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Veritas Technologies surveyed more than 2,000 global IT leaders whose organizations have undertaken pandemic-led digital transformation and found the majority are severely vulnerable to ransomware attacks because they’ve been unable to keep pace with the accelerated digitization.

The first and last line of defense against phishing is always employees themselves. With that in mind, here are the top five things you need to know about phishing. 

Iowa-based grain cooperative NEW Cooperative Inc. was struck by BlackMatter ransomware recently and has shut down its computer systems as it tries to mitigate the attack. BlackMatter is demanding a $5.9 million ransom.  

The Biden administration is allegedly preparing to sanction financial exchanges that facilitate illicit digital payments to cybercriminals. How will this new initiative impact businesses?

As people recover from Hurricane Ida's damage, the Federal Emergency Management Agency opens Disaster Recovery Centers to aid in rebuilding what's been lost.

The Wisconsin university's Whitewater campus hosts the Cybersecurity Center for Business which provides training programs for organizations in the area, offers an online M.S. in cybersecurity, and has just launched a B.S. in the field. 

Over one million CSV/JSON files with personal information of event registrants using Microsoft Teams, including phone numbers and email addresses, have been exposed to potential cybercriminals worldwide. 

Although the education sector’s breach exposure has remained relatively consistent this year, it’s taking longer to fix high severity vulnerabilities compared to other industries, according to NTT Application Security research team. 

A Python exploit gives access to more than 10,000 API (Application Programming Interface) keys via Wayback Machine, a project that archives the content of internet sites.

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