Phishing, ransomware and unauthorized access remain the leading causes of personal data breaches as well as violations of data protection rules, Britain's privacy watchdog reports. The U.K. government has also been caught out by breaches and leaks involving military secrets and CCTV footage from a government building.
This is the first episode of "The Ransomware Files," a podcast series focused on stories of resilience in the fight against ransomware. A systems administrator with a school district in Washington state recounts a brush with Ryuk ransomware and how the district recovered through tenacity and a bit of luck.
This edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis initiatives unveiled by the Biden administration to enhance supply chain and critical infrastructure security and address the cybersecurity skills gap. Also featured: LockBit 2.0 ransomware rep 'tells all'; misconfigured Microsoft Power Apps.
They are high-profile, they have access to your company's most vital information, they rely on unsecured personal devices - and your cyber adversaries are targeting them. They are your board members, and Chris Pierson of BlackCloak has ideas on where and how you can better secure these leaders.
The Biden administration unveiled a package of supply chain and critical infrastructure security initiatives following a meeting at the White House with tech executives and others. Companies such as Google and Microsoft also promised billions in spending on cybersecurity over the next several years.
Today's enterprise is continually evolving, forcing VM admins to combat data growth and tighten budgets. Yet reliable data protection remains as crucial as ever to protect against data corruption, human error and malicious threats such as ransomware. Whether you’re fully virtualized with VMware or running hybrid...
Researchers at The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto say they've found a new zero-click iMessage exploit that's been used by the government of Bahrain to install the NSO Group's Pegasus spyware on the devices of human rights and political activists.
The Biden administration is hosting a White House meeting Wednesday with technology, banking, insurance and education executives to focus on cybersecurity and national security issues, such as protecting critical infrastructure from attacks and how to hire more security professionals to meet demand.
Microsoft security researchers say the operators of the well-established Mozi IoT botnet have upgraded the malware, enabling it to achieve persistence on network gateways manufactured by Netgear, Huawei and ZTE.
Security firm Cloudflare says it detected and mitigated a 17.2 million request-per-second distributed denial-of-service attack, almost three times larger than any previously reported HTTP DDoS attack.
Network automation initiatives can help improve compliance, but how do you make sure the automation reduces—rather than increases—your organization's risks? This whitepaper examines how enterprises can build a network automation initiative that improves compliance and reduces risk.
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The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of the cybercrime-as-a-service model and how law enforcement could potentially disrupt it. Also featured: T-Mobile probes a massive data breach; tackling abuse in the workplace.
The inevitable digital transformation was accelerated by the pandemic. Before 2020, remote work was reserved for a select few and generally not encouraged. According to Forrester, the number of permanent, full-time remote workers is expected to increase by 300% or more from pre-pandemic levels. Global Workplace...
You notice weird alerts in your environment and start to investigate them. As you’re digging into the myriad of log and monitoring data, you realize what you’re looking at is a telltale sign of data exfiltration — you’ve had a breach, so you follow the trail and realize the breach started before the earliest...
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