IronNet is just days away from insolvency and its board of directors says it will investigate allegations that company executives misled investors over growth projections. The firm was founded and is helmed by retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the former NSA director and U.S. Cyber Command chief.
From the cyberwar in Ukraine to ongoing ransomware threats and emerging global data regulations, 2022 has been a taxing year for CISOs. And they can expect more of the same in 2023, says Rodman Ramezanian of Skyhigh Security. He offers predictions and advice for the new year.
With the surge in ransomware and other major hacking incidents affecting third-party suppliers, it is more critical than ever for healthcare sector entities to diligently scrutinize threats and risks involving their vendors, says Denise Anderson, president and CEO of the Health-ISAC.
Ransomware-wielding attackers have myriad tactics for extorting victims, including demanding a stand-alone ransom for a promise to delete stolen data. But Coveware's Bill Siegel urges victims to never pay for such promises, in part because they rarely - if ever - get honored.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses why too few organizations admit to being victims of ransomware attacks, how delayed enterprise subscription start dates forced CrowdStrike to cut sales forecasts, and leveraging threat intelligence to protect critical infrastructure.
As the U.S. celebrates Thanksgiving, let's give thanks for this cybercrime karma: For more than two years, law enforcement and security experts have been exploiting flaws in the crypto-locking malware to help victims decrypt their systems without paying a ransom.
ReliaQuest customers have tailored Digital Shadows' threat intelligence to their organizations to ensure conversations about their brands or products are being captured, says CEO Brian Murphy. The security operations firm says the Digital Shadows deal has fortified its detection and response muscle.
From data theft to ransomware, the financial sector is a natural target for cyber-attacks. Unorganized, uncoordinated or siloed security activities make it difficult to provide answers to the many questions posed by business leaders and stakeholders, nor can they give them confidence in their readiness.
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Tributes are being paid to Vitali Kremez, who has died at the age of 34 in a suspected scuba-diving accident. The renowned threat intelligence expert, born in Belarus, had long tracked Russian cybercrime syndicates and was part of an ad hoc group established to counter ransomware and help victims.
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The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses how Australian health insurer Medibank is deliberating on whether to pay a ransom to extortionists, analyzes the growing number of layoffs in the security vendor space, and shares a tribute to threat intelligence researcher Vitali Kremez.
High-profile attacks and unprecedented cyber activity over the past several months have elevated the criticality of threat visibility for security teams and raised the value of integrating threat intelligence into security operations. Taming the volume and complexity of attacks requires a structured approach to make...
Today's IT and security professionals manage distributed endpoints while supporting digital transformation initiatives, cloud migrations and a distributed workforce. Needless to say, they're stretched thin.
It's time to re-evaluate one's approach to endpoint security, but there's a lot of noise in the market. Cut...
How can we rethink our approach to keeping critical systems secure, reliable and performing long term? Today, Financial industry executives across the globe needs to address the task of building cyber resilience that spans across silos in an effort to achieve true business resilience.
During this discussion focused...
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