Aluminum Giant Norsk Hydro was hit with a ransomware attack this week. The attack has forced the company to shut down several plants and take other other plants offline to stop the spread of the attack. Other plants were operating in “manual” mode. The Norwegian company employs 35,000 employees in 40 countries. They report that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Stefano Gabbana is known for very edgy ads and posts on social media. Some people say over the edge – way over the edge. The brand ran a series of commercials of Chinese people eating pizza and other Italian foods with chopsticks on the eve of a star-studded fashion show in Hong Kong. I suspect […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As a reminder, Cathay Pacific Airlines recently admitted it was hacked and lost data on over 9 million passengers. Information taken includes names, addresses, passport information, birth dates and other information They took a lot of heat for waiting 6 months to tell anyone about it (remember that GDPR requires you to tell the authorities […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A robust incident response program and a well trained incident response team know exactly what to do and what not to do. One critical task in incident response is to preserve evidence. Evidence may need to be preserved based on specific legal requirements, such as for defense contractors. In other cases, evidence must be preserved […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Police think that hackers hacked the pumps at a Detroit area gas station allowing drivers to get free gas. Ten cars figured it was okay to steal gas from “The Man” to the tune of about 600 gallons. While 600 gallons of gas is not the end of the world, it does make a point. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We have heard from two big name firms who succumbed to the recent Petya/NotPetya ransomware attack and they provide interesting insights into dealing with the attack. First a quick background. A week ago the world was coming to grips with a new ransomware attack. Initially called Petya because it looked like a strain of the […]
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