How To Defend Railway Subsystems from Targeted Cyber-Attacks
By Michael Cheng, Director at TXOne Networks & C. Max. Farrell, Senior Technical Marketing Specialist at TXOne Networks Railways are a critical part of every nation’s vital system. Maintaining the […]
The Safest Ways for Bitcoin Trading
By Robert Wilson, Freelancer During the year 2021, we experienced history in the cryptocurrency niche with the 3rd Bitcoin halving event unfolding. There has been unprecedented hype after this news […]
Killware is the Next Big Cybersecurity Threat
By Brian Erickson, Vice President or Strategy and Solutions and retired U.S. Navy Captain, Vidoori Today’s battlefield has expanded to a digital landscape, and the impact affects the general population […]
Responding To the Ransomware Pandemic
By Tom McVey, Solution Architect, Menlo Security Last year, Kaseya became the victim of the largest ransomware attack in history when Russian-linked hacker group REvil breached the US software company’s […]
Mitigating Risk from Insider Threats in 2022
By Isaac Kohen, Teramind Back in August 2020, a story of an insider threat caught headlines when the employee turned down a $1M bribe to put ransomware on Tesla’s servers […]
How Do I Reliably Identify You If I Cannot See You?
eKnow Your Customer Requirements Driving Change By John Callahan, CTO, VeridiumID KYC – Know Your Customer is a process used around the globe for many years to validate the identity […]
How to Protect All Five Stages of the IoT Security Lifecycle
Smarter security for smart devices By Mitchell Bezzina, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Cloud-delivered Security Services, Palo Alto Networks The dependency on IoT devices to enable business, capture data, and facilitate […]
Our Cyber Defenses Need to Be Battle-Tested to Withstand Future Threats
By Hugo Sanchez, Founder and CEO of rThreat Just a few weeks ago, the FBI released a statement confirming that their server was hacked over the weekend, resulting in thousands […]
WatchGuard Technologies’ 2022 Predictions: State-Sponsored Mobile Threats, Space-Related Hacks and More
A look at the future of cybersecurity in 2022 and beyond By Corey Nachreiner, Chief Security Officer, WatchGuard Technologies 2021 was another wild year in cybersecurity with the industry facing […]
Russian government claims to have dismantled REvil ransomware gang
Russia’s FSB announced to have dismantled the REvil ransomware gang, the infamous group behind Kaseya and JBS USA. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced to have shut down the […]
How To Thwart Fraud with Phone Numbers
By Guillaume Bourcy, Vice President, Data & Identity Solutions, TeleSign During the peak of the global pandemic, online shopping and cybercriminal activity hit unprecedented figures, hitting merchants’ bottom lines hard. […]
New Rook Ransomware borrows code from Babuk
Recently launched ransomware operation, named Rook, made headlines for its announcement claiming a desperate need a lot of money. A new ransomware operation named Rook appeared in the threat landscape, […]
Electric Vehicle Charging: The Next Cyberattack Frontier
By Prof. Thomas R. Köhler, Member of the Board of Juice Technology AG The International Energy Agency estimates the global number of electric cars, buses, vans and heavy trucks on […]
Sinclair TV stations downtime allegedly caused by a ransomware attack
A ransomware attack is likely the cause of the recent downtime for TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group broadcast television company. TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast […]
Dutch police warn customers of a popular DDoS booter service
Dutch police warn customers of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) website of stopping using the service to avoid prosecution. Dutch police warn customers of a booter service, abused to carry out […]
Threat actors exploit a flaw in Coinbase 2FA to steal user funds
Threat actors stole funds from the accounts of more than 6,000 users of the crypto exchange Coinbase exploiting a flaw to bypass 2FA authentication. Threat actors have exploited a vulnerability […]
AIOps Offers Security Teams an Early Warning System
By Ranjan Goel, Vice President, Product Management, LogicMonitor IT teams are under immense pressure to work faster than ever and deliver better results—at less cost. And they’re struggling to do […]
Black Matter gang demanded a $5.9M ransom to NEW Cooperative
U.S. The farmers cooperative NEW Cooperative was hit by Black Matter ransomware gang that is demanding a $5.9 million ransom. BlackMatter ransomware gang hit NEW Cooperative, a farmer’s feed and […]
Crystal Valley hit by ransomware attack, it is the second farming cooperative shut down in a week
Minnesota-based farming supply cooperative Crystal Valley was hit by a ransomware attack, it is the second attack against the agriculture business in a few days. Minnesota farming supply cooperative Crystal […]
Time to Act: How Real-Time Analytics Can Help Stop the Cyber Kill Chain
Access to Real-Time Contextualized Information through In-Memory Computing Can Help Security Teams Spot Evolving Threats Before It’s Too Late By Dr. William Bain, CEO and Founder of ScaleOut Software In […]
New Report Reveals Traditional Anti-Malware Solutions Miss 74% of Threats
By Corey Nachreiner, Chief Security Officer, WatchGuard Technologies The threat landscape is an erratic and ever-evolving beast. While it knows no master, its behavior is broadly directed by the host […]
U.S. State Department was recently hit by a cyber attack
The U.S. State Department was recently hit by a cyber attack, the Department of Defense Cyber Command might have suffered a serious breach. The U.S. State Department was recently hit […]
New analysis of Diavol ransomware reinforces the link to TrickBot gang
Researchers conducted a new analysis of the Diavol ransomware and found new evidence of the link with the gang behind the TrickBot botnet. In July, researchers from Fortinet reported that […]
Bronze Optis: Innovative Technologies at Black Hat
By Olivia Gallucci, Cybersecurity Reporter, Cyber Defense Magazine I interviewed approximately sixty industry leaders from over forty companies who attended Black Hat. Although this article series—The Optis—can be read as […]
Australian Cyber Security Centre warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of a surge of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations starting July 2021. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of an escalation in LockBit 2.0 ransomware […]
The Future of Cybersecurity? Just One Word: Automation
By Dr. Peter Stephenson If you are not better informed, smarter, better equipped, and faster than the adversary, you can count on your system being compromised at some point. When […]
Is The Cloud Leaving You Exposed?
Exploring the public cloud and addressing its unanticipated security challenges By Chuck Slate, Lead Architect, Attivo Networks, Inc. On a traditional network, user accounts are the main identity type and, […]
How to Accelerate SecOps efficiency and extend capabilities with XDR
By Ed Martin, Director of Product Management, Secureworks Security Operations (SecOps) teams have been under pressure since their inception to perform the role of enterprise defender for firms in every […]
Trust Not in Third-Parties
You aren’t on your own in cybersecurity, but you should act like you are By Gregory Hoffer, CEO, Coviant Software Cybersecurity management is a dynamic process. There is no “set […]
No More Ransom helped ransomware victims to save almost €1B
The No More Ransom initiative celebrates its fifth anniversary, over 6 million victims of ransomware attacks recover their files for free saving almost €1 billion in payments. No More Ransom […]