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Cyber-criminals have attacked the San Francisco 49ers American football team with ransomware. The National Football League (NFL) team, whose mascot is a gold miner named Sourdough Sam, confirmedthe attack one day before Sunday’s Super Bowl that saw the Los Angeles Rams secure a victory at home in the final minutes of a close-run game.  Confirmation of the attack came after the 49ers were listed on a dark web leak site as a victim of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), BlackByte. The attack could…

The personal information of 521,000 people may have been exposed in a data breach at a business services company based in Saginaw, Michigan. Cyber-criminals targeted Morley Companies last year in an attack detected on August 1, when data in the company’s care suddenly became unavailable.  On Friday, Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel confirmed that “a data security incident that may have impacted data belonging to current employees, former employees and various clients” had been reported by Morley. …

Love is still very much in the air as a cyber-attack theme, according to email security company Tessian.  A survey carried out by the company found that nearly a third of people (32%) surveyed in the United Kingdom and the United States had been targeted with a romance scam in the past 12 months.  Tessian said the figure represented “a significant increase” over the 18% of people in the UK and US who reported being subjected to an attack of…

Something we should never forget about networks is that people just expect them to work. That was true before the pandemic, throughout it, and will certainly continue after. Our recently published 2021 Global Workplace Report shines the light on a concerning mismatch in perception between C-level stakeholders and operational employees who use digital tools and connect to corporate and personal networks to do their jobs. The former (3 in 4) are generally confident that their digital workplace…

When Valentine’s Day rolls around, we often think to shower gifts and attention on the romantic partner in our life or on our families. But, maybe this Valentine’s Day, it is time to show some extra love to your security teams.  Building long-lasting loyalty with your security teams today is not a straightforward task, and it has gotten even more difficult with remote work in place.  As a CIO/CISO, you have faced open source software attacks,…

Fernanda Martins, Process Industries Expert, at AVEVA. Mining and metals companies are facing a growing array of challenges, from volatile markets and tougher competition to regulatory compliance and decarbonization. In fact, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives are the number one priority for miners in 2022, according to a survey by EY (Ernst & Young). At the same time, industry leaders are having to deal with dwindling resources, deeper mines, rising energy costs, and infrastructure…