CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 30, 2023

Seasoned CISOs/CSOs understand the importance of effectively communicating cyber risk and the need for investment in cybersecurity defense to the board of directors. To ensure cybersecurity becomes a strategic part of the corporate culture, it is crucial for CISOs to present the topic in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 5, 2023

The security of critical infrastructure has been high on the agenda in 2023, with cyberattacks and other risks posing a persistent threat to the technologies and systems relied upon for essential services such as energy, food, electricity, and healthcare. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 7, 2022

A ransomware sortie on Colonial Pipeline forced its owners to shut down operations and leave half the country's East Coast in a lurch for refined oil. Since that time, efforts have aimed at making the nation's critical infrastructure more resilient and to counter the scourge of ransomware.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Since then, we've witnessed a wide range of attacks: Stuxnet destroyed almost a fifth of Iran's nuclear centrifuges, WannaCry infected computers in 150 countries, ransomware gangs stole millions of US dollars, and thousands of companies have been affected by data breaches. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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CSO Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

Over two-thirds (69%) of security leaders in Asia are confident about their organization’s cybersecurity resilience, even as 48% also admit that there is still room for improvement, a new joint study by Microsoft and risk advisory firm Marsh has found.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

Cybercriminals have honed in on the influx of new devices connected to the home network as an opportunity to execute ransomware attacks, steal information, or compromise public school district’s security defenses.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2019

If your company is participating in the global supply chain, either as a first-party purchaser of goods and services from other organizations, or as a third-party supplier, sooner or later you’ll encounter the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. This includes not just the NIST CSF, but also the newly minted NIST Risk Management Framework 2.0,

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CSO Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

A cybersecurity advisory about the ransomware known as Maui has been issued by the FBI, CISA and U.S. The FBI surmises that the threat actors are targeting healthcare organizations because those entities are critical to human life and health, so they're more likely to pay ransoms rather than risk disruption to their services.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 11, 2021

Poor cyber literacy is at the root of many of the cybersecurity problems plaguing the U.S. economy, according to Dr. Alissa Abdullah, Deputy CSO at MasterCard. The post At Pride Summit: A Warning On Cyber Literacy appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2022

Every day, clients come to us with questions about ransomware and how to best prepare their organizations against potential attacks. This is perhaps one of the most vexing challenges in cybersecurity as ransomware attack methods, motivation, and barriers to entry are constantly evolving. Why have these attacks grown?

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2022

Cybersecurity risk assessment company Safe Security on Tuesday rolled out two new online risk assessment tools for businesses to use, in order to help them understand their vulnerability to cyberattacks and the costs of insuring against them. Risk tools measure financial impact of cyberthreats.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 22, 2022

Nations across the globe are taking regulatory action to reduce the ransomware threat. ransomware reporting requirements were signed into law. Report ransomware payments within 24 hours after they have been made. Submit any new or different information that becomes available surrounding the ransomware attack to CISA.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2021

This breach, like every major ransomware attack, was likely because of spear phishing, where someone either received the malware via an emailed attachment or clicked on a link that took them to a website that hosted it. This was how the Sony Pictures ransomware hack also took place in late 2014 and since. Ransomware is at the top.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 10, 2023

A new study from cybersecurity vendor Bitdefender revealed that this is a reality for more than two-fifths of IT professionals—putting both organizations and individuals at risk. Subscribe to SecureWorld News for more stories related to cybersecurity.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 5, 2023

AI-based cyber risk management SaaS vendor SAFE Security has announced the release Cyber Risk Cloud of Cloud – a new offering it claims uses generative AI to help businesses predict and prevent cyber breaches. This enables organizations to make informed, prognostic security decisions to reduce risk, SAFE Security said.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Ransomware an ongoing threat to industry as crime gangs organise Malware-based cyber-attacks are the most prominent threat to industry, Europol says. Ransomware reminders were plentiful lately.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 14, 2023

With an ever-increasing number of cybersecurity threats and attacks, companies are becoming motivated to protect their businesses and customer data both technically and financially. million — more than twice the global average of $4.35 The global cyber insurance market was valued at $13.33 billion in 2023 to $84.62 billion by 2030.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

Organizations will face significant challenges in purchasing, renewing, and benefitting from cyber insurance policies this year as various factors drive the sector towards a stricter, more specialized position, global specialists in law, risk, and cybersecurity predict. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

US financial institutions see peer-to-peer fraud and other digital fraud as the biggest cybersecurity concern in 2023. CSI), followed by data breaches (23%), ransomware (20%) and a breach at a third party (15%). It was cited by 29% of respondents in a survey by Computer Systems Inc.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Managing machine identities has never been more critical to an enterprise’s cybersecurity. Machine identities now outnumber humans in enterprises, according to Nathanael Coffing, co-founder and CSO of Cloudentity. Poor Machine Identity Management Introduces Risks. Machine identities are one of the most prominent risks.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In this article we will learn how to address and effectively respond to major enterprise cybersecurity threats and provide tips to mitigate IT security risk. Be On Your Guard with the Most Treacherous Insider Roles A paramount priority when addressing the threat is to distinguish the fundamental insider risks.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 27, 2023

Those issues continue to exist in ChatGPT, and both can be tricked into creating ransomware , obfuscating malware , and other exploits, they said. In the last 6 months alone, we’ve seen over 17,000 open-source packages with malicious code risk. I’m more concerned about what these issues suggest for the future.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In this era of cybersecurity, when nation-state digital attacks and cybercrime quickly cut across country borders and create global crises, international cooperation has become an urgent priority. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 27, 2022

The release comes at a time when identity-based threats are one of the top cybersecurity risks faced by organizations. Service aims to increase visibility, quicken responses, reduce ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

The most significant risk for enterprises isn’t the speed at which they are applying critical patches; it comes from not applying the patches on every asset,” noted Brian Contos, CSO of Sevco Security. The lower risk arbitrary read vulnerability CVE-2023-6332 (CVSS 4.1)

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Errata Security

JULY 19, 2020

*sobbing sounds* — Wim Remes (@wimremes) July 16, 2020 The only thing more broken than how CEOs view cybersecurity is how cybersecurity experts view cybersecurity. We have this flawed view that cybersecurity is a moral imperative, that it's an aim by itself. This isn't true. everything. All this is a tradeoff.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. ENISA considered the risk to the latter category so significant that it dedicated an entire report to it.) Ransomware was responsible for a 150 per cent increase since the last report. Sign up here.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2022

Cybersecurity vendor Palo Alto Networks has announced new updates to its Prisma Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform that introduce new Software as a Service (SaaS) security and compliance support for customers, along with enhanced threat prevention and URL filtering capabilities. To read this article in full, please click here

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Here’s part two of Last Watchdog’s year-end tête-à-tête with top cybersecurity experts. We asked two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? As the adoption of generative AI accelerates, organizations must prioritize security and risk management.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 8, 2021

It was bound to happen: a supply-chain compromise, ala SolarWinds, has been combined with a ransomware assault, akin to Colonial Pipeline, with devasting implications. Last Watchdog reached out to a roundtable of cybersecurity experts to hash over what happened — and discuss what’s likely to happen next.

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Andrew Hay

MAY 3, 2017

Though I was only there for the first day, I was able to catch up with friends, play some Hacker Movie Trivia with Paul Asadoorian (@securityweekly), and chat with attendees on some of the biggest challenges we face around detecting and mitigating ransomware attacks. Peter Hesse (@pmhesse) April 26, 2017.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

October is coming to a close and so is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. As a result, the Biden Administration has made cybersecurity a top priority. Just this May, President Biden signed a sweeping executive order (EO) outlining several cybersecurity measures and requirements intended to harden the U.S.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

His morning keynote was all about cooperation—the state cooperating with municipalities and counties; working side-by-side with federal agencies; and involving law enforcement agencies from all levels when it comes to cybersecurity. Exploring Moral Injury in Cybersecurity." Karen Worstell, W Risk Group LLC.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The campaign reflects a growing trend of malware use during geopolitical crises with organizations urged to mitigate risks. To read this article in full, please click here

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It was the start of a journey that saw him later work at loans provider Fannie Mae in compliance and ethics, for Walmart as president of global investigations, and finally in 2018 to the role of full-blown cybersecurity CSO at Everbridge. . For example, risk assessment should be threat agnostic, he says. “It Critical events

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