Clop is back to wreak havoc via vulnerable file-transfer software

In what we can assure you is a new cybersecurity incident despite sounding incredibly similar to incidents of past notoriety: threat actors tied to a notorious ransomware and extortion group have exploited file-transfer software to carry out attacks.  Clop has claimed responsibility for attacks tied to vulnerabilities in software made by Cleo, an Illinois-based IT […]

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Exploitation of vulnerabilities almost tripled as a source of data breaches last year

Verizon’s annual data breach report identified the MOVEit hack as the “poster child” of the phenomenon.

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Two major energy corporations added to growing MOVEit victim list

Leading global energy companies Schneider Electric and Siemens Energy are the latest victims in the MOVEit vulnerability.

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CISA Order Highlights Persistent Risk at Network Edge

The U.S. government agency in charge of improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture is ordering all federal civilian agencies to take new measures to restrict access to Internet-exposed networking equipment. The directive comes amid a surge in attacks targeting previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used security and networking appliances. Continue reading CISA Order Highlights Persistent Risk at Network Edge

US cyber officials offer technical details associated with CL0P ransomware attacks

CISA and the FBI offered details to help organizations protect themselves against the group that has claimed hundreds of victims.

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