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So much fintech M&A

TechCrunch

On Friday, January 13, investment giant BlackRock announced it was acquiring a minority stake in SMB 401(k) provider startup Human Interest. For one, as one source told me, BlackRock’s investment is a show of faith in the SMB 401(k) market — one where the firm hasn’t historically played. What happened to due diligence here???

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WannaCry Ransomware Review and Global Impact.

ProtectWise

WannaCry's primary infection vector is through publicly accessible hosts running an unpatched version of Windows via the SMB protocol. WannaCry spreads primarily over SMB, but it can also use RDP. SMB, in particular, will then be used to send an exploit for the MS17-010 vulnerability. How Does WannaCry Infect a Host?

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CVE-2020-0796: "Wormable" Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block SMBv3 (ADV200005)

Tenable

Critical unpatched “wormable” remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 Successful exploitation of the vulnerability would grant the attacker arbitrary code execution in both SMB Server and SMB Client. Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems. Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems.

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Microsoft’s June 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 129 CVEs Including Newly Disclosed SMBv3 Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1206)

Tenable

CVE-2020-1226 and CVE-2020-1225 | Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. CVE-2020-1226 and CVE-2020-1225 are remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in arbitrary code execution with the same permissions as the current user.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Log4j Anniversary, CI/CD Risks, Infostealers, Email Attacks, OT Security

Tenable

Cyber Safety Review Board published a 50-plus page report on the Log4j event, and a key takeaway was that Log4Shell is an “endemic vulnerability” that’ll be around for a decade — or perhaps longer. . Insecure System Configuration. 4 - Cybersecurity looms large in SMB software purchases. Back in July, the U.S.

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Robco links up with $14M led by Sequoia to bring modular robotics to industrial SMBs

TechCrunch

In short, SMBs might need to scale up productivity at times but — either due to the economics of the need, or labor shortages, or both — are unable to hire people to fill those jobs on a permanent basis. We are not selling robots nor software.

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Automated Patching: Spend Less Time Patching and More Time on the Beach 

Kaseya

Due to all these factors, patching has become a perennial thorn in the side of IT professionals. Regularly patching applications and operating systems (OS) is a crucial security practice. A common way for cybercriminals to gain access to organizations is by exploiting software, web applications and OS vulnerabilities.