Articles Tagged with ''information security''

Law enforcement authorities took action against the criminal misuse of VPN services as they targeted the users and infrastructure of VPNLab.net.

OT security and Industrial Control System Security (ICS), while improving, has not kept up with their evolving ecosystem, leaving systems exposed — as seen by attacks on critical infrastructure.

Russian internal intelligence agency Federal Security Service (FSB) says that it shut down the REvil ransomware group.

Doug Lucktaylor joins CSS Assure, a cybersecurity firm, as the first Head of Information Security.

Most security breaches aren’t a consequence of inadequate security controls but are a direct result of human failure. So why do humans make mistakes? What triggers our behavior, and why are we so susceptible to manipulation? Understanding these triggers will greatly help organizations change their approach to information security.

Instead of focusing on preventing breaches, cybersecurity professionals should focus on improving security hygiene and resilience. More important than building up walls, organizations should prioritize minimizing costs, downtime and disruption in the case of an eventual cyberattack.

A recent ransomware attack disrupted Maryland Department of Health (MDH) operations. 

Lenny Maly has been tapped by Granicus to serve as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). In this role, Maly will lead the company’s dedicated security organization, helping set new cloud-security standards that enable accelerated government digital transformation.

Cisco Talos discovered a malicious campaign in October 2021 delivering variants of Nanocore, Netwire and AsyncRATs targeting users’ information. 

APT35 (aka Charming Kitten, TA453, or Phosphorus) started widespread scanning and attempted to leverage Log4j flaw in publicly facing systems only four days after the vulnerability was disclosed, according to new Check Point research.