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Ransomware as a service (RaaS) affiliate group AvosLocker has targeted a number of victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors. Here are a few mitigation strategies organizations can implement. 

Ian Thornton-Trump, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Cyjax, and Philip Ingram, CEO of Grey Hare Media, take a closer look at the Russian invasion of Ukraine through the lens of conflict in the Middle East in the tenth episode of The Cybersecurity and Geopolitical Podcast.

Engaging Multinational Police Women on Equality and Rights (EMPoWER), a project from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of State's Counterterrorism Bureau, aims to provide leadership opportunities for women in security.

K-12 school administrators and cybersecurity leaders outlined their top four challenges to securing their educational institutions in the "Creating a Common Culture of Action Around Cybersecurity: 2021 National K-12 Education Cybersecurity Report" from iboss.

A new Cequence Security API Security Threat Report: Bots and Automated Attacks Explode revealed three attack trends in API security.

The U.S. Army has built a Security Surveillance System (SSS) that will incorporate radar technology from Echodyne for the next five years.

Russian state-sponsored cyberattackers gained network access to a non-governmental organization by exploiting default multi-factor authentication (MFA) protocols and PrintNightmare, a known security vulnerability. 

The emergency management report from Trust for America's Health, Ready or Not 2022: Protecting the Public's Health from Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism, ranks U.S. states in terms of their disaster preparedness.

For teams looking to respond to evolving mobile security threats, the Zimperium 2022 Global Mobile Threat Report offers some insights. 

Law enforcement veterans Captain Robert J. Finnegan, Sr., and Captain Edward W. Cobbs, Jr., have been named Chief Security/Safety Officer (CSO) and Chief of Police, respectively, at the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA).