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An Update on Recent Major Breaches
August 27 by Lisa MorganEven if third party systems aren't compromised by a breach, their data may be and if it is, those parties might become the victim of a triple ransom. Following are a few updates to our biggest Inciden...
Accenture Faces $50 Million Ransom Demand
August 20 by Lisa MorganAccenture did not respond to the first demand window of four hours. Regardless, whatever advice the company is giving should be the advice it takes or it will have an ever bigger potential PR problem.
Shadow IT Risks CISOs Should Know
August 17 by Lisa MorganThe CISO can't protect that which is unknown. Hence the need for asset management and CASB tools that help explain the actual ecosystem. Advisory firm CEB estimates that 40% of all IT spending occurs...
IOTW: Hackers Target Italy
August 13 by Lisa MorganItaly has been the victim of two ransomware attacks this month. The first blocked a COVID-19 booking system, which is not only a public health hazard but interferes with Italy's recent healthcare mand...
Why Purple Teaming Is Wise
August 10 by Lisa MorganThe red team plays offense, identifying holes in the security fabric that are caused by a company's people, processes and technology. The blue team plays defense, attempting to block cyber attacks usi...
IOTW: Tokyo Olympics Suffers a Fujitsu-Related Breach
August 06 by Lisa MorganSome of the Tokyo Olympics victims had participated in a cyber security drill hosted by Japan's National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC), which was yet another victi...
Ingress and Egress Controls Limit What Bad Actors Can Do
August 03 by Lisa MorganWhat's at stake are the company's crown jewels and reputation since stolen intangibles are valuable on the black market and their theft is an effective (but illegal) way to get revenge on the company....
IOTW: Contractor Allegedly Responsible for Aramco $50 million Ransom
July 30 by Lisa MorganSaudi Aramco's data is particularly concerning because in addition to the employee data, reports, products specs, invoices and other sensitive company information that was stolen, also for sale is a m...
Endpoint Security Is More Important Than Ever
July 27 by Lisa MorganWhen BYOD hit the scene, mobile device management (MDM) became essential. Now, with IoT and IIoT added to the mix, there are many more attack vectors being used to launch malware campaigns or zero-day...
Managing Zero-Day Exploits
July 20 by Lisa MorganThere's a trend toward supply chain attacks, meaning that the zero-day vulnerability could have far-reaching impacts for the company, its partners and customer. The Kayesa ransomware attack is the mos...
IOTW: Kaseya Update
July 16 by Lisa MorganWhile Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola downplayed the number of affected customers, some of them are MSPs. Estimates are that up to 1,500 organizations have been affected. Clearly, the supply chain nature of t...
Comprehensive Security Awareness: An Enterprise-Wide Goal
July 13 by Lisa MorganSecurity training is becoming non-optional for employees because every business can be victimized directly or indirectly via a third party. Below are some of the topics that should be covered as part...
