Originally published by Blue Lava here. Written by Veronica Wolf, Director of Product & Content Marketing, Blue Lava. In the spirit of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we thought we would de-mystify a few of the tall tales and horrors surrounding cybersecurity. We’ve also gathered up a few resources, so you’ll never have to “walk in the …
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A hospital network in Wisconsin and Illinois fears visitor tracking code on its websites may have transmitted personal information on as many as 3 million patients to Meta, Google, and other third parties. Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) reported the potential breach to the US government’s Health and Human Services. As well as millions of patients, …
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Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow (Image: George Armstrong/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses how Russian-speaking ransomware gangs have their eyes on a new target, offers the latest on Australia’s data security reckoning and the government’s response, and outlines emerging trends in customer identity and access management. In this report, …
Russian-Speaking Ransomware Gangs Hit New Victim: Russians Read More »
Biometrics , Security Operations Customer Convenience, Not Security, Should Be the Selling Point for FIDO Passkeys Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • October 20, 2022 Organizations can improve security with modern authentication protocols, but the big message to the marketplace is that FIDO Passkeys give customers more convenience and deliver a consistent user experience. See …
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Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Geo Focus: Brazil Suspect Accused of Lead Role in Disrupting Coronavirus Vaccination Data in December Anviksha More • October 20, 2022 Image: Agência Brasil/CC-BY 2.0 The Federal Police of Brazil arrested a lead suspect behind a spate of cyber incidents attacking the government agencies in the …
Votiro has unveiled its integration with Box’s Content Cloud to prevent ransomware and other evasive file-borne threats from entering users’ content collaboration applications and environments. Users can seamlessly connect Votiro Cloud to Box to provide an essential layer of security needed to prevent new and unknown threats by sanitizing content before adding it in Box. …
Why should a company executive be interested in Zero Trust? Isn’t that supposed to be obvious? Apparently, it’s not; otherwise, we wouldn’t have nearly 1 billion successful ransomware attacks between January 2021 and June 2022. Whether we like it or not, lately, Zero Trust is becoming synonymous with modern, good cybersecurity practices. Every executive interested …
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As a DirectDefense and Halcyon partnership result, DirectDefense will now offer the Halcyon Anti-Ransomware & Endpoint Resilience Platform as part of its Managed Detection and Response (“MDR”) offerings. “Ransomware is on the rise and threat actor groups are becoming increasingly sophisticated. As they evolve, so must your managed security services provider,” said Jim Broome, President, …
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When you’re looking to maximise ROI from digital transformation and begin automating quickly, RPA is a great place to start. Read more
By Craig Clough (October 20, 2022, 11:00 PM EDT) — A jury of nine men and three women was seated Thursday in the California rape and sexual assault trial of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, setting the stage for opening statements on Monday…. Read more
Hex-Rays has been acquired by a consortium of investors led by Smartfin, and including co-investors SFPIM and SRIW. Ilfak Guilfanov, the founder of Hex-Rays and architect of the technology platform, also reinvests a substantial amount in the new structure. Founded in 2005, Hex-Rays developed a set of software reverse engineering tools for mainly IT security …
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As office workers continue to be confronted with a proliferation of SaaS applications, IT managers are wary of becoming locked into a single app or closed environment. Tackling the issue head-on, Google is on a path to further close the gap between employees and their favorite work tools through the expansion of third-party integrations across …
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It has been no secret that I am a nerd. One place my inner nerd particularly surfaces is my love of board games. From your most basic game of Scrabble, in depth games of Catan, or diving deep into a euro-game with an encyclopedia sized rulebook, I am ready to go. There is a lot …
Originally published by Lookout here. Written by Tony D’Angelo, Vice President, Public Sector, Lookout. Higher education institutions have long been subjected to ransomware and other cyber attacks, which has had a huge impact on their operations. In 2020 alone, ransomware attacks affected nearly 1,700 U.S. schools, colleges and universities – which is an increase of …
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By Dave Simpson (October 20, 2022, 10:23 PM EDT) — The Ninth Circuit sent a jury’s $925 million Telephone Consumer Protection Act verdict against health supplement maker ViSalus back to a lower court for reconsideration Thursday, finding that an Oregon federal judge failed to apply a test for determining if the damages are unconstitutionally excessive…. …
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Ransomware attacks hit the headlines every week, with governments, school districts, healthcare providers, and private companies forced to admit attacks after ransomware disrupts their operations. Healthcare ransomware attacks have even been linked to patient deaths. Faced with the threat of negative publicity – and often unrecoverable data – non-technical executives and board members often ask …
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Basemark claims its latest graphics benchmarking software — GPUScore: Sacred Path — is the first to offer cross-platform comparisons. It lets users and businesses directly compare the horsepower of Windows systems, Android devices, iPhones, and more.Read more
Basemark claims its latest graphics benchmarking software — GPUScore: Sacred Path — is the first to offer cross-platform comparisons. It lets users and businesses directly compare the horsepower of Windows systems, Android devices, iPhones, and more.Read more
Everbridge has appointed Sheila Carpenter as Chief Information Officer (CIO), responsible for leading the company’s global information technology (IT) efforts, including corporate IT infrastructure, technology systems, and enterprise architecture. Sheila reports to Chief Executive Officer Dave Wagner, and will oversee teams led by the company’s Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Enterprise IT. …
Why Your Security Data Lake Project Will … Well, Actually … Long story why but I decided to revisit my 2018 blog titled “Why Your Security Data Lake Project Will FAIL!” That post was very fun to write and it continued to generate reactions over the years (like this one). Just as I did when I revisited my …
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By Allison Grande (October 20, 2022, 10:14 PM EDT) — France’s data protection regulator has hit Clearview AI with a €20 million ($19.5 million) penalty and ordered it to delete personal data that fuels its facial recognition database, after finding the company’s gathering of millions of French residents’ images to be unlawful. … Read more
Cynet has launched its newly optimized Global Partner Program, which offers channel sales organizations the ability to increase profitability on their Cynet business. The updated program includes new pricing, discounts and resources aimed at streamlining the partner journey to reduce operational and buying costs. The program launch is intended to strengthen Cynet’s channel-first business model, …
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More than 31% of U.S. adults, when asked, said they go online “almost constantly.” As many as 85% say they’re on every day. More and more, we are spending almost every waking moment browsing, tweeting, texting, watching, or working online. The internet has become an essential part of our lives; it’s a great resource for …
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#ThrowBackThursday What does a cattle ranch have in common with computers? Admittedly not much, but that didn’t stop two college dropouts from capitalizing on the concept and reshape PC purchases in the 1990s.Read more
#ThrowBackThursday What does a cattle ranch have in common with computers? Admittedly not much, but that didn’t stop two college dropouts from capitalizing on the concept and reshape PC purchases in the 1990s.Read more
Round-Up Blog for September Fall is officially here, so get ready for pumpkin spice and changing leaves. It’s also time once again for a moment of reflection while looking forward to the final quarter of 2022. And while it’s still a bit early to begin dusting off those holiday decorations, it’s a great time to …
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Dharma, Crylock and Thanos Most Active, OldGremlin Most Greedy, Researchers Find Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • October 20, 2022 Red Square in Moscow (Source: WikiMedia Commons) One of the cybersecurity realities of living in Russia has historically been not having to worry much about ransomware. See Also: …
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Finance & Banking , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Geo-Specific Minister for Home Affairs O’Neil Likens Hackers to Dogs Mihir Bagwe (MihirBagwe) • October 20, 2022 Image: Medibank Ransomware hackers stole up to 200 gigabytes from Australian insurer Medibank, a data set that includes identifying information and medical diagnoses. See Also: The DevOps …
Medibank Acknowledges Data Breach Including Medical Data Read More »
Norton Labs successfully blocked 1.3 million threats in NZ during September, thwarting phishing attempts, mobile threats, file threats, ransomware attacks.Read more
When it comes to cloud migration, all workers need to have the right skills to use and understand the technology, according to government and industry experts that spoke at a panel hosted by the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center on Thursday. This training and education is not limited to technologists, because other workers will impact the …
Cloud Training for All is Critical to Migration Efforts, Experts Say Read More »
