Top news of the week: 22.03.2022.
Threats And Attacks
Hacker breaches key Russian ministry in blink of an eye
In mere seconds, a hacker remotely accessed a computer belonging to a regional Russian Ministry of Health, taking advantage of sloppy cybersecurity practices to expose its entire network. ...
Would 'Cyber Geneva Conventions' Defuse Online Aggression?
International treaties could force nation-states to police bad actors within their borders to avoid penalties.
Innovations And Trends
Growing Risks to Corporate Groups and the Global PE Industry from Robust European Privacy and Cybersecurity Enforcement
Since the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) came into effect in May 2018 there have been numerous high-profile enforcement actions (~US$880m
Experts Find Some Affiliates of BlackMatter Now Spreading BlackCat Ransomware
Researchers have found evidence that the same cybercriminal affiliates of BlackMatter are now spreading BlackCat ransomware.
Data Privacy
Exposing initial access broker with ties to Conti
Threat Analysis Group (TAG) observed a financially motivated threat actor we refer to as EXOTIC LILY, exploiting a 0day in Microsoft MSHTML (CVE-2021-40444). Investigating this group's ...
Serpent, No Swiping! New Backdoor Targets French Entities with Unique Attack Chain
The Python script (the Serpent backdoor) is as follows: #!/usr/bin/python3 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT …
Startups And Investments
6 Data Cybersecurity Challenges with Cloud Computing
It is important to keep your data safe and secure. Here are six challenges in that hosting your data on the cloud can pose and how your data security can help.
Seven weird secrets: what does a cybersecurity technical writer do?
By David Geer > Cybersecurity Technical Writer I’m a 22-year veteran of cybersecurity technical writing. I write technical content on cybersecurity all day, every day.
Companies And Services
Statement by President Biden on our Nation’s Cybersecurity
This is a critical moment to accelerate our work to improve domestic cybersecurity and bolster our national resilience. I have previously warned
Women make up just 24% of the cyber workforce. CISA wants to fix that.
CISA Director Jen Easterly tells CBS News her "unreasonable goal" of getting women to make up 50% of the cyber workforce is achievable.
Business And Industries
TECHNOLOGY VISION 2022
Accenture outlines emerging technology trends for 2022, a year where organizations will find themselves at the intersection of many worlds. Read more.
Crosspoint Capital Partners Leads Acquisition of RSA Conference
/PRNewswire/ -- Crosspoint Capital Partners ("Crosspoint Capital"), a private equity firm focused on the cybersecurity, privacy and infrastructure software...