The White House is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics – Nextgov
The White House is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics – Nextgov
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Incident & Breach Response , Ransomware Extortionists Demand $50 Million – Payable in Monero Cryptocurrency – From Oil Giant Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • July 22, 2021 Saudi Aramco’s gas processing plant in Khursaniyah, Saudi Arabia (Photo: Saudi Aramco) Saudi Aramco, one of the world’s largest oil and natural…
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of ongoing investigations into how NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware is allegedly being used to spy on dissidents, journalists, political rivals, business leaders and even heads of state – and a discussion of whether the business model should be banned. In this report, you’ll hear…
Endpoint Security , Governance & Risk Management , Internet of Things Security Senate Bill Would Require CISA to Identify and Respond to ICS Threats Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • July 23, 2021 From left: Sens. Rob Portman, Marco Rubio, Gary Peters and Mark Warner are co-sponsoring a bill to improve ICS and OT security….
The US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has posted a new emergency directive calling on federal agencies to immediately patch or disconnect Microsoft Exchange servers. The alert follows a recent warning from Microsoft about major zero-day attacks on email servers, according to a recent posting by the tech giant. The zero-day…
Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Software Vendor Said Approximately 60 MSPs and 1,500 Clients Affected by Attack Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • July 22, 2021 Kaseya Executive Vice President Mike Sanders (Source: Kaseya) Three weeks after its software was used to facilitate a…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Ransomware Facing Intense Scrutiny, Attackers Retool, Says Cybercrime Researcher Bob McArdle Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 2, 2021 Bob McArdle, director of cybercrime research, Trend Micro A funny thing happened on the way to the nonstop ransomware payday for some criminals:…