Top news of the week: 27.03.2022.
Business And Industries
Pandemic Leaves Firms Scrambling for Cybersecurity Specialists
Companies have trouble retaining workers, with almost two-thirds of business reporting unfilled positions and massive unmet demand for technical cybersecurity professionals, study shows.
Will the Biggest Clouds Win? Lessons From Google's Mandiant Buy
Google eventually won out in the competition for Mandiant, but Microsoft's interest underscores the trend in consolidation of security services into large cloud providers, experts say.
DEV-0537 criminal actor targeting organizations for data exfiltration and destruction
The activity we have observed has been attributed to a threat group that Microsoft tracks as DEV-0537, also known as LAPSUS$. DEV-0537 is known for using a pure extortion and destruction ...
Building a Red Team: How to Get Started
These groups of authorized hackers work to infiltrate their customer's data, development environment, or any other business area to locate and identify vulnerabilities.
Fidelis Cybersecurity promotes Cameron Pforr to President
Fidelis Cybersecurity has appointed Cameron Pforr as President, replacing CEO Anup Gosh to lead Fidelis during a period of growth.
FBI advised that hackers scanned networks of 5 US energy firms ahead of Biden's Russia cyberattack warning
Hackers associated with Russian internet addresses have been scanning the networks of five US energy companies in a possible prelude to hacking attempts, the FBI said in a March 18 advisory ...
How to prepare company boards for new cybersecurity rules
New proposed cybersecurity rules will require companies to report cyber breaches and explain how board members are planning to mitigate cyber risk.
HubSpot Data Breach Ripples Through Crytocurrency Industry
~30 crypto companies were affected, including BlockFi, Swan Bitcoin and NYDIG, providing an uncomfortable reminder about how much data CRM systems snarf up.