Network World

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Last week, researchers from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center warned about a new wave of spam emails that carried malicious.LNK files inside ZIP archives. PowerShell is a scripting language for automating Windows system administration tasks. Those files had malicious PowerShell scripts attached to them.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Security researcher Alex Birsan has found a security vulnerability that allowed him to run code on servers owned by Apple, Microsoft, PayPal, and over 30 other companies ( via Bleeping Computer ). Instead of writing code to do it ourselves, my team found a program that did that and built it into our site.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 8, 2024

Learn more about IDC’s research for technology leaders. Christopher Tozzi , an adjunct research advisor for IDC, is senior lecturer in IT and society at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is also a longtime Linux geek, and he has held roles in Linux system administration. Contact us today to learn more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Learn more about IDC’s research for technology leaders. Christopher Tozzi , an adjunct research advisor for IDC, is senior lecturer in IT and society at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is also a longtime Linux geek, and he has held roles in Linux system administration. Contact us today to learn more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 10, 2024

Christopher Tozzi , an adjunct research advisor for IDC, is senior lecturer in IT and society at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to pivoting to his current focus on researching and writing about technology, Christopher worked full-time as a tenured history professor and as an analyst for a San Francisco Bay area technology startup.

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CTOvision

MARCH 24, 2017

As we shift to focusing on distributed systems, we’re moving away from web performance talks as part of the Velocity program. As we shift our focus to designing and operating distributed systems, we're moving away from frontend web performance talks as part of the Velocity program. Velocity New York 2017.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 24, 2022

The program enables customers to pay only for what they use of Z system hardware and software. By continuing to invest in its Z system, IBM is mapping a path to the future for its customers. “It The goal is to develop entry-level application developers and systems administrators with the skills to work with IBM Z systems.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Following are the roles companies are most likely to have added to support their cloud investments, according to Foundry’s research. Cloud systems administrator Cloud systems administrators are charged with overseeing the general maintenance and management of cloud infrastructure.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

a principal security program manager at Microsoft. Researchers at Check Point discovered the security flaw in Windows DNS and reported it to Microsoft back in May. A DNS server breach is a very serious thing,” warns Omri Herscovici, Check Point’s vulnerability research team leader.

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The Verge

JULY 2, 2021

The vulnerability, dubbed PrintNightmare, was uncovered earlier this week after security researchers accidentally published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit. While Microsoft hasn’t rated the vulnerability, it allows attackers to remotely execute code with system-level privileges, which is as critical and problematic as you can get in Windows.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 3, 2024

This testing could take both time and effort (as well as a test environment) in addition to the time and effort to train system administrators. Niel Nickolaisen is an adjunct research advisor for IDC’s IT Executive Programs (IEP). Contact us today to learn more. Contact us today to learn more.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

.” “Cloud alone hasn’t caused these impressive numbers, though that is absolutely part of it; top-performing partners were visionaries that took on cloud technologies before their peers,” said Darren Bibby, program vice president of Channels and Alliances Research, IDC. Most won’t be.”. LinkedIn.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 28, 2015

However, in June of 2013, a systems administrator at the National Security Agency (NSA) reminded us of the threat that already exists within an organization, behind the protection of its sophisticated, complex perimeter security. The Insider Threat. Cognitio’s Approach to Insider Threat.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2020

Shared passwords and a failure to control access: "Most of our sensitive cyber weapons were not compartmented, users shared systems administrator-level passwords.". Listen to our recent podcast and interview with the Commission's lead researcher: Day-to-day security practices had become woefully lax.".

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

This has led to a world of security researchers and bug bounties directed at finding new vulnerabilities. As dedicated as security researchers are, there is a vast ocean of software in existence, waiting for someone to find and exploit the next security vulnerability for profit or nefarious uses. Brumley: Yeah, absolutely.

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert certifications cover a wide range of topics related to Microsoft’s technology suite, including Windows operating systems, Azure cloud computing, Office productivity software, Visual Studio programming tools, and SQL Server databases.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 30, 2019

MITRE’s CVE database is the de facto standard, but it is populated by committed men and women who research bugs, determine their severity, and follow the manually reporting guidelines for the public good. Research Hasn’t Quite Caught Up With The Problem, But It Needs To. There are Several Challenges.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

This has led to a world of security researchers and bug bounties directed at finding new vulnerabilities. As dedicated as security researchers are, there is a vast ocean of software in existence, waiting for someone to find and exploit the next security vulnerability for profit or nefarious uses. Brumley: Yeah, absolutely.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

This has led to a world of security researchers and bug bounties directed at finding new vulnerabilities. As dedicated as security researchers are, there is a vast ocean of software in existence, waiting for someone to find and exploit the next security vulnerability for profit or nefarious uses. Brumley: Yeah, absolutely.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 30, 2019

MITRE’s CVE database is the de facto standard, but it is populated by committed men and women who research bugs, determine their severity, and follow the manually reporting guidelines for the public good. Research Hasn’t Quite Caught Up With The Problem, But It Needs To. There are Several Challenges.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 30, 2019

MITRE’s CVE database is the de facto standard, but it is populated by committed men and women who research bugs, determine their severity, and follow the manually reporting guidelines for the public good. Research Hasn’t Quite Caught Up With The Problem, But It Needs To. There are Several Challenges.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

Duff: ATT&CK itself is just a project within the MITRE Corporation, right, so it was originally spun up as a research and development effort that was being done about eight years ago now. It traditionally supports the research for several U.S. Because those are the same behaviors that real users real administrators are using.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 29, 2024

IDC research also shows that in more than a few cases, IT leaders may simply be fabricating or exaggerating claims about preparing to meet new compliance mandates. Learn more about IDC’s research for technology leaders OR subscribe today to receive industry-leading research directly to your inbox. Contact us today to learn more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Learn more about IDC’s research for technology leaders. Christopher Tozzi , an adjunct research advisor for IDC, is senior lecturer in IT and society at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is also a longtime Linux geek, and he has held roles in Linux system administration. Contact us today to learn more.

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