Agency’s Jen Easterly, Rep. John Katko Discuss Protection of U.S. NetworksCISA Director Jen Easterly and congressional leader John Katko, R-N.Y., agree that officials must take precautionary steps to identify “systemically important critical infrastructure” to reduce risks of pervasive supply chain […]

London-Based Graff Jeweller’s Clients Include High-Profile CelebsThe Conti cybercrime gang, known for ransomware attacks, has reportedly leaked details of world leaders, actors and business tycoons after a strike at jeweler Graff. The organization is working with law enforcement and has […]

Operators Left Exposed After Overreaching, Says McAfee Enterprise’s John FokkerHow is the ransomware ecosystem set to evolve? Since some operations overreached – notably with DarkSide’s hit on Colonial Pipeline – “what we’re seeing … is that there is going to […]

Threat Actors Believed Responsible For More Than 1,800 Ransomware AttacksThe suspected cyber actors behind deployment of ransomware strains such as LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Dharma, among others, are under arrest, after a joint operation involving law enforcement and judiciary from eight […]

Academic Medical Center Says Access to Email Accounts Lasted MonthsMassachusetts-based UMass Memorial Health is the latest large healthcare network to report an email phishing incident that potentially compromised hundreds of thousands of individuals’ protected health information. The unauthorized email access […]

Director Chris Inglis Also Outlines Vision for NCD Office, Level of AccountabilityNational Cyber Director Chris Inglis on Thursday announced that Federal CISO Chris DeRusha will concurrently serve as his deputy at the newly created office. Inglis, a Senate-confirmed top adviser […]

Exploitation May Have Exposed REST-API Endpoints on Sites, Researchers SayOptinMonster, a WordPress plug-in used in more than 1 million websites for sales campaign creation, was vulnerable to high-severity bugs, according to Wordfence researchers. An updated version of the plug-in has […]

After Consulting With VTC Providers, Authorities Recommend End-to-End EncryptionSix national data protection and privacy authorities – from Australia, Canada, Gibraltar, Hong Kong SAR, China and Switzerland – have joined with the U.K. information Commissioner’s Office to issue guidance to video […]

Also: Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in CybersecurityFour ISMG editors discuss important cybersecurity issues, including law enforcement authorities’ disruption of ransomware gang REvil’s operations, how to collaborate as an industry to fight the surge in ransomware attacks hitting businesses, and increasing […]

VMware’s Tom Kellermann on Defending Against Ransomware AttacksIn ransomware attacks, cybercriminals attack through the backups because they know that security practitioners rely on backups to save themselves after a ransomware attack. Therefore, it is essential to have multiple backups, says […]