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As the world increasingly moves to a digital format, cybersecurity is becoming more important than ever. It’s especially significant since, according to a recent survey by Sophos, 51% of businesses in America experienced a ransomware attack in 2020. That’s a staggering number of security vulnerabilities that truly shouldn’t exist in the modern day and age. Yet, it’s relatively understandable. The push for apps hitting the market quickly has become a driving factor in a lot of…

Europol announced new arrests during its “Operation GoldDust.” The suspects may have been heavily involved in the Sodinokibi/REvil and GandCrab ransomware activities. Image: Shutterstock/metamorworks Europol announced today three arrests of individuals who may be involved in ransomware activities across the world. The suspects are allegedly responsible for 5,000 infections, which represented about half a million Euros in ransom payments. Two individuals suspected of deploying the Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware have been arrested by the Romanian authorities, while…

Apple fans will have the opportunity to purchase a rare piece of cyber history when an Apple-1 computer is auctioned off tomorrow. The machine was hand-built by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and others in garage in Los Altos, California, in 1976 and 1977. It has been listed by California-based auction house John Moran Auctioneers in their Postwar and Contemporary Art and Design auction, which begins November 9 at 11:30am PST. The unit gained the name the “Chaffey College Apple-1”…

New capabilities enable publishers to automatically push new versions to VMware Marketplace.  At VMware Marketplace, we continuously strive to improve our partners’ experience. From supporting a variety of solution formats, to enabling commercial transactability, we are dedicated to building a Marketplace that serves  our partner needs effectively.   Publishing solutions on Marketplace is made easy via an intuitive step-by-step publish flow. However, it is equally important to keep these listings updated with the latest version of the software. To enable a simpler update experience, we are excited to announce two new capabilities:   VMware Marketplace Command Line Interface (CLI)   VMware Marketplace GitHub Actions   With both capabilities, publishers can automate the process of pushing new versions to Marketplace.   About the Marketplace Command Line Interface (CLI)  …

Cyber-criminals have siphoned an estimated $55m from decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol bZx. The crypto company said that the theft occurred on Friday after one of its developers was taken in by a phishing attack and unwittingly gave up the details of some private keys.  The phishing email was sent to the victim’s personal computer with a malicious macro in a Word document that was disguised as a legitimate email attachment. “This attack granted the hacker access to the content…

Officials at the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) department in Texas have issued a warning about a new phone scam. Threat actors carrying out the malicious campaign have been impersonating special agents at the San Antonio HSI to call up members of the public.  Victims are told that a problem has been detected with their passport. They are then threatened with arrest by the imposter agent unless they make a payment…

Both furthest in Completeness of Vision and highest in Ability to Execute in the Leaders’ Quadrant SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced that the company has been positioned as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant® for Network Firewalls report by Gartner Inc. It was positioned furthest to the right for Completeness of Vision and highest for Ability to Execute among the 19…

By Steve Schwartz, director of security, ECI Earlier this year, a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline led to a shutdown of 45% of the East Coast’s fuel supply, 12,000 gas stations running dry and the highest gas costs in years. Five days and $4.4 million later, the pipeline was back up, with the CEO of the company acknowledging he authorized the ransom payment because executives weren’t sure of the extent of the breach and…

  In this blog we explore the challenges around security of payment data during the hectic holiday season and provide tips and best practices to help retailers better secure their payment data.