Recently reported Microsoft zero-day gaining popularity with attackers, Kaspersky says

A flaw in the MSHTML engine that lets an attacker use a malicious Office document to install malware is currently being used against the energy, industrial, banking, medical tech and…

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Want to boost the ROI of data? Invest in DevOps and use innovation metrics that don’t focus on money

Splunk's State of Data Innovation report identifies 9 strategies data leaders use to turn information into action and ideas into reality. Image: mokee81, Getty Images/iStockphoto Everyone is talking about how…

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Have you tried to guess your boss’s password? Lots of workers have, according to a report

An August Beyond Identity report takes a look at people's password protection habits as well as their tendencies to guess other folk's passwords. Image: GettyImages/GaudiLab In recent months, a slew…

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Dell study finds most organizations don’t think they can recover from a ransomware attack

Sixty-seven percent lack confidence in their ability to recover business-critical data, which is troubling given that the amount of data businesses manage has grown by more than 10x since 2016.…

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