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Cyber Pearl Harbor Is Happening Right Now — It’s Ransomware

Daniel Miessler

Since 2007 the InfoSec industry has been talking about TheBigOne™—the event that would change cyber threats from annoyances to existential concerns. Ransomware is the Cyber Pearl Harbor we’ve been waiting for all along. Ransomware is the new PCI. They called it Cyber Pearl Harbor. It just looks different.

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Phishing Awareness Training: Best Providers 2020

Spinone

Here’s an example of how a phishing email can spread ransomware through your network: The cost of a data breach can be very high, and preventing phishing attacks helps your business to avoid financial and reputational damages. Infosec provides 1000+ phishing email templates to represent various approaches and tactics used by hackers.

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Cyber Playbook: Ransomware 101

Herjavec Group

Every month one of HG’s experts will provide advice and insights based on their extensive experience in the infosec industry. We’ve all seen and heard about the most recent surge in ransomware attacks on business and government entities. Why Ransomware has Increased.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: So You Want To Be A Pentester

ForAllSecure

She is an impressive force within the infosec world. Vamosi: WannaCry and NotPetya were ransomware campaigns in 2017. Sometimes the decryption worked, sometimes it didn’t, creating headaches for system admins worldwide who didn’t have good backups in place. available wherever books are sold.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: So You Want To Be A Pentester

ForAllSecure

She is an impressive force within the infosec world. Vamosi: WannaCry and NotPetya were ransomware campaigns in 2017. Sometimes the decryption worked, sometimes it didn’t, creating headaches for system admins worldwide who didn’t have good backups in place. available wherever books are sold.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

I seem to be doing most of that activity now on Mastodon , which appears to have absorbed most of the infosec refugees from Twitter, and in any case is proving to be a far more useful, civil and constructive place to post such things. Tank, seen here performing as a DJ in Ukraine in an undated photo from social media.