Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

According to a September 20, 2023 joint advisory from the FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administratio n (CISA), Snatch was originally named Team Truniger , based on the nickname of the group’s founder and organizer — Truniger. ru using the email address tretyakov-files@yandex.ru.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Technically speaking, it’s a cybersecurity incident. The ransom gang originally demanded €20 million. Plenty of activity to report in this sphere as the year winds down.

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SC Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

Organizations have dramatically increased their adoptions of cloud-based SaaS applications in the last year to maintain workflows and scale their businesses as they moved to work-from-home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As cloud infrastructure becomes the norm, enterprises must strengthen their cybersecurity efforts.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 23, 2019

Even if lawmakers move forward on new proposals to reopen the government, sources say the standoff is likely to have serious repercussions for federal law enforcement agencies for years to come. As a nation, we are much less safe from a cyber security posture than we were a month ago.” The ongoing partial U.S.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

In a perfect storm of lightning-quick edtech adoption with limited IT support, cybercriminals have seized on the opportunity to launch an unprecedented number of strikes against schools—21 ransomware attacks in January 2023 alone—straining resources and impacting the delivery of critical education services across the US.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. MI5 released a campaign video called "Think Before You Link" to raise awareness of the threat. Think Before You LinkedIn! The Ransomware Scourge.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2022

There are more than 20,000 new vulnerabilities identified every year – yet the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is tracking only about 800 total as actively exploited. There are some high-risk CVEs that are years old and still unpatched in some enterprises. What is Patch Management as a Service?

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Jane Frankland

JUNE 20, 2023

Over the years, I’ve come close to burnout but in the fast-paced digital world, especially since the pandemic, burnout has become a silent epidemic. Since 2011, I’ve consistently spoken, and written about the dangers of burnout in cybersecurity, and proposed leadership strategies for employee wellbeing.

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SC Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

But it’s hard to deny that the last year-and-a-half has been perhaps the most stressful and challenging period in the history of cybersecurity. Benjamin Corll, vice president of cybersecurity and data protection at U.K. Benjamin Corll, vice president of cybersecurity and data protection at U.K. External peer groups.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 7, 2021

A new $3 million grant program specifically created for the K-12 education sector is providing resource-depleted school districts with desperately needed cybersecurity services, yet the application process also revealed just how frequently and severely these institutions are under attack by digital adversaries. DO11.10, CC BY 3.0

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SC Magazine

MARCH 15, 2021

The school districts of Rockford, Illinois and Rockingham County, North Carolina learned some very valuable lessons in transparency and communication, timely incident response, access management, data redundancy and disaster recovery after each experienced a debilitating malware attack years ago. (Auburn High School).

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SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

In the past year, we’ve seen multiple developments in this area – from new attack schemes targeting contactless payments to multiple ransomware groups continuing to emerge and haunt businesses. Financial gain remains the key driver of cybercriminal activity. Now we see that APT actors have also switched to crypto.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The year 2021 was eventful in terms of digital threats for organizations and individuals, and financial institutions were no exception. Throughout the past year, we have seen cybercriminals continue to actively target our users with tools and techniques that emerged due to the pandemic. Well-known financial threats remain prominent.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 6, 2021

He is also an adjunct professor and industry advisory board member (cybersecurity and data privacy) at the HKBU School of Business. I am currently the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Crypto.com, where I drive the company’s global cybersecurity and data privacy strategy. Why did you first decide to get into cybersecurity?

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SecureList

MARCH 31, 2021

Thus, the year 2020 saw a surge in the use of Emotet, described by Interpol as “the world’s most dangerous malware” In the beginning of 2021, law enforcement agencies all over the world joined their forces to disrupt the botnet’s infrastructure. Of course, the known financial threats have remained, too. Methodology.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 3, 2021

Six-Month Year-to-Date 2021 Highlights. Revenue increased 20% to $288.7 Looking to the second half of 2021, we are raising our full year guidance.” million in the prior year quarter. per diluted share as compared to the prior year. per diluted share as compared to the prior year.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Despite all the advances in cybersecurity, email remains the starting point for the vast majority of cyberattacks, as phishing, malware and social engineering remain effective attack techniques. user/month Coro edge: $11.99/user/month user/month SpamTitan Email Security Yes Yes Very good Yes $1.00/user/month

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Ihe first suite of digital forensic tools that I became aware of in the early 2000s was The Coroner's Toolkit. You’ll want someone with years of pen testing experience, some one who knows the operating system like no other. Vamosi: At SecTor, an annual security conference in Toronto, Paua gave not one but two talks this year.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 4, 2021

The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) handled a record number of cybersecurity incidents over the last year, a 20% increase in cases handled the year before. With the increasing number and more innovative nature of cyber attacks, businesses of all sizes must prioritise cybersecurity.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

That work resulted in new SAE standards and lead to ISO 21434, a new standard focused on cybersecurity in automotive. But there was actually another GAO study that came out about two months ago. And the fact that hackers are thinking about this now is a very good thing. So I'd say it's definitely possible.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

????????Fifteen years after the launch of the microblogging social media platform, Twitter remains a dominant public forum for instant communication with individuals and organizations worldwide on a universe of topics, including #cybersecurity. Top Cybersecurity Experts to Follow on Twitter. Binni Shah | @binitamshah.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 27, 2022

businesses that also earned top marks this year. Herrera, chief human resources officer at CrowdStrike. “We Mosely’s talk sought to bring awareness to human rights issues, in the hopes of spreading a message of kindness, inclusivity and intersectionality. AUSTIN, Texas–( BUSINESS WIRE )– CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 7, 2019

This holds true even though nearly half the respondents reported their organizations experience 50 or more phishing attacks per month, with 14% experiencing 500 phishing attacks per month. It’s not as if companies and cybersecurity vendors have been sitting on their hands. The end game is to funnel victims to landing pages.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

The Aqua Platform includes increasingly critical cybersecurity functions like Kubernetes , virtual machine and container security, dynamic threat analysis, and serverless security. This article looks at the best commercial and open source DevSecOps tools and what to consider when evaluating DevSecOps solutions. Table of Contents.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

As part of our continued goal to provide safer products for enterprises and consumers, we at McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) recently investigated the B. Braun Infusomat Space Large Volume Pump along with the B. Braun SpaceStation , which are designed for use in both adult and pediatric medical facilities. Braun on January 11, 2021.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 2, 2022

DEF CON is 30 years old this year, and it’s bigger and better in part because of topic-specific villages. We're breathing, the mid afternoon monsoons, and from one year there even grasshoppers. Vamosi: DEF CON moved to the Rio for a few years, and now it's at Caesars well. You will learn cool new things.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Year after year, the attackers have grown bolder, methodologies have been refined and, of course, systems have been breached. As the world marks the second Anti-Ransomware Day, there’s no way to deny it: ransomware has become the buzzword in the security community. And not without good reason. Idea #1: Ransomware gangs are gangs.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

One Forbes.com interview stayed with me so when I saw that person at RSAC this year, well, I figured it was a good opportunity for the two of us to catch up. One Forbes.com interview stayed with me so when I saw that person at RSAC this year, well, I figured it was a good opportunity for the two of us to catch up.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

Vamosi: That's Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under the US Department of Homeland Security. Oh, and, our hero, he’s just 21 years old. He started when he was maybe nine years old, and it wasn't by playing computer games. Usually a certain amount of Bitcoin.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

Vamosi: That's Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under the US Department of Homeland Security. Oh, and, our hero, he’s just 21 years old. He started when he was maybe nine years old, and it wasn't by playing computer games. Usually a certain amount of Bitcoin.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Whether it’s infected emails stealing employee access credentials or the plague of r a nsomware that has menaced the business world in recent years, there are a number of ways malware can disrupt your organization. On the modern Internet, malware is a near-constant presence. This isn’t necessarily true of other types of malware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Over the past year, we have established a comfortable hybrid/remote work environment that is expected to be the norm post-COVID-19. Thankfully, cybersecurity professionals everywhere are working on inventing new tech and improving upon legacy technology solutions to maintain pace with these criminals who threaten our data security.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

If you haven’t heard about ChatGPT yet, perhaps you’ve just been thawed from cryogenic slumber or returned from six months off the grid. Or do you believe implementing the platform will compromise your company’s cybersecurity posture? Do you think your organization should embrace ChatGPT? Enter: ChatGPT.

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