Executive Director Wales Cites Colonial Pipeline’s Rapid Notification to CustomersA top leader of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has voiced support for a 24-hour timeline for cyber incident reporting involving critical infrastructure, signaling a push by the Biden […]
Hacker in UPMC Data Theft, Fraud Case Gets Maximum Sentences
Federal Judge Imposes 7-Year Prison Time in Human Resources Database Hack CaseA federal judge has imposed the maximum sentences – a total of seven years in prison – on a hacker who earlier pleaded guilty in a conspiracy case involving […]
Bugs in Malware Serve As Backdoor to Undo Damage
System Infection Can be Prevented Using Flaws in MalwareResearchers at Zscaler say that malware is often prone to bugs and coding errors which can cause it to crash or serve as a backdoor for defenders to undo the damage it […]
New York Tells 2 Cryptocurrency Firms to Cease and Desist
Attorney General Tells 3 Others to Provide Information in Latest Enforcement EffortNew York State AG Letitia James served cease and desist letters to two cryptocurrency lending platforms that her office says engage in “unregistered and unlawful activities.” Three other platforms […]
NYAG Issues Cease and Desist Letters to 2 Crypto Platforms
Tells 3 Others to Provide Information in Latest Crypto Enforcement EffortNew York State AG Letitia James served cease and desist letters to two cryptocurrency lending platforms that her office says engage in “unregistered and unlawful activities.” Three other platforms were […]
New Business Model: White Labeling of Ransomware
Trend Micro: Operators Rebrand “Supplier” Ransomware Before DeploymentResearchers at cybersecurity firm Trend Micro have observed the adoption of a new franchise-based business model by ransomware operators that moves away from the traditional ransomware-as-a-service model. Operators now rebrand a “supplier” ransomware […]
More Attempted Cyberattacks on Israeli Healthcare Entities
Officials: Threats to Sector Rising In Wake of Recent Hospital Ransomware AttackIsraeli officials say they have fended off a wave of attempted cyberattacks on several hospitals and healthcare entities in recent days, as Hillel Yaffe Medical Center continues to recover […]
Defending Against Today’s Sophisticated Ransomware Attacks
Insight and perspective from leaders at Palo Alto Networks and Google CloudDenial of service, higher ransoms, multiple levels of extortion – today’s ransomware attacks are potentially more deadly than ever. How should enterprises be re-thinking their defensive strategies? MK Palmore […]
Positive Security: Inspiring Behavioral Change at Workplace
Lisa Plaggemier of NCSA and Oz Alashe of CybSafe on influencing behaviorTo mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the National Cyber Security Alliance and U.K. based behavioral science and data analytics company, CybSafe, have released their Annual Cybersecurity Attitudes and Behaviors Report […]
Preparing for Ransomware Attacks in the Education Sector
Matthew Trump of The University of London on Building Effective Response PlansA spate of ransomware incidents affecting the education sector has led to the loss of student coursework, financial records and data relating to COVID-19 testing. Matthew Trump, senior IT […]
