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The Pentagon’s Top IT Official Prioritizes Cybersecurity For Weapons Systems and Critical Infrastructure
The Pentagon’s top IT official said Tuesday that he wants to make a concerted push to secure weapon systems and critical infrastructure from cybersecurity threats, adding that the effort requires higher coordination within the department. “I really want to put our shoulder into weapons systems and critical infrastructure, recognizing that our adversaries are coming after those two,” John… Read more
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LinkedIn Is Not Considered a Bastion of Privacy, But Now 700 Million Records Are Up For Sale
A new posting with 700 million LinkedIn records has appeared on a popular hacker forum, according to researchers. Analysts from Privacy Sharks stumbled across the data put up for sale on RaidForums by a hacker calling himself “GOD User TomLiner.” The advertisement, posted June 22, claims that 700 million records are included in the cache,… Read more
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Even If Your Staff Could Care Less About Cybersecurity…Helix22 Can Protect Your Data – No Employee Training Required
A new survey from Armis found that awareness of major cybersecurity incidents in the US is lacking. The company surveyed more than 2,000 professionals last month, discovering that almost 25% had never heard about the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline that caused gas shortages along the East Coast. More than 23% said the attack would not have… Read more
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Microsoft Signs Off on Driver Loaded With Malware
Microsoft on Friday said it’s investigating an incident wherein a driver signed by the company turned out to be a malicious Windows rootkit that was observed communicating with command-and-control (C2) servers located in China. The driver, called “Netfilter,” is said to target gaming environments, specifically in the East Asian country, with the Redmond-based firm noting… Read more
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CISA Publishes “Bad Practices” for Organizations that Support Critical Infrastructure
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is developing a catalog of Bad Practices that are exceptionally risky, especially in organizations supporting Critical Infrastructure or National Critical Functions (NCFs). The presence of these Bad Practices in organizations that support Critical Infrastructure or NCFs is exceptionally dangerous and increases risk to our critical infrastructure, on which… Read more
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Mercedes Suffered a Data Breach on the Cloud – Helix22 Secures Data Wherever It is
Mercedes-Benz USA said on Thursday sensitive personal information of nearly 1,000 customers and interested buyers was inadvertently made accessible on a cloud storage platform. No Mercedes-Benz system was compromised and no files were maliciously misused, the company added. Mercedes-Benz suffered a data breach due to a Cloud Service Provider The data accidentally made accessible comprised… Read more
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Ransomware Damage To Hit $265 Billion by 2031 – Your Share Could be $0
Cybercrime Magazine predicts that the damage caused by ransomware could cost the worldwide stage $265 billion by 2031, based on this type of cybercrime attacking both enterprises and consumers at a rate of one attack every few seconds. The latest estimates released by the company have been generated based on a 30% growth in incidents… Read more
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Is Mandatory Cyber Reporting Coming to the USA?
The answer just could be an empathic YES if new legislation is passed…if you work for the federal government or a direct service provider anyway. The bill defines the scope of the mandatory reporting organizations as “critical entities.” In general, these critical entities would be defined as a federal government departments, direct service providers and… Read more
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Shipping Industry Continues Under Cyber Attack – Infrastructure and Supply Chains Need Perfect Data Security
The shipping industry continues to be the target of cybercriminals, with South Korea’s HMM becoming the latest major carrier to report an attack on its systems. HMM, however, reports that it has so far been able to limit the scope of the attack to its email servers. The unidentified security breach was detected on June… Read more
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80% of Firms That Paid Ransom Were Hit By a Second Attack
Ransomware attacks are on the rise as cybercriminals adopt more sophisticated and brazen tactics. The Federal Bureau of Investigation reported a 225% increase in total losses from ransomware in the United States in 2020. According to Cybersecurity Ventures, businesses are under attack every 11 seconds, on average, and damage losses are projected to reach $20 trillion worldwide… Read more