Is a practicing cardiologist living in Venezuela also a ransomware mastermind? U.S. prosecutors claim Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez is a cybercriminal polymath. But Zagala's wife says he is innocent and there's a reason for his predicament. "The Ransomware Files" podcast looks at the evidence.
The era of pandemic-induced telework is also the era of higher reliance on mobile devices for sensitive workplace information - meaning we're likewise living in the age of fretful chief information security officers, a new survey concludes. "Companies are still struggling" to secure mobile devices.
The government of India withdrew a long-anticipated personal data protection bill from Parliament. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to instead introduce a comprehensive framework of global standard laws including digital privacy laws
An Indiana-based neurology practice is notifying nearly 363,000 individuals that their sensitive information was compromised in a recent ransomware attack - and that some of the data was made available on the dark web. Russian ransomware group Hive has been implicated.
A cyberattack that temporarily paralyzed Albania's pivot to digital government likely came from Iranian hackers. The attack occurred just days before members of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq, a group dedicated to overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran, were set to host a two-day conference.
Solana identified a common thread in the million-dollar cyberattack on its hot wallets. The exploit might come down to wallet recovery passcodes stored in plaintext on a centralized server. There is "no evidence" that the Solana protocol or its cryptography were compromised.
As ransomware attacks continue to pummel organizations, Rapid7 Chief Scientist Raj Samani says victims must identify how the attacker broke in and if they've given themselves persistent ways to regain access. Otherwise, he says, "They'll hit you again and again."
This year's winner of RSA Conference's prestigious Innovation Sandbox Contest has completed its first major funding round, earning backing from CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz. Talon has received $100 million to support more operating systems, add more capabilities and boost existing integrations.
Researchers from cybersecurity firm Mandiant say they've discovered a network of inauthentic news sites transmitting Chinese propaganda apparently all under the control of Shanghai Haixun Technology Co., a Chinese PR firm that advertises "positive energy packages."
This edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the latest ransomware trends from the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, findings from the first-ever Cyber Safety Review Board on the Log4j incident, and how security and privacy leaders are harmonizing new U.S. privacy laws.
Supply chain risk must be part of an enterprisewide risk management program framework, says information security manager Matt Marciniak of financial service firm Quantile. Reducing risk requires an agile approach to supplier management, he says.
Fortinet has raised prices on products and services to address macroeconomic challenges including shipping delays, longer activation timelines and the suspension of sales in Russia. The company says price hikes have more than offset supply chain and geopolitical headwinds in recent months.
A $3 million settlement is headed for final court approval in a class action lawsuit involving a 2020 cyberattack against a vendor that provides support services to hundreds of dental practices in 21 states. The incident affected more than 1.2 million of the practices' patients and employees.
John Kindervag, creator of zero trust and senior vice president at ON2IT, and Grant Schneider, senior director at Venable, join ISMG editors to discuss the latest Log 4j findings, threats posed by a Chinese-made automotive GPS tracker and the challenges of a distributed workforce.
Multiple individuals returned a total of $11.4 million of the $190 million worth of cryptocurrency drained from cross-chain bridge Nomad on Wednesday, blockchain security firm PeckShield tells ISMG. Three cryptocurrency wallets currently hold $95 million of the stolen funds, it says.
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