AA22-040A: 2021 Trends Show Increased Globalized Threat of Ransomware

Posted on Wednesday February 09, 2022

date: February 9, 2022 | Last revised: February 10, 2022

Summary

Immediate Actions You Can Take Now to Protect Against Ransomware: • Update your operating system and software.
• Implement user training and phishing exercises to raise awareness about the risk of suspicious links and attachments.
• If you use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), secure and monitor it.
• Make an offline backup of your data.
• Use multifactor authentication (MFA).

 

The advantages of a hybrid cloud setup

Posted on Monday February 07, 2022

Each of the original types of cloud infrastructure — public and private — comes with their own sets of pros and cons. Fortunately for resource-strapped small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), they don’t need to conduct trial and error to see which one is best for them — they can simply reach a happy medium with the hybrid cloud.

 

Business intelligence tools: Why every SMB should use them

Posted on Friday February 04, 2022

Business data is valuable. When utilized properly, it can enable small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) like yours to discover growth opportunities. One way to harness the power of data is to use business intelligence (BI) tools. Multinational companies have been using these tools for years with the assistance of experts who help make sense of massive amounts of data. But now that there’s a growing range of BI tools available for all types of organizations, there’s no excuse for you not to leverage your SMB’s data.

 

5 Reasons you should hold off upgrading to Windows 11

Posted on Wednesday February 02, 2022

Windows 11 is the new kid on the block. It looks sleek and modern, and many users are tempted to upgrade to the latest Microsoft operating system (OS). But should you make the switch? Here are five reasons why you may want to stick with Windows 10 for now.

 

Expanding the Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program

Posted on Tuesday February 01, 2022

The Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program offers public thanks and recognition to security researchers who help protect our customers through discovering and sharing security vulnerabilities under Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure. Today, we are expanding the program to recognize more security researchers in more ways for their contributions to protecting customers, and we published the first new leaderboard…

 

Congratulations to the Top MSRC 2021 Q4 Security Researchers!

Posted on Tuesday February 01, 2022

Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program leaderboard! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and continued partnership to secure customers. The top three researchers of the 2021 Q4 Security Researcher Leaderboard are: rezer0dai (780 points), Callum Carney (750 points), and wtm (615 points)! In addition to our regular leaderboard, we…

 

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