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Digital attackers are increasingly targeting energy organizations including those that support national electric grids. As reported by Morning Consult, security researchers found that utilities worldwide had suffered a recorded 1,780 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks between June 15 and August 21, 2020. That’s a 595% year-over-year increase. Brandon Robinson, a partner at Balch & Bingham LLP, said that these research findings highlight how malicious actors of varying motivations continue to prey upon utilities entities. “Whether one’s…

Most organizations don’t give the same thought and attention to their non-human workers, such as bots, RPAs and service accounts, as they do human workers and identity lifecycles. Image: iStock/NanoStockk The term non-human worker conjures up several images. In this case, we’re talking about “non-living workers,” so no worries about mistreating any animals. Some examples include chatbots, robotic process automation, robots and more. They’re now likely to be working alongside us in the office. SEE: Robotics…

How to Optimize SIEM Performance With Threat Intelligence and IOC Matching The nature of information technology is such that it is always expanding and being innovated at a pace that can be daunting to keep up with. The cybersecurity market in particular is constantly updating itself with the development of new technologies, methodologies, and best practices to deal with equally evolving cyberthreats. The security challenges faced by enterprise clients, however, have changed very little over…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, announced today financial results for its fiscal second quarter 2021, ended January 31, 2021. Total revenue for the fiscal second quarter 2021 grew 25% year over year to $1.0 billion, compared with total revenue of $816.7 million for the fiscal second quarter 2020. GAAP net loss for the fiscal second quarter 2021 was $142.3 million, or $1.48 per…

Today, we are excited to announce a new vExpert program that is designed to highlight our latest efforts within VMware Cloud on AWS. This will allow participants to discuss, participate and showcase our latest technology within our cloud solution. This program is specifically designed to discuss our current global challenges and solutions within our cloud strategy. This program will provide a forum in which our members can participate and discuss their current solutions and cloud…

A vengeful former staff member of a San Jose sports stadium concessionaire has admitted carrying out a costly cyber-attack against his ex-employer after losing his job.  Salvatore A. La Rosa worked for Spectra Food Services and Hospitality from Valentine’s Day 2015 until his termination on January 6, 2020. Spectra was the concessions contractor for California’s Earthquakes Stadium, home of Major League Soccer team the San Jose Earthquakes.  To sell food and other concession items at the stadium, Spectra relied on…

A number of influential companies have formed a consortium that aims to reduce the amount of disinformation, misinformation, and fraudulent content on the internet.  The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), a Joint Development Foundation project, has been founded by Adobe, Arm, BBC, Intel, Microsoft, and photo and video verification platform Truepic. Member organizations plan to jointly develop technical standards for certifying the source and history or provenance of media content.  In a statement released today, a Microsoft spokesperson said: “C2PA member organizations…

  She was a single mom with three kids in daycare, no child support, and a job as an executive assistant that didn’t pay enough to cover the bills. With absolutely no experience, Jen Stone took a chance on a helpdesk position, which changed her life. In this edition of our blog, Jen explains how she found success by taking ownership of her own career.

The US is going to respond to the SolarWinds supply chain attack within weeks, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN. The US will respond within weeks to the devastating SolarWinds supply cyber attack, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN. “We are in the process now of working through, with the intelligence community and [President Joe Biden’s] national security team, a series of steps to respond to Solar Winds, including steps that will hold who…