An operator deploying BlackCat ransomware, also known as ALPHV, appears to have claimed the University of Pisa as its latest victim. University officials reportedly face a ransom demand of $4.5 million, a "discount price" that will jump to $5 million after Thursday.
Since joining Forescout 15 months ago as CEO, Wael Mohamed has aggressively pursued acquisitions, scooping up CyberMDX in February to safeguard internet of medical things devices and Cysiv in June to help OT and IoT customers analyze, detect and respond to threats using cloud-native data analytics.
Every second of downtime after a ransomware attack costs businesses in industries such as retail and e-commerce large sums of cash. Business continuity is therefore vital even before determining whether ransomed data or systems can be recovered, says VMware Security General Manager Kal De.
Former Rockwell Automation CISO Dawn Cappelli discusses the mission of the new Dragos OT-CERT - a cybersecurity resource designed to help industrial asset owners and operators build their OT cybersecurity programs, improve their security postures and reduce OT risk - and her role as its director.
Based on the collected results, there was one major shift from last year’s report: Security. Security was selected by 27% of the respondents, which is an increase of 5% over last year.
Quality also saw an increase of 4% for a total of 25%. Both of these gains took away from safety, which saw a decrease of 9% over...
Three in four organizations experienced a malware attack last year, according to Comparitech. With malware attacks increasing year over year, it is imperative to arm your network with proactive solutions coinciding with reactive solutions. Take the first steps to protect your IT environment by equipping yourself with...
Top Russian diplomat Andrei Krutskikh is pressuring the U.S. to back down in cyberspace after the director of U.S. Cyber Command, Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, acknowledged America has conducted a "full spectrum" of virtual operations in support of Ukraine.
As more devices connect to networks, keeping track of them all is job number one. What is connected? Are those devices vulnerable? Where do they communicate? Who can access them? What active threats are out there? It's confusing to say the least. To clear this confusion, you need to make sense of all your XIoT. Each...
Ransomware-as-a-service, supply chain attacks and the Russia/Ukraine war - they all are factors behind the growing need for digital executive protection outside the traditional workplace. Chris Pierson of BlackCloak shares new research and insights.
Typically, managed detection and response is associated with endpoints, but it is actually so much more, says Rick Miller, chief operating officer of GoSecure. He discusses incident reposnse roles, what to look for in an end-to-end MDR solution and what to ask an MDR provider.
Cyber adversaries are embracing defense evasion, triple extortion, wiper malware and the accelerated exploit chain, and that is significantly reshaping the threat landscape that CISOs have to deal with, according to Derek Manky, head of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.
In today's dynamic environment, with the proliferation of a wide array of different security products and the high chance for misconfigurations, testing security is more imperative than ever, says Scott Register, vice president of security solutions at Keysight.
What are the top five security activities that lead to the best outcomes, and why do they work so well? Those critical issues were closely examined in a recent study commissioned by Duo Security/Cisco, says Helen Patton, advisory CISO, who discusses the findings.
A single cybersecurity vulnerability can leave embedded systems defenseless to data breaches, cyberattacks, and other cyber incidents.
Unfortunately, cybersecurity vulnerabilities are an ever-present threat. In fact, according to embedded software industry experts, nearly 90% of all detected security holes can be...
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