How best to improve cybersecurity across the state will be the focus of a public hearing at the Massachusetts Statehouse this week. The Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity will hold the virtual hearing on Wednesday at 1 p.m. The hearing will be chaired by Sen. Barry Finegold of Andover and…
On the Friday heading into Memorial Day weekend this year, it was meat processing giant JBS. On the Friday before the Fourth of July, it was IT management software company Kaseya and, by extension, over a thousand businesses of varying size. It remains to be seen whether Labor Day will see a high-profile ransomware meltdown…
Brandon Rochat, Sales Director: Africa, Cybereason. Ransomware is one of the biggest cyber security threats globally. It is estimated that there is a ransomware attack on a business every 11 seconds on average, with global ransomware damage losses projected to reach $20 billion this year. According to PurpleSec’s 2021 Cyber Security Trends report, cyber crime…
Image: Francisco Gonzalez The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has warned of a massive increase in sextortion complaints since the start of 2021, resulting in total financial losses of more than $8 million until the end of July. The federal agency received over 16,000 sextortion complaints until July 31, almost half of them coming from…
A critical vulnerability in Atlassian’s Confluence Server software is now under active attack. Disclosed last week by Atlassian, CVE-2021-26084 is a remote code execution bug that is considered a critical security risk by the vendor. The flaw, which was rated a 9.8 on the CVSS scale, is due to an injection bug in the…
The cybersecurity researchers of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd have recently detected a security vulnerability in the image filtering function of WhatsApp, the world’s most famous messaging application that has active users more than 2 billion. The news gets disclosed an hour after knowing that WhatsApp will have to pay 225 million dollars for not…
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details about a new malware family that relies on the Common Log File System (CLFS) to hide a second-stage payload in registry transaction files in an attempt to evade detection mechanisms. FireEye’s Mandiant Advanced Practices team, which made the discovery, dubbed the malware PRIVATELOG, and its installer, STASHLOG. Specifics about the…
By The FBI, Cyber Division and the Vermont Intelligence Center – September 1, 2021 Summary Ransomware attacks targeting the Food and Agriculture sector disrupt operations, cause financial loss, and negatively impact the food supply chain. Ransomware may impact businesses across the sector, from small farms to large producers, processors and manufacturers, and markets and restaurants. Food…
On the Friday heading into Memorial Day weekend this year, it was meat processing giant JBS. On the Friday before the Fourth of July, it was IT management software company Kaseya and, by extension, over a thousand businesses of varying size. It remains to be seen whether Labor Day will see a high-profile ransomware meltdown…
3rd Party Risk Management , Application Security , Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery NSC Adviser Anne Neuberger Says Organizations Should Take Precautions Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • September 2, 2021 Anne Neuberger, the deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology, speaking to reporters at the White House on Thursday While there…
