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Microsoft warns of Russian Nobelium phishing campaign

June 1, 2021

Microsoft has warned that Nobelium is currently conducting a phishing campaign after the Russian-backed group managed to take control of the account used by USAID on the email marketing platform Constant Contact. The phishing campaign has targeted around 3,000 accounts linked to government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations.

Ben Nelson joins FICO as CISO

June 1, 2021

FICO, a global analytics software company, appointed Ben Nelson as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

Four steps to deliver a deadly counterpunch to ransomware attacks

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Mathew Newfield

June 1, 2021

Here are steps you can take to protect your enterprise against ransomware, limit the impact of a breach, understand where an attack can be stopped, and act fast if a hacker succeeds in gaining access.

Quarterly DDoS attack report finds Q1 2021 attack volume up dramatically

Pascal Geenens

June 1, 2021

Radware’s recently released “Quarterly DDoS Attack Report, which provides an overview of attack activity witnessed during the first quarter of 2021, found that while the total number of attacks held fairly steady from the previous quarter, attack volumes were up dramatically.

Will 2020 be the cybersecurity wakeup call healthcare needed?

The pandemic exposed the need for hospitals to shore up security fundamentals and infrastructure, re-think incident response plans, and use tools rationalization to reduce coverage gaps.

Dan L. Dodson

June 1, 2021

For years, healthcare providers lagged their corporate counterparts when it came to cybersecurity. Recently, they made up significant ground, recognizing the need to allocate sufficient funds, focus on fundamentals, and outsource functions they cannot cost-effectively perform in-house. Unfortunately, 2020 threw a huge wrench in the works.

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Australian court says government has a duty of care to protect children from harm caused by climate change

May 31, 2021

A court ruled that the Australian environment minister has a duty of care to protect children from future person injury due to climate change.

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Ethical disclosures are being ignored: an unchecked security crisis

Ran Nahamias

May 31, 2021

The ethical issues that exist around the wake of discovered security vulnerabilities are vast and murky. Far too often, the conversation about how and when to disclose security weaknesses shifts from a dialogue to a one-way monologue. What's a security leader to do?

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ASIS releases updated Protection of Assets reference set

May 28, 2021

To keep pace with the ever-evolving security industry, ASIS International released an update to the Protection of Assets (POA) reference set. Refreshed to reflect our changing times and keep security professionals on the leading edge of best practices in the field, this collection is to assist security management directors and professionals responsible for corporate asset protection.

APT actors exploiting Fortinet vulnerabilities to gain access to local governments

May 28, 2021

A web server hosting the domain for a local government in the United States was recently breached by advanced hackers taking advantage of old vulnerabilities in firewalls sold by Fortinet, according to an FBI Flash Alert issued. After gaining access to the local government organization's server, the advanced persistent threat (APT) actors moved laterally through the network and created new domain controller, server, and workstation user accounts mimicking already existing ones.

Why SASE is the key to unlocking widespread Zero Trust adoption

Amit Bareket

May 28, 2021

Streaming - and really all content creators and consumers - would not have accelerated as it did without that much-needed bandwidth. In much the same way, we see the idea of Zero Trust Network Security, introduced more than a decade ago, needing its own boost for more widespread adoption. That help has arrived in the form of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), the ideal framework for Zero Trust.

The 2026 threat environment will be louder, faster, and more interconnected. The most pressing risks, from global political volatility to emerging tech disruptions, will challenge organizations to act amid ambiguity and protect credibility in an era of accelerating uncertainty.

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Microsoft warns of Russian Nobelium phishing campaign

Ben Nelson joins FICO as CISO

Four steps to deliver a deadly counterpunch to ransomware attacks

Quarterly DDoS attack report finds Q1 2021 attack volume up dramatically

Will 2020 be the cybersecurity wakeup call healthcare needed?

Australian court says government has a duty of care to protect children from harm caused by climate change

Ethical disclosures are being ignored: an unchecked security crisis

ASIS releases updated Protection of Assets reference set

APT actors exploiting Fortinet vulnerabilities to gain access to local governments

Why SASE is the key to unlocking widespread Zero Trust adoption

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