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Move beyond traditional security strategies to protect against the two most common types of ransomware threats By Jon Toor, CMO, Cloudian The Director of the FBI recently described ransomware as posing a threat comparable in scale to the September 11 terrorist attacks. In light of these comments, and after several high-profile ransomware incidents such as the Colonial Pipeline attack, there should be little doubt that ransomware poses the greatest cybersecurity threat to organizations today. Broadly…

US Government is expected to issue sanctions against crypto exchanges, wallets, and traders used by ransomware operations to cash out ransom payments. The Biden administration is putting in place all the strategies to disrupt the operations of the ransomware gangs, and according to the Wall Street Journal, it is now planning to target the digital finance infrastructure used by these criminal organizations. The Biden administration is expected to apply sanctions against crypto exchanges, wallets, and…

Office 365 and Azure Active Directory’s security diagnostics are surprisingly useful tools. Image: Virgiliu Obada/Shutterstock We’ve all had spam and phish from compromised Office 365 systems. They’re a prime target for bad actors, as mail from Exchange Online is highly trusted, and with the automation tools Microsoft has developed hackers can use the Microsoft Graph APIs to programmatically send messages in the background, while the owner of the compromised account carries on working without knowing…

Register now for our 15th Annual Infosecurity Magazine Autumn Online Summit The event showcases an extensive education program featuring high caliber speakers and thought leaders in the cyber community as well as offer packed resource centers featuring the latest reports, research and case studies. The event showcases an extensive education program featuring high caliber speakers and thought leaders in the cyber community as well as offer packed resource centers featuring the latest reports, research and…

A former IT executive at a NASDAQ-listed healthcare company is facing more than a quarter of a century behind bars after pleading guilty to insider trading and preparing a false tax return. Dayakar Mallu, 51, of Orlando, Florida, admitted to conspiring with others to trade in the securities of Mylan, which is now a part of global healthcare firm Viatris. Between 2017 and 2019, the former vice president of global operations information technology worked with another…