A threat group likely operating from Iran has been attacking Israeli targets for more than a year with the wiper variants Apostle and Deadwood, masking the intrusions as ransomware attacks to confuse defenders, according to SentinelOne.
VMware is warning all vCenter Server administrators to patch their software to fix a serious vulnerability that could be used to execute arbitrary code as well as a separate authentication flaw. Experts warn that these and other recent flaws are likely to be targeted by ransomware gangs.
Network intrusion displaced phishing as the leading hack-attack tactic last year, while ransomware continued to surge as the pandemic complicated incident response efforts, says BakerHostetler's Craig A. Hoffman, who describes trends from the 1,250 incidents his firm helped manage.
To unlock the value of quantum computing, two systemic risks - tech governance and cybersecurity - need to be overcome, says William Dixon of the World Economic Forum.
Diego Souza's main responsibility as the global CISO at Cummins Inc. is focusing on the gap between IT and OT security and effectively communicating risk and other security issues to the board. But his passion is developing and mentoring the next generation of cybersecurity leaders.
Ransomware attacks are stuck on repeat: Criminal syndicates have found an extremely profitable business model, and they're milking it for all it's worth. So give the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, credit for having in place robust disaster recovery capabilities and vowing to remediate, rather than pay criminals.
5G technology reminds us that, globally, our sensitive data is open to attack. Janine Darling, founder and CEO of STASH Secure Data, is committed to resolving that vulnerability challenge.
You can see it in the latest high-profile attacks: Security requirements are ever more complex, exceeding the capacity of current protection capabilities. Enterprises need a new strategy for defending entry points, and Tom Sego of BlastWave believes he has it.
Although many companies are deploying extended detection and response, or XDR, their efforts often are coming up short, says Richard Stiennon, chief research analyst at IT-Harvest.
"They’re playing games," is how one security expert describes Conti ransomware-wielding attackers' "gift" of a decryptor to Ireland's crypto-locked health service, while still demanding a ransom to not leak stolen health data. The same could be said of the DarkSide gang's promised retirement.
SolarWinds has uncovered evidence that intruders were in its systems in January 2019, about eight months earlier than originally believed. CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna says the company discovered the clues by analyzing terabytes of data from its virtual build systems.
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