Microsoft Releases New Info on SolarWinds Attack Chain

Threat actors went to elaborate lengths to maintain operational security around second-stage payload activation, company says.
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Threat actors went to elaborate lengths to maintain operational security around second-stage payload activation, company says.
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has released the 2021-2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business/Nonprofit): Proven Leadership and Management Practices for High Performance. The 2021-2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Education) and 2021-2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Health Care) will be released in mid-January 2021. All three versions include the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence, core values . . . Read more
There’s more to EOMONTH() in Microsoft Excel than the last day of the month. Learn how to put it to use in your spreadsheets.
Cisco is stoppering critical holes in its SD-WAN solutions and its smart software manager satellite.
The company also issued patches for Tesla-based GPUs as part of an updated, separate security advisory. NVIDIA has newly disclosed three security vulnerabilities in the NVIDIA Shield TV, which could allow denial of service, escalation of privileges and data loss. The NVIDIA Shield TV is a set-top gadget that acts . . . Read more
From getting better at Excel to securing a Windows server, these ebooks can help you master Microsoft software for work. Microsoft Microsoft Windows continues to dominate the business world as the operating system of choice, and it’s unlikely that will change anytime soon. It’s easy to become proficient in Windows . . . Read more
Expert says larger companies are more willing to spend money for top talent to achieve machine learning, whereas smaller companies aren’t able to do so. Pre-configured solutions can help. Image: iStock/Igor Kutyaev Machine learning (ML) seems to work so well for big tech companies while so many businesses outside of . . . Read more
by Paul Ducklin Remember Apple’s TouchID sensor, which created quite a stir way back in 2013 when the iPhone 5s came out with a home button that could also read your fingerprint? It wasn’t that having a fingerprint scanner was a new thing, even in 2013, but that the integration . . . Read more
Nearly half of US employees will quit in a year or less when faced with a bully, and 79% have indirectly experienced or witnessed bullying at work, a new study says. Image: iStock/AntonioGuillem No longer reserved for the playground or between kids, bullying has become so prevalent that 79% of . . . Read more
The four-year CAGR for a variety of app categories has been bolstered by the pandemic, with education now poised for the largest bump. Getty Images/iStockphoto Another side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is showing up in four-year compound annual growth rates (CAGR) for software applications, new data presented by Trading . . . Read more