Cybersecurity officials the, FBI, Microsoft and Sophos are warning organizations to limit their use of some legitimate tools as they are being leveraged by the BianLian group, a ransomware group that has targeted organizations with a data extortion model, bypassing the need to encrypt victims’ data. According to a joint advisory from CISA, its Australian […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency along with its counterpart agencies from several different countries have published a new guide urging software manufacturers to take steps to ship products that are built with security from the ground up. The guidance, “Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Security-by-Design and -Default, comes […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released an updated version of its Zero Trust Maturity Model, which bolsters the agency’s zero trust standards with input from a public comment period. While designed for federal agencies, any organization can review the guidance and apply the protections to their infrastructure to help keep malicious actors […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been keeping an updated list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) that currently includes more than 900 security bugs, with the goal of helping inform organizations about vulnerabilities that should be prioritized. Despite that awareness campaign and emphasis on vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild, new […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released the Untitled Goose Tool, a free tool designed to help network defenders detect malicious activity in Microsoft Azure, Azure Active Directory (AAD) and Microsoft 365 (M365) environments. According to CISA, the Untitled Goose Tool offers novel authentication and data gathering methods for network defenders to use […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is launching its Pre-Ransomware Notificaiton Initiative designed to help organizations thwart ransomware attacks in the early stages of incidents as ransomware actors dwell in a victim’s environment before deploying the ransomware. According to CISA, that window of time–which can last from hours to days–gives the agency enough […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new advisory that describes a CISA red team assessment of a large critical infrastructure organization with a mature cyber posture, with the goal of sharing its key findings to help IT and security professionals improve monitoring and hardening of networks. According to the advisory, […]
Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology news stories each week. AWS re:Invent Announcements Amazon Web Services […]
Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology news stories each week. VMware Explore Europe 2022 announcements VMware […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new set of voluntary Cybersecurity Performance Goals that outline he highest priority baseline measures that businesses and critical infrastructure owners can take to protect themselves against cyber threats. The Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs), developed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CISA at […]
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