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Ransomware attacks are well-documented as a legitimate threat, but haven’t often been taken seriously until recently. Preventing a problem that may or may not happen wasn’t seen as a worthy IT or security investment, due to cost and blind faith … Continue reading Why Enterprises Must Take Ransomware Attacks Seriously
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Cybersecurity threats, in particular ransomware attacks, are facts of life and daily occurrences. Here are the 5 biggest ransomware attacks.
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More than three years since it was discovered, WannaCry is still a threat for some organizations, research has found How often does your organization conduct a security assessment? Once a year? Once a month? It’s great that your organization is lookin… Continue reading Old Vulnerabilities Open the Door for WannaCry Ransomware
If I had polled cybersecurity experts on their way to work on May 12, 2017, most of them would have said they knew a major cybersecurity event loomed. Yet, on that day no one expected that they were walking into the perfect storm — in the form of WannaCry ransomware, the most damaging cyberattack to […]
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I had the great delight of reading Geoff White’s new book, “Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global”, I thoroughly recommend it. The book is superbly researched and written, the author’s storytelling style not only lifts th… Continue reading Book Review: Crime Dot Com, From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global
The European Union has sanctioned six people and three organizations in Russia, China and North Korea in connection with three major cyberattacks dating back to 2017. EU officials announced Thursday they would enact restrictive measures against the people it deemed responsible for the WannaCry ransomware outbreak in 2017, the NotPetya campaign and Operation Cloud Hopper, a Chinese cyber-espionage effort. Penalties include a travel ban, asset freeze and prohibit people and organizations in the EU from “making funds available” to the sanctioned individuals and entities. The move follows previous U.S. allegations against many of the same parties. “Sanctions are one of the options available in the EU’s cyber diplomacy toolbox to prevent, deter and respond to malicious cyber activities directed against the EU or its member states, and today is the first time the EU has used this tool,” officials said in a statement. The sanctions name unit 74455 of Russia’s […]
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Three years ago, the WannaCry ransomware worm wreaked havoc on hundreds of thousands of organizations worldwide, ranging from hospitals that had to pause urgent operations to multinational delivery services that were forced to halt the transportation o… Continue reading Three years after WannaCry, what have we learned?
LogMeOnce, a password identity management suite provider, has published a detailed interview with myself titled ‘Passwords are and have always been an Achilles Heel in CyberSecurity’. In the Q&A I talk about Passwords Security (obviously), Threat A… Continue reading Passwords are and have always been an Achilles Heel in CyberSecurity
LogMeOnce, a password identity management suite provider, has published a detailed interview with myself titled ‘Passwords are and have always been an Achilles Heel in CyberSecurity’. In the Q&A I talk about Passwords Security (obviously), Threat A… Continue reading Passwords are and have always been an Achilles Heel in CyberSecurity
UN experts believe the DPRK cyber-steals and launders money, extorts companies and funnels the cash into its nuclear program. Continue reading US offers up to $5m reward for information on North Korean hackers