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A full 95% of professionals surveyed by Tripwire believe the government should play a bigger role in securing non-governmental companies. Image: istock/BCFC In response to the recent wave of high-profile ransomware attacks, the U.S. government has been taking a more active role in the battle against cybercrime. Beyond going after ransomware gangs and recovering money stolen from victims, the feds have been announcing new initiatives and pushing federal agencies to better secure themselves. But is…

Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) were today granted free access to a virtual security awareness training program. The program was put together by six-year-old security awareness training company Curricula, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia. In a statement released Tuesday, Curricula said: “Our team at Curricula is proud to announce a free security awareness training program designed to help protect organizations with up to 1,000 employees build a security culture at no cost.” Under the training project, any…

  Amandeep Kaur was given a life-changing opportunity to leave her small village and move to the United Kingdom to stay with her aunt and uncle and study Information Security and Computer Forensics at a university of her choice. She followed her passion and, as a result, was able to start a new career in cybersecurity. But, for many women, opportunities like these are hard to find. In this edition of our blog, Amandeep explains…

The security company expects these attacks to keep rising through the end of the year. Image: Igor Stevanovic, Getty Images/iStockphoto Q3 beat every record in terms of daily number of DDoS attacks, according to a new report from Kaspersky. On August 18, Kaspersky observed 8,825 attacks, with more than 5,000 on both August 21 and 22. The total number of DDoS attacks was up 24% compared to Q3 2020 while the number of advanced, “smart”…

This month brings us yet another critical RCE (Remote Code Execution) bug found in the RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) Client which has also been ported to the Hyper-V Manager “Enhanced Session Mode” feature. User interaction is a prerequisite since the vulnerability lies within the RDP client, requiring a victim to connect to a malicious RDP server. Vulnerability Analysis: CVE-2021-38666 This RCE bug is very closely related to CVE-2021-34535 and to CVE-2020-1374 , where there is a…

States should use a privacy by design approach instead of creating a new system to track purchases and other activities, according to security experts. In 2016, Gemalto, a subsidiary of The Thales Group, received a federal grant to fund pilot projects in four states to test digital driver’s licenses. This mockup is from the pilot project. Image: Thales Group When a bartender checks your ID, she doesn’t record your home address or your height and…

The number of security flaws associated with ransomware rose from 266 to 278 last quarter, according to security firm Ivanti. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Ransomware attackers use a few different tactics to initially breach an organization. One method is through phishing emails. Another is through brute-force attacks. But an always popular trick is to exploit a known security vulnerability. A report released Tuesday by security firm Ivanti looks at the rise in vulnerabilities exploited by ransomware…

Four out of five cybersecurity leaders now use micro-segmentation to protect corporate networks, according to a new study by cybersecurity company Byos. Micro-segmentation is the creation of zones in data centers and cloud environments. It allows workloads to be isolated from one another and secured individually. Byos surveyed 100 cybersecurity leaders in the third quarter of 2021 about their use of micro-segmentation strategies. The company’s findings – published in the report State of Microsegmentation in Network Security –…

With Docker Desktop 4.2 we’re excited to introduce Pause / Resume as well as a host of changes to make it easier for you to manage updates. These features are available to Docker Desktop users on any subscription tier. Save your battery with Pause / Resume Pause / Resume gives developers the power to pause their current Docker Desktop session and resume work whenever they want, saving resources on their machine while Docker is paused….

One person fingered for the July 2021 attack against Kaseya is in custody, while the other individual is still at large. Image: Wetzkaz Graphics/Shutterstock The United States has taken another significant legal step in its battle against ransomware. On Monday, the US Department of Justice announced formal charges against two foreign nationals for their role in deploying REvil ransomware attacks against organizations throughout the country. Based on the indictments, the two individuals accessed the networks…