RSS_Virtulization

In our most recent podcast, Eric Nielsen (@ericnpro) and I (@djasso7494) sat down with Lee Caswell, VP of VMware’s Cloud Platform Business Unit.  Lee’s business unit is responsible for VMware Cloud Foundation, a complete cloud stack (compute, storage, networking and management) that runs in the datacenter, on the edge, on thousands of managed service provider partner environments and now on the hyper-scaler cloud environments of AWS, Azure, Google, IBM, Oracle and Alibaba. State of Cloud: …

  Sarah Lambert knows that exposure to technology at an early age can make all the difference in whether young pupils can see themselves in those professions. That’s why she has taken her passion for cybersecurity into local schools in Welwyn Garden City, England, enthusiastically encouraging students to consider all aspects of IT. In this edition of our blog, Sarah describes the wide variety of technological roles that have helped to shape her own career.

Each year, MITRE Engenuity™ conducts independent evaluations of cybersecurity products to help government and industry make better decisions to combat security threats and improve industry’s threat detection capabilities. These evaluations are based on MITRE ATT&CK®, which is widely recognized as the de facto framework for tracking adversarial tactics and techniques. At McAfee we know that cybercriminals are always evolving their tradecraft, and we are committed to providing blue teams (cyber defenders) the capabilities needed to win the game….

A South Florida school district that refused to pay its cyber-attackers a $40m ransom has had thousands of its files leaked online.  Broward County Public Schools was targeted by the Conti ransomware gang at the beginning of March in an attack that caused a shutdown of its computer system but left classes undisturbed.  Conti demanded that the sixth-largest school district in the United States hand $40m of its annual $4bn budget over to them.  In a transcript published by the gang, a negotiator…

A threat actor is claiming to have stolen the personal data of over a million customers of Domino’s Pizza. In an advert placed on the dark web, the alleged hacker says that they are selling 13 terabytes of data that they claim was stolen from the Indian branch of the American multinational pizza restaurant.  The illicit advertisement was discovered by Alon Gal, the co-founder and chief technology officer of Israel-based cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock. Gal posted news…

Executive Summary Many malware attacks designed to inflict damage on a network are armed with lateral movement capabilities. Post initial infection, such malware would usually need to perform a higher privileged task or execute a privileged command on the compromised system to be able to further enumerate the infection targets and compromise more systems on the network. Consequently, at some point during its lateral movement activities, it would need to escalate its privileges using one…

Something you’ll want to know about all those movies, mp3s, eBooks, air miles, and hotel points you’ve accrued over the years: they’re digital assets that can factor into a divorce settlement.  Understandably, several factors determine the distribution of assets in a divorce. However, when it comes to dividing digital assets, divorce settlements and proceedings are charting new territory. The rate of digital innovation and adoption in recent years has filled our phones, tablets, and computers with all manner of digital assets. What’s more, there are also the funds sitting in our payment apps or possibly further monies…

How to Prevent the Next Attack on Our Water Infrastructure By Josh Cohen, Cyber Director, Economic and Trade Mission at the Embassy of Israel to the U.S. To get a preview of the next possible mass casualty terrorist attack, look no further than the Florida town of Oldsmar. In what was surely a Sum of All Fears  moment for Government officials, a cyber intruder of unknown origin attempted to poison Oldsmar’s water supply on February…

By Stephen Helm, Product Marketing Manager, WatchGuard Technologies Last year was a challenging year for IT teams, and tech workers will continue to feel the mounting burden of maintaining business continuity moving forward. In the early part of 2020, IT teams were stressed to the brink as they scrambled to help their organizations adapt to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital transformation timelines accelerated and businesses entered a mode of “survive to thrive.” Many…

The open source community delivered vital help to companies affected by the SolarWinds attack. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto The ramifications of the SolarWinds attack are still unfolding more than four months since the breaches were revealed to the public. One underappreciated facet of the wide-ranging scandal that has engulfed much of the U.S. government and hundreds of major companies involves the powerful role the open source community played in helping enterprises respond to the crisis, according…