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A Russian-speaking ransomware ‘group’ which called on rival entities to join forces in targeting the US government may have been a social engineering experiment designed to toy with Western media, it has emerged. The so-called “Groove” collective published a post on October 22, exhorting its “business brothers” to “stop competing, unite and begin to destroy the US public sector,” according to threat intelligence firm, Flashpoint. “In its October 22 post, Groove called for a fight…

Now you can leverage your advanced IT experience to switch to an exciting new career in cybersecurity, by starting with a narrow specialization and advancing from there. Image: Anawat Sudchanham/EyeEm/Getty Images The new year is coming up fast. So if one of your resolutions is to switch to a better career, you should start training now. Cybersecurity is a lucrative field, and you don’t have to spend years learning all the various aspects of it….

A notorious Israeli spyware company has been added to a US export blacklist designed to prevent it from buying components from American companies. NSO Group develops malware which it insists is used only for legitimate purposes by law enforcement agencies and governments.  However, it was taken to court by WhatsApp in 2019 after the Facebook company claimed it was responsible for attacks on 1400 of its users which involved the company’s Pegasus spyware. There have also been reports that…

Discover how easy it is to find and evaluate the True Visibility Suite on VMware Marketplace  As VMware advances its efforts to provide self-driving operations management to customers through VMware vRealize Operations, we continue to develop management packs that provide you with full stack visibility into physical infrastructure, applications, and databases you need to run your IT operations smoothly.   With the volume of management packs available, it can be difficult to evaluate all of the options and determine which pack is right for your needs. That is why we have made True Visibility Suite management packs accessible to you via VMware Marketplace.  Now, all vRealize True Visibility Suite…

Data loss can be a consequence of a variety of factors from malicious ransomware to hardware failures and even natural disasters. Regardless of the reason for data loss, we need to be able to restore our data. A data recovery plan begins with prioritizing our data, protecting it while it is being stored, and having a plan to recover data.    Key Takeaways for Control 11 Prioritize your data and come up with a data…