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Some of the essential questions security teams ought to be asking themselves include: How do we manage and safeguard aspects like confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data? What strategies can we employ to protect our data against cyber threats and misuse? How do we address the security challenges that emerge with expanding data repositories? How do we differentiate between valuable data and redundant information? Security teams may need to engage in discussions with business units to clarify issues such as how we are applying our data.
The manufacturing industry is embracing digital transformation to fuel efficiency and productivity. This evolution is accompanied by profound and growing cybersecurity challenges.
On the other hand, Google's Cloud Cybersecurity Forecast 2024 report highlights the increased use of AI to scale malicious operations, nation-state-supported cybercriminal gangs, zero-day vulnerabilities and modern phishing as main attack vectors for the coming year. Notable 2023 OT-IT attacks include the late November ransomware attack on Ardent Health Services, which diverted ambulances and affected health emergency services across multiple U.S. states, and the attack on a water system in western Pennsylvania - claimed by an anti-Israeli Iranian cybercriminal group.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging manufacturers to get rid of default passwords on internet-exposed systems altogether, citing severe risks that could be...
Microsoft is warning of an uptick in malicious activity from an emerging threat cluster it's tracking as Storm-0539 for orchestrating gift card fraud and theft via highly sophisticated email and...
The Hunters International ransomware gang claimed to be behind a cyberattack on the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center that resulted in patients receiving personalized extortion threats. Fred Hutch is a Seattle-based cancer research and patient care and treatment center operating a network of more than ten clinical sites in the region.
Let's begin with a thought-provoking question: among a credit card number, a social security number, and an Electronic Health Record (EHR), which commands the highest price on a dark web forum? ...
Ransomware attacks have become a significant and pervasive threat in the ever-evolving realm of cybersecurity. Among the various iterations of ransomware, one trend that has gained prominence is...
Threat intelligence refers to gathering, processing, and analyzing cyber threats, along with proactive defensive measures aimed at strengthening security. It enables organizations to gain a...
Threat actors can take advantage of Amazon Web Services Security Token Service (AWS STS) as a way to infiltrate cloud accounts and conduct follow-on attacks. The service enables threat actors to...