A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.On June 24, 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for something he called a “Type-Writing Machine.” The early tech resembled a piano and had 21 keys.
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.Trend Micro case study explains how the new business model works and how the multistep attacks unfold. A must read.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
If the cyberattack against meat giant JBS was a game of Clue, it would be over already. The winner would have cracked the whodunnit: “It was the Russians, in the meatpacking plant, with the ransomware.” The attack this week led to a cascading series of shift cancellations, ...
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Ransomware is a form of malicious software designed to restrict users from accessing their computers or files until they pay a ransom to cybercriminals. Ransomware typically operates through the crypto virology mechanism by using symmetric as well as asymmetric encryption to prevent users from performing managed file transfers or accessing particular files or directories. The cybercriminals are using ransomware to lock files from being accessed assuming that the locked files ...
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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There are numerous security threats that companies might encounter, making it difficult to decide which ones to address first. Here are three threats that deserve attention because they are not only dangerous but also prevalent.
Ransomware, trojan horses, phishing, SQL injection, and denial-of-service attacks are only a few of the many security threats that businesses might have to ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.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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