Yet Another Russian Military “Asset” Catches Fire Russian jet engine design hub Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute which is outside Moscow, did a “halt and catch fire” due to a fire at the electrical substation which powered the former design center. Score one for Ukraine, according to Russia. Russia claims it is the world’s largest scientific research […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]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]Flaw in uClibc Allows DNS Poisoning Attacks A flaw in all versions of the popular C standard libraries uClibc and uClibc-ng can allow for DNS poisoning attacks against target devices. The library is likely used in milliosn of Internet of Things devices that will never be patched and will always be vulnerable. This is where […]
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 […]
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