The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with a coalition of U.S. and foreign security and law enforcement agencies, have released a list of the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities from 2021, calling on both public and private organizations to ensure these critical security bugs are mitigated and systems patched. The list, published in a […]
Symantec, a subsidiary of Broadcom and a member of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, has uncovered a new malware strain the company calls the most advanced piece of malware ever linked to China-based threat actors. The Symantec Threat Hunter team says it uncovered malware that appears to be used […]
Cyberattacks have been front and center in the Ukraine crisis, as the country is not just suffering from conventional warfare as it fights with Russia. The country’s critical infrastructure has been repeatedly attacked, purportedly by hackers working for their next door adversary. These attacks have targeted government websites, infrastructure and more with DDoS attacks and […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a litany of free security tools and resources designed to help organizations advance its security capabilities, including widely used open-source tools and services offered by private and public sector organizations. The catalog of free resources comes amid rising geopolitical tensions that both government agencies and software […]
In 2021, 14 of the 16 U.S. critical infrastructure sectors were hit with ransomware, according to the CISA, FBI and NSA in a new report. And it’s not just happening the U.S., Australia’s critical infrastructure entities have been hit, as well as in the U.K. The education sector was one of the top U.K. sectors […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been extremely active in helping both the public sector and private sector respond to cybersecurity threats, and is often one of the leading voices when new threats emerge. The agency, part of DHS, has released guides, advisories and other resources on current and historical threats, and […]
CrowdStrike Inc., a provider of cloud-based endpoint and workload protection, announced the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has selected it as one of the major platforms to support the Executive Order endpoint detection and response initiative. CrowdStrike brings cloud-native AI-driven power of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform to secure critical endpoints and workloads for the […]
BlackMatter, a possible re-brand of DarkSide, which was active from September 2020 through May 2021 is back at it again. Since July 2021, BlackMatter ransomware has targeted multiple U.S. critical infrastructure entities, including two U.S. Food and Agriculture sector organizations, according to a joint advisory from the CISA, FBI and NSA. Black Matter actors have […]
The U.S. National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have jointly released a new guidance resource on selecting and hardening virtual private network (VPN) solutions to help organizations address security risks associated with the popular tools. Especially in this new age of remote/hybrid work, VPNs have become a popular resource for organizations with […]
CISA has added the use of single-factor authentication for remote or admin access to its list of “Bad Practices.”
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