Centraleyes

JUNE 11, 2024

Additionally, ensure that updates are authentic and delivered over secure channels to maintain the integrity of software installations. Maintain a list of trusted certificates to validate the authenticity of executable files and scripts. Time is of the essence when it comes to patch management.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Employees must be aware of how attackers might manipulate them into revealing sensitive information or granting the attackers access to secure systems. However, given the increasing sophistication of these attack techniques, education alone isn’t always enough to prevent a cyber attack.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Cyber insurers are losing money. Their loss ratios – total claims plus the insurer’s costs, divided by total premiums earned – are now consistently above 60%, which presents something of an existential threat to the insurance industry, making cyber risk a potentially uninsurable area due to falling profitability.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

This demonstrates that there are still some businesses that have not learned the lessons of the Colonial Pipeline attack and listened to what security experts and the U.S. government is recommending to ensure the operations of Critical National Infrastructure are not affected by ransomware attacks. Cyber insurance coverage ramps up.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One possible solution, touted by former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on a recent podcast , would be for the federal government to step in and help pay for these sorts of attacks by providing a cyber insurance backstop. But this is easier said than done.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 22, 2022

But according to Anne Neuberger, the White House’s Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Technology, this warning is “based on evolving threat intelligence, that the Russian government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in the United States.”. Backup all critical data at least daily.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 12, 2020

What do we know about this cyber attack on law firm of the stars? According to the bad actors behind REvil attacks, the initial ransom demand was an incredible $21 million. What could be happening behind the scenes of this ransomware attack? Ransomware attacks are in the middle of this evolution right now.

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