Endpoint Security , Governance & Risk Management , Internet of Things Security ‘Arson Cat’ Hacker Tillie Kottmann Says She’s Not Worried About Law Enforcement Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • March 12, 2021 Photo: Verkada Tales of unsecure IoT cameras come along with regularity. But it’s going to be tough to top the system-wide failure…
Datto Holding Corp. has acquired BitDam Ltd., an Israeli cyberthreat detection company. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Weller BitDam’s cyberdefense platform secures collaboration tools, including M365 and Google Workspace, from ransomware, malware and phishing, by proactively defending against cybersecurity breaches within a user’s inbox, chat or cloud drive. “This acquisition marks…
AI-powered cyber insurer Cowbell has closed a $20 Million Series A funding round as it looks to scale its offering for continuous underwriting and closed-loop risk management. Cowbell Cyber’s closed-loop approach to cyber risk bundles cybersecurity awareness training, continuous risk assessment, and pre and post-breach risk improvement services. Brewer Lane Ventures led the investment with…
Critical Infrastructure Security , Governance & Risk Management , Government Audit Stresses Need for Better Communication With Companies Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • March 12, 2021 Although the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has made significant strides since it was established in 2018, it still has important work to do to fulfill its cybersecurity…
Ransomware Cyber Attack on Molson Coors | IT Security News 12. March 2021 Brewery company Molson Coors has made it official that its IT infrastructure was reigning under a major cyber attack that has brought its Beverage production to a complete standstill. According to an update released through SEC filing, the company acknowledged the attack…
Endpoint Security , Governance & Risk Management , Internet of Things Security ‘Arson Cat’ Hacker Tillie Kottmann Says She’s Not Worried About Law Enforcement Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • March 12, 2021 Photo: Verkada Tales of unsecure internet-connected cameras come along regularly. But the latest installment seems especially egregious because it involves California-based Verkada,…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management $2 Billion for Security and IT, Rather Than $10 Billion as Originally Proposed Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • March 11, 2021 President Joe Biden in the Oval Office (Source: Wikipedia) The $1.9 trillion economic relief package known as the American Rescue…
Cybercrime , Forensics , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Some Attacks Predate Microsoft Being Alerted to the Vulnerabilities, ESET Says Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • March 11, 2021 Microsoft Exchange attack timeline (Source: ESET) Serious vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange have been exploited by at least 10 advanced persistent threat groups that have been collectively been…
COVID-19 , Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management Joe Nocera and Vikas Agarwal Analyze PwC Survey Findings Nick Holland (nickster2407) • March 10, 2021 Joe Nocera & Vikas Agarwal, partners at PwC The 2021 PwC Global Digital Trust Insights survey shows 96% of businesses will adjust…
There are more than 10 different advanced persistent threat (APT) groups exploiting recent Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities, according to ESET research. Last week, Microsoft released out-of-band patches to fix multiple zero-day vulnerabilities believed to be being exploited by Chinese state-sponsored group Hafnium. The step was taken to protect customers running on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server….
