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Organisations who find their networks hit by a ransomware attack may soon have to disclose within 48 hours any payments to their extortionists. That’s the intention of the Ransom Disclosure Act, a new bill proposed by US Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Deborah Ross. Ransomware victims are not currently required to report attacks or ransom payments to federal authorities, but the new bill would require all ransomware victims (excluding individuals) to disclose the following information…

First distribution partnership will leverage Ingram Micro’s vast ecosystem of partners to bring Palo Alto Networks’ enterprise-grade cybersecurity solution, Okyo Garde, to small businesses across the U.S. SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced it has signed an agreement with Ingram Micro Inc., a global leader in technology and supply chain services, for Ingram Micro to distribute the Palo Alto Networks Okyo™ Garde cybersecurity…

Tenable®, Inc. the Cyber Exposure company, today announced it has achieved authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) for its cloud-based vulnerability management platform, Tenable.io®. The U.S. federal government can now deploy Tenable.io and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning across various departments and agencies. Tenable’s sponsoring agency is the International Trade Administration (ITA).  FedRAMP is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring for cloud products…

Astronaut Adam Steltzner, NASA JPL, outlined six principles that organizations of all sectors need to embrace in order to navigate significant changes to their environment. His insights can be seen as especially relevant to cybersecurity teams that continue to deal with the digital shift and growing threat landscape during COVID-19. Speaking during the keynote session on day two of the Digital Transformation EXPO 2021 (DTX) in Excel London, Steltzner explained the enormous challenges he and his…

European police claim to have dismantled an international organized crime group (OGC) that made millions from real estate fraud. Law enforcers in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, supported by Europol, began operations against the gang back in 2017. However, it was during 10 so-called “action days” between September 2020 and September 2021 that the OGC was taken down. Its leader was apparently found hiding in the Dominican Republic on fake documents, and extradited to Hungary…

Tripwire’s September 2021 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities from Microsoft, Adobe, Linux, and Confluence. First on the patch priority list this month are patches for the Linux kernel (CVE-2021-3490) and Confluence Server and Data Center (CVE-2021-26084). Exploits for these vulnerabilities have been recently added to the Metasploit Exploit Framework. These systems should be patched as soon as possible. Up next are patches for Microsoft Edge that resolve information disclosure and use after…

By Maurice Côté, Vice President of Business Solutions, Devolutions For more than half a century, passengers of London’s underground (a.k.a. The Tube) have been warned to “mind the gap” when crossing the small, but potentially dangerous openings between train doors and station platforms. Well, organizations these days need to mind the gap as well: the virtual gap that exists between their Identity and Access Management (IAM) system and their various shared accounts. Otherwise, much like…

News Detail PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– A cloud-native architecture is fundamental to the success of deploying 5G networks. Leading service providers are cloudifying their networks from core to edge to radio access network (RAN) to achieve greater operational efficiency and flexibility to deliver innovative 5G services. Telia Company today shared details on how it is working with VMware (NYSE: … Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:00:00 PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– A cloud-native architecture is fundamental to…