SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The district says distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks kept knocking online classes offline. The student admitted to orchestrating eight Distributed Denial-of-Service cyber attacks, designed to overwhelm District networks, including web-based systems needed for My School Online. DDoS attacks around the world are surging.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2023

For a solid rundown of what the updates mean, check out this SecureWorld article from Kip Boyle , vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC. Boyle is teaching PLUS Courses on the NIST CSF at all six in-person regional SecureWorld conferences this fall , including Denver on Sept. 19, Detroit on Sept. Louis on Oct. 19, Dallas on Oct.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2021

Both groups basically operate what is commonly referred to as a "ransomware-as-a-service" business. And while it feels like this is the first time we have seen the cyber world disrupt daily life, it is frankly not the first time and unfortunately will not be the last. One of those steps involves taking proactive measures.

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Data privacy Data breaches Ransomware Cybersecurity 85

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The past week has been a busy one for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, with 34 vulnerable Windows drivers and four Microsoft Exchange flaws heading a long list of security concerns. QNAP vulnerabilities and npm package supply chain attacks also made our list this week, plus a look at the new CVSS v4.0

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Software Education Ransomware Firmware 91

SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2021

Both groups basically operate what is commonly referred to as a "ransomware-as-a-service" business. And while it feels like this is the first time we have seen the cyber world disrupt daily life, it is frankly not the first time and unfortunately will not be the last. One of those steps involves taking proactive measures.

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Data privacy Data breaches Ransomware Cybersecurity 56

Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". Mister Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today concerning the security of credit data. My name is Bruce Schneier, and I am a security technologist. That's the original 143 million plus the additional 2.5

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Mark Lance, the VP of DFIR and Threat intelligence for GuidePoint Security, provides The Hacker Mind with stories of ransomware cases he’s handled. One other thing: the Conti source code was also leaked, allowing security companies to create their own decryption services for anyone infected with the Conti ransomware.

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