Faux ‘DarkSide’ Gang Takes Aim at Global Energy, Food Sectors
A DarkSide doppelganger mounts a fraud campaign aimed at extorting nearly $4 million from each target.
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Critical Infrastructure
Hiccup in Akamai’s DDoS Mitigation Service Triggers Massive String of Outages
An hour-long outage hit airlines, banks and the Hong Kong Stock exchange. It’s thought to have been caused by a DDoS mitigation service.
Read MoreREvil Hits US Nuclear Weapons Contractor: Report
“We hereby keep a right (sic) to forward all of the relevant documentation and data to military agencies of our choise (sic)” REvil reportedly wrote.
Read MoreThen and Now: Securing Privileged Access Within Healthcare Orgs
Joseph Carson, chief security scientist and advisory CISO at ThycoticCentrify, discusses best practices for securing healthcare data against the modern threat landscape.
Read MoreCISOs Struggle to Cope with Mounting Job Stress
Pandemic and evolving IT demands are having a major, negative impact on CISO’s mental health, a survey found.
Read MoreColonial Pipeline Shells Out $5M in Extortion Payout, Report
According to news reports, Colonial Pipeline paid the cybergang known as DarkSide the ransom it demanded in return for a decryption key.
Read MoreResearchers Flag e-Voting Security Flaws
Paper ballots and source-code transparency are recommended to improve election security.
Read MoreColonial Pipeline’s Ransomware Attack Sparks Emergency Declaration
Security researchers mull possible perpetrators of the attack, and warned that the incident could be a harbinger of things to come.
Read MoreScripps Health Cyberattack Causes Widespread Hospital Outages
The San Diego-based hospital system diverted ambulances to other medical centers after a suspected ransomware attack.
Read MoreRansomware: A Deep Dive into 2021 Emerging Cyber-Risks
Our new eBook goes beyond the status quo to take a look at the evolution of ransomware and what to prepare for next.
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