Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Colonial Pipeline CEO: Paying Ransom ‘Right Thing to Do for the Country’

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 ...

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MAY
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CISSP, critical infrastructure, crypto-currency, Domain 8, ransomware, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Cyber Attack Made Easy: ‘An 8th Grader Could Have Hacked’ Colonial Pipeline

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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15
MAY
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critical infrastructure, Linux, ransomware, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

FBI-CISA Joint Advisory on Compromise of Microsoft Exchange Server

Original release date: March 10, 2021

CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to address recently disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. CISA and FBI assess that adversaries could exploit these vulnerabilities to compromise networks, ...

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13
MAR
0

critical infrastructure, cyberwar, ransomware, Weekend Update

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

2-15 – ENIAC was formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania on February 15, 1946 and was heralded as a “Giant Brain” by the press.

Verify Your Valentine

Original release date: February 11, 2021

This Valentine’s Day, before you go looking for love in all the wrong chat rooms, CISA reminds users to be wary of internet romance ...

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13
FEB
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critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, Linux, ransomware, Weekend Update, Windows 10

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

[WordPress Security] Large Scale Attack Campaign Targets Database Credentials

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team just published details of an attack harvesting database credentials, targeting over 1 million WordPress sites. For 24 hours, attacks from this campaign accounted for 75% of all exploit attempts on plugins and themes across all of WordPress.

Both the free and paid versions ...

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6
JUN
0

compliance, Computers and Internet, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, passwords, ransomware, surveillance, Weekend Update

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Will working and schooling from home break the Internet?

I have been getting this question a lot lately.  Quick answer, it is unlikely, so no it won’t break the Internet.  But is is changing usage from downtown areas to suburbs.  See the map.  From Tech Republic.

Remote ...

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28
MAR
0

certification, critical infrastructure, education, ransomware, training, Weekend Update, Windows 10

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