International law enforcement operation disrupts LockBit ransomware gang and offers victims free decryption tool. The campaign was dubbed Operation Cronos and was a collaboration between the U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA), the Europol, the FBI, and a coalition of international police agencies. On February 20th, police officers arrested two LockBit threat actors in Poland and […]

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Understanding JIT Administration Just-in-time (JIT) administration is a privileged access management system practice for controlling how long certain privileges are active for an organization’s employees and close partners. This method works alongside a precise definition of what permissions are given (called Just Enough Admin, or JEA). Microsoft has been promoting this approach since 2014. In Server […]

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A reboot in the middle of my presentation? Good job, IT team, perfect timing, as always. As an MSP, you’ve certainly had to deal with those moments when a customer pushes back against a mandatory rebooting policy. You’re left wondering, “Why all the fuss over a basic maintenance procedure?”. Skipping out on those reboots is […]

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Access review is an important process for verifying and validating access rights in an organization’s IT environment. It ensures that permissions align with business needs, security policies, and regulatory requirements.  This article explains everything about access review — from definition to regulatory implications — and will work as a go-to resource for you to rely […]

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Windows’ celebrated CLI (Command-Line Interpreter) is a treasure trove of hidden features, tools, and settings. Command Prompt lets you tap into every area of your Operating System, from creating new folders to formatting internal and external storage. To help you navigate cmd.exe like a pro, we’ve prepared a compressive list of cool CMD commands to […]

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We trained LLMs to act secretly malicious. We found that, despite our best efforts at alignment training, deception still slipped through. Evan Hubinger – Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training Just like the plot of Netflix’s ‘Leave the World Behind’, we’ve welcomed artificial intelligence (AI) into our homes and workplaces. It’s […]

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