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A bill designed to increase visibility of foreign ransomware attackers has passed in the US House of Representatives. The Reporting Attacks from Nations Selected for Oversight and Monitoring Web Attacks and Ransomware from Enemies Act (also known as the RANSOMWARE Act) will make it easier for the US to respond to ransomware attacks from foreign adversaries according to its author, Republican Florida Representative Gus Bilirakis. The proposed legislation would amend the 2006 US Safe Web…

We are in a new era of digital transformation where companies change how they operate, the experiences they deliver and even shift the culture within their business. Multi-cloud and modernized applications are accelerating today’s digital transformation. These technologies empower companies to: • Create and deploy new services across a choice of hybrid, public, private, localand edge clouds• Build enterprise sovereignty and control their transformation journey• Establish seamless operations across digital and physical environments IT departments…

A cyber-attack on the US justice system has compromised a public document management system, revealed lawmakers on the Hill yesterday. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, revealed the attack at a hearing on oversight of the Justice Department on Thursday. Nadler said three hostile actors had breached the Public Access to Court Electronic Records and Case Management/Electronic Case File (PACER) system, which provides access to documents across the US court system. The document system…

With summer vacations taking employees out of the office, phishing attacks are on the rise. Here are three ways companies can stay prepared. Image: Gstudio/Adobe Stock Must-read security coverage With summer now upon us, it seems that everyone is on vacation. Just take a quick look at the number of OOO (out of office) replies piling up in your inbox. While the organization needs to adjust to conduct business as usual with 75% of the…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has noticed “substantial increases” in complaints about scam robotexts, it warned this week. The Commission issued an alert warning consumers that these texts are on the rise. It added that it was also seeing more reports of scam texts from robocall and robotext blocking services. The FCC tracks consumer complaints rather than text volumes. The alert said these complaints have risen from 5700 in 2019 to 15,300 last year. The first six…