Ukrainian Man Arrested for Alleged Role in Ransomware Attack on Kaseya, Others
Ukrainian national Yaroslav Vasinskyi was extradited from Poland to the US and charged for his role as a member of the Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware group responsible for attacks on multiple companies, including...
Security Teams Prep Too Slowly for Cyberattacks
Attackers typically take days or weeks to exploit new vulnerabilities, but defenders are slow to learn about critical issues and take action, requiring 96 days on average to learn...
FBI Alert: Ransomware Attacks Hit Critical Infrastructure Organizations
The FBI issued a warning this week that the RagnarLocker ransomware has infected some 52 organizations in manufacturing, energy, financial services, government, and information technology so far this year.
In the new FBI...
Medical and IoT Devices From More Than 100 Vendors Vulnerable to Attack
More than 150 Internet of Things (IoT) devices — including many that are used in the healthcare sector — from over 100 companies are at heightened risk of attack...
ConnectWise Expands Collaboration with Intel to Further Strengthen Cybersecurity for SMBs
TAMPA, Fla. (March 3, 2022) – ConnectWise, the world’s leading software company dedicated to the success of IT solution providers, today announced an expanded collaboration with Intel to help MSPs...
Why the World Needs a Global Collective Cyber Defense
Cyberattacks are inevitable in today's modern digital world. As cyberattacks grow in scale and sophistication, private and public sector entities are recognizing the need for a system to proactively...
Industrial Systems See More Vulnerabilities, Greater Threat
The real threats to industrial control systems (ICS) became clearer in 2021, as the number of vulnerabilities discovered in operational technology (OT) devices and the systems that manage those devices jumped by...
Most Cybersecurity Vendors at Risk Due to Internet-Exposed IT Assets
For all their domain expertise, many cybersecurity vendors are as dangerously exposed to Internet-borne threats as the customers their technologies are designed to protect.Israel-based security vendor Reposify recently used...
More Than 70% of SOC Analysts Experiencing Burnout
Stress and frustration continue to plague the security operations center (SOC): nearly 70% report understaffed teams, and 60% say their workloads have spiked over the past year.
The new study,...
Accelerated Ransomware Attacks Pressure Targeted Companies to Speed Response
Ransomware attackers have taken a variety of incremental steps over the past year that have resulted in shorter infection-payload cycles — requiring businesses to more quickly respond to potential...
