RSS_Virtulization

Executive Summary Babuk ransomware is a new ransomware threat discovered in 2021 that has impacted at least five big enterprises, with one already paying the criminals $85,000 after negotiations. As with other variants, this ransomware is deployed in the network of enterprises that the criminals carefully target and compromise. Using MVISION Insights, McAfee was able to plot the telemetry of targets, revealing that the group is currently targeting the transportation, healthcare, plastic, electronics, and agricultural…

Each February, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other countries observe Black History Month. It’s a month-long celebration of the generations of black people who have elevated society by the way in which they’ve lived their lives. It’s also an opportunity for us to recognize that there’s still plenty of work to do in the name of promoting diversity and inclusion. This moment reaches into every sector—including cybersecurity. Indeed, (ISC)2 found that minority…

Texas power outage highlights need for better use of data analytics, modeling and policy making Length: 9:52 | Feb 23, 2021 Rob Robinson, client partner in utilities practice for Capgemini, talks with TechRepublic about what the catastrophic outages in Texas should teach us about predicting threats to U.S. the power grid. Source link

Protecting the U.S. power grid from serious outages, like the one following a 2021 winter storm in Texas, will require a better use of data analytics, modeling and policy making says industry expert. TechRepublic’s Karen Roby spoke with Rob Robinson, client partner in utilities practice for Capgemini, an IT consulting company, about predicting threats to the power grid following catastrophic outages in Texas after a winter storm. The following is an edited transcript of their…

DDoS, SQL injection, and man-in-the-middle are just a few of the attacks that can compromise your network. Tom Merritt lists five things to know about network attacks. Your network needs to be accessible. It’s how your business operates and how your company’s workflow stays efficient. Your network also needs to be closed off from the bad folks. Network attacks are on the rise. Sometimes intruders want to steal data, sometimes they just want to cause…

Network attacks: 5 things to know Length: 2:26 | Feb 23, 2021 DDoS, SQL injection and man-in-the-middle are just a few of the attacks that can compromise your network. Tom Merritt lists five things to know about network attacks. Source link

VMware Cloud on AWS is a fully managed service that provides resilient infrastructure for any workload.  VMware takes care of the underlying compute, storage, and networking so you can focus on the applications that run your business instead of operating and managing the lifecycle of your infrastructure.  Because your VMware Software-defined Data Center is delivered as a service, you pay just for the number of hosts that you provision.  The major factors that influence the price of the service are the type…