Stop the presses: Britain's Guardian Media Group has been hit by a "serious IT incident," believed to be ransomware, that appears to have encrypted numerous systems. Experts say ransomware groups love to strike over the holidays, adding pressure on victims to pay a ransom quickly and quietly.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses why it is always a bad idea for organizations to pay hackers for data deletion, practical steps organizations can and should take to avoid being at the heart of a data subject complaint, and the latest efforts to tackle the ransomware threat.
Cloud vendors from Amazon, Microsoft and Google to IBM and Sumo Logic have turned to Sysdig's Falco open-source threat detection engine to secure their environments. Sysdig CEO Suresh Vasudevan says Falco has become the standard for threat detection in the industry.
Getting acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.8 billion will help Ping Identity accelerate its transition from on-premises to SaaS-based delivery of identity protection, CEO Andre Durand says. SaaS now accounts for 30% of Ping's business and is growing nearly 70% annually, he says.
For many brands, especially large enterprises with a substantial online presence, it is important to be able to have eyes all over the internet in order to properly mitigate the effects of external elements on their brand’s reputation.
In his latest rant, Ian Keller, the Troublemaker CISO, decries lazy and bad coding practices, mistakes CISOs may make and unwarranted CISO-blaming by the media, unanswered requests for more funding and staff - and the epic failures all these can produce when a breach happens, as it inevitably will.
Chinese hackers are exploiting known vulnerabilities in a Citrix networking appliance and virtual private network. The products, Citrix ADC and Gateway, are popular in the healthcare sector. Left unpatched, attackers may execute ransomware attacks or steal intellectual property.
To avoid having to even consider paying a ransom, experts have long urged all organizations to put in place appropriate defenses. Two defensive strategies for healthcare firms are moving backup and recovery to the cloud and practicing incident response scenarios.
Expel raised $31 million less than a year after hauling in $140 million to fuel the MDR vendor's international expansion and provide a financial cushion. The company has doubled down on the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden and the Netherlands to take advantage of its existing customer base there.
IronNet is just days away from insolvency and its board of directors says it will investigate allegations that company executives misled investors over growth projections. The firm was founded and is helmed by retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the former NSA director and U.S. Cyber Command chief.
More than a quarter million Medicare beneficiaries will be issued new Medicare cards and identifiers following a ransomware attack on a government contractor compromising a range of sensitive personal and health information.
APIs increasingly drive everything from web and mobile application development to IoT devices since they streamline communication among disparate systems, says Synack CEO Jay Kaplan. But testing the efficacy and security of APIs remains challenging given the size of API endpoints.
In the latest weekly update, Troy Leach, chief strategy officer at Cloud Security Alliance, joins ISMG editors to discuss the latest innovation in the payments space and accompanying risks, as well as how the case of Sam Bankman-Fried's failed cryptocurrency exchange will affect regulatory actions.
After 20 years DDoS remains a problem due to the old protocols used by the internet, making DDOS protection and mitigation not just sensible to have but a fundamental element of cybersecurity.
A forensic examination of an email hosting service offered by subsidiaries of Australian telecom firm TPG revealed an intrusion affecting up to 15,000 customers, the company disclosed Wednesday. The breach adds to a growing list of cyber incidents experienced by Australia's telecommunication sector.
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