In a survey of 400 veteran IT security practitioners, across a wide variety of industries such as healthcare, tech, education and finance, focused on data resilience, 93 percent said they have a ransomware readiness plan, but there are significant knowledge gaps. 26 percent said the cloud is too risky for backup, but only a third […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As part of CIRCIA (Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act) in the just passed omnibus spending bill, CISA is required to stand up a Ransomware Task Force. Jen Easterly, head of CISA, having just won the battle that requires companies to report breaches and ransomware payments to her rather than the FBI (which pissed […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While any form of two factor authentication is better than none, there are still security holes. In a story I read tonight, a tech savvy user fell for a social engineering attack. He received what he thought was an Instagram message from a friend and responded to it. It turns out it was a social […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We all know that North Korea has been funding their terrorism – and their economy – using ransomware attacks and other malware. Now they have a new way and it is pretty creative. According to an advisory from the feds, North Korean IT workers have been trying to get IT jobs in the United States […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There have been many issues over the years with passive (keyless) entry systems, including but not limited to vehicles. In this case, researchers at the NCC Group used a “relay attack” to not only unlock a Tesla Model 3, but also start it and drive away. A relay attack works like this. You take one […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Many or possibly most small businesses don’t have an internal IT department. They rely on a third party to help them manage their IT assets. These third parties are called Managed Service Providers (MSPs) or sometimes Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs). This is not inherently bad. But many of these MSPs are not much larger […]
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