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City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 million to mitigate the May Royal ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The City experts believe that the group specifically targeted a prioritized list of servers using legitimate Microsoft system administrative tools. Early on the morning of Wednesday, May 03, 2023, the group started executing the ransomware on the City of Dallas. The Dallas City Council has approved a budget of $8.5

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Earning Trust In Public Cloud Services

SiteLock

The audit process helps the customer ascertain that the provider has implemented and follows all the necessary security procedures, including those that specify rules for interacting with contractors and controlling the work of system administrators. David runs MacSecurity.net.

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CNA legal filings lift the curtain on a Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack

Malwarebytes

Two months after fully restoring its systems, CNA Financial, the leading US insurance company that was attacked by a group using Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware, issued a legal notice of an information security incident to the Consumer Protection Bureau in New Hampshire.

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More ‘actionable’ intel needed from HHS to support health IT security

SC Magazine

The HHS Office of Information Security is tasked with managing department-wide cybersecurity, for which the agency has established policies and procedures that clearly outline roles and responsibilities within the agency for documenting and implementing its cybersecurity program.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

Cyber threat management , being an advanced discipline, craves analytical attention and a commander’s strategic skills of information security executives to confront and overcome the multi-dimensional cyber threats.