Diving into the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack - culprits, impact, recovery, and the increasing political firestorm it’s triggered - is the focus of the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Security leaders weigh in on the attack's significance and potential long-term ramifications.
By issuing a sweeping cybersecurity executive order on Wednesday, the Biden administration is attempting to take a critical step to address security issues that have come to light after recent cyberattacks. Here's an analysis of the order's key elements.
President Joe Biden says the Russian government was not behind the ransomware attack that struck Colonial Pipeline Co. May 7, but he said attackers living in Russia were involved.
In some ways, the complexity of our cybersecurity defenses has become one of our biggest vulnerabilities. Gee Rittenhouse of Cisco Secure discusses why simplifying networking is a significant step toward reducing cybersecurity complexity.
As former CISO of Pacific Gas & Electric, Bernie Cowens knows plenty about cyber securing the nation's critical infrastructure. He shares his informed opinion on the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and what public and private sector entities must do to shore up key defenses.
A recently launched vulnerability disclosure program is a critical component of Toronto-based LifeLabs' efforts to bolster the security of its medical diagnostic laboratory services and online technologies used by healthcare providers across Canada, says the company's CISO, Mike Melo.
President Joe Biden signed an extensive executive order Wednesday that describes the government's plan to increase cybersecurity protection across the public and private sectors as well as secure the nation's infrastructure against the type of attack that targeted SolarWinds and its customers.
Colonial Pipeline Co. announced Wednesday that it had restarted its operations following a ransomware attack last Friday. The company says it will take several days to restore all of its supply chain operations.
The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline, which has disrupted the flow of gasoline and other petroleum products throughout the eastern U.S. since Friday, is prompting members of Congress to call for new cybersecurity regulations and ask probing questions about regulators' scrutiny of security measures.
An unsecured database of medical information on military veterans contained evidence of a potential incident, the security researcher who discovered the data leak says.
In April, Cybereason published a blog describing its research into the DarkSide ransomware strain that infected Colonial Pipeline this past week. Sam Curry, CSO of Cybereason, shares insights on DarkSide and the tactics behind the new breed of ransomware attacks.
The Babuk ransomware gang has reignited its feud with the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department by posting what it says is an additional 22GB of stolen data and what it claims is a transcript of the failed ransom negotiations.
Microsoft issued patches Tuesday for four more vulnerabilities in on-premises versions of the Exchange Server corporate email platform, one of which is a zero-day flaw.
An ongoing advanced persistent threat campaign dubbed "Operation TunnelSnake" has been using a Windows rootkit named Moriya to deploy a passive backdoor to spy on victims, the security firm Kaspersky reports.
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