An interview with Morten Kjærsgaard, CEO of Heimdal SecurityMorten Kjaersgaard is the CEO of Heimdal Security, a leading European provider of cloud-based cybersecurity solutions based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has a degree in Corporate Marketing and prior to Heimdal, he spent his years at the top of the IT industry as CCO ...
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Remember NotPetya? This was a campaign by the Sandworm APT in Russia the last time Russia invaded the Ukraine. It deleted hard drives around the world before it was through. There is a new variant call the HermeticWiper being deployed against Ukrainian business targets that has the same danger of spilling over into the rest of the world. Here are a couple ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: November 9, 2021
CISA has released an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisory detailing multiple vulnerabilities found in Siemens Nucleus Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and supporting libraries. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
CISA encourages users and ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.China enacted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) on August 21, 2021 as part of that country’s growing scrutiny of its high tech sector. This law goes into effect on November 1, 2021 and will impose a new set of obligations for data security, especially when combined China’s Data Protection Law. ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Are your network cables acting as undercover wireless transmitters? What can you do if they are?
A few posts from Bruce Schneier
[2021.09.22] The Washington Post reports that the FBI had a decryption ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Password managers are a good way to keep your passwords unique, strong and safe. Tom Merritt gives us five tips on how to use them correctly
Original release date: September 28, 2021
The National Security Agency (NSA) and CISA ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Microsoft announces Windows 11, with a new design, Start menu, and more. A new version of Windows is officially on the way.
Storage-device maker advises customers to unplug My Book Lives ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.The Colonial Pipeline ransomware saga continues to unfold before our eyes. This week, company CEO Joseph Blount admitted to paying $4.4 million in ransom to cybercriminals following the attack that shut down the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S. In an interview with the Wall ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: May 14, 2021
CISA has released an analysis report, AR21-134A Eviction Guidance for Networks Affected by the SolarWinds and Active Directory/M365 Compromise. The report provides detailed steps for affected organizations to evict the adversary from compromised on-premises and cloud environments.
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Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Here is something you never want to hear about your company after a ransomware attack: “I mean, an eighth-grader could have hacked into that system.” Which company was this about about? Colonial Pipeline. The person speaking authored a $1.8 million information governance report for the ...
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