and the DoublePulsar backdoor—researchers discovered another piece of malware, EternalRocks, which actually exploits seven different Windows vulnerabilities
Miroslav Stamper,…
Escape the latest sudo flaw with Desktop Central patch management
Windows has had a rough time lately, dealing with various breaches as the result of vulnerabilities. Linux, often considered a malware-free OS, is now experiencing some cyber attacks of its own. Amidst threats like SambaCry and Luabot, which have …
Your endpoint management cheat sheet!
Summer break is finally here. And while teachers and students are off the hook, IT teams in most schools are just getting started. We know you’ve got a to-do list that’s longer than you’d like to admit, but let us …