Cyberattacks Could Cause ‘Real Shooting War’, Biden Warns

blog_HeimdalSecurityBlog Thursday, July 29, 2021 6:18:00 PM CEST | info [other]

U.S. President Joe Biden has warned that cyberattacks could escalate into a full-blown conflict as tensions with Russia and China grew because of a succession of hacking incidents impacting American organizations, agencies, and infrastructure. During a speech at the National Counterterrorism Center.......

Fake Windows 11 hits the market

technomag_co_zw Thursday, July 29, 2021 2:48:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Kaspersky, multinational anti-virus provider has warned PC users looking to try out Windows 11 early to stay well clear of unofficial downloads of the preview OS. that many of its users were downloading versions of the Windows 11 preview build from sources other than Microsoft’s official website....

Measuring Success of 'No More Ransom' Portal

blog_DataBreachTodayinRSSSyndication-in Wednesday, July 28, 2021 10:58:00 PM CEST | info [other]

EU law enforcement agency Europol says the "No More Ransom" portal, launched five years ago, so far has helped more than 6 million ransomware victims worldwide recover their files for free so they could avoid paying almost 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in ransoms....

Kaseya Denies Paying Cybercriminals Who Launched Ransomware Attack

SecurityWeek Tuesday, July 27, 2021 2:43:00 PM CEST | info [other]

IT management software firm Kaseya on Monday said it did not pay any money to cybercriminals, following speculation that it may have paid a ransom to obtain a decryptor that would allow customers hit by the recent ransomware attack to recover their files....

Turn Off, Turn On: Simple Step Can Thwart Top Phone Hackers

SecurityWeek Thursday, July 29, 2021 4:23:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Regularly rebooting smartphones can make even the most sophisticated hackers work harder to maintain access and steal data from a phone. As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said.......

Cyber researchers discover likely successor to ransomware gangs disrupting critical infrastructure - Washington Times

news_google_com Thursday, July 29, 2021 9:41:00 PM CEST | info [other]

A new cybercriminal group, BlackMatter, has formed as a potential successor to the ransomware gangs responsible for major attacks hitting U.S. critical infrastructure, according to cyber intelligence professionals. The cyber intelligence company Recorded Future said the BlackMatter group has.......

A Zero Trust Model for Securing Communications and Collaboration

securityboulevard Friday, July 30, 2021 2:08:00 AM CEST | info [other]

The Home of the Security Bloggers Network. A Zero Trust Model for Securing Communications and Collaboration A Zero Trust Model for Securing Communications and Collaboration. President’s Biden’s May 2021 Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity mandates rapid development of plans by.......

Deloitte acquires Sentek and TransientX to beef up cybersecurity

cyware Wednesday, July 28, 2021 5:28:00 PM CEST | info [other]

and TransientX , in a bid to bolster its secure networking and cyber remediation product offerings. Deloitte said the deals, the terms of which weren’t disclosed, will add Sentek’s and TransientX’s employees and technologies to Deloitte’s existing offerings, services, and solutions. Cyber threats to all organizations, particularly U....

US, UK, and Australian agencies warn of top routinely exploited issues

ITSecurityNews2 Wednesday, July 28, 2021 11:33:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Aggregated IT Security News and articles about information security, vulnerabilities, exploits, patches, releases, software, features, hacks, laws, spam, viruses, malware, breaches. US, UK, and Australian agencies warn of top routinely exploited issues....

Are DDoS attacks making a comeback?

cio-economictimes Friday, July 30, 2021 6:59:00 AM CEST | info [other]

By Shibu Paul E-commerce websites are one of the favorite destinations for online shoppers. But there was a time when the websites would crash due to increased traffic. While increased traffic was one of the reasons for many websites to crash in the mid-2000s, a majority of them were also a victim of DDoS attacks....