The growing value of business data, the vulnerability of networked systems, and the importance of fuel infrastructure have made oil and gas companies major targets for malicious hackers. Already, the industry has been the victim of several high-profile attacks. The Colonial Pipeline hack compromised the business’s networks, shut down its operations, and deprived the East Coast of a pipeline that supplies nearly half the region’s fuel. Oil and gas companies need to invest in cybersecurity…

The University of North Georgia (UNG) has grown its cybersecurity training program after receiving funding from the National Security Agency (NSA).  UNG, which has campuses in Blue Ridge, Cumming, Dahlonega, Gainesville, and Oconee, was awarded two grants totaling $265,000 by the NSA. The university will use the money to provide free cybersecurity instruction through two different avenues: the GenCyber Warrior Academy and the Advancing GenCyber Education for North Georgia Teachers (AGENTs) of Change camp. Both training programs are in-person learning…

The University of North Georgia (UNG) has been able to grow its cybersecurity training program after receiving funding from the National Security Agency (NSA).  UNG, which has campuses in Blue Ridge, Cumming, Dahlonega, Gainesville, and Oconee, was awarded two grants totaling $265,000 by the NSA. The university will use the money to provide free cybersecurity instruction through two different avenues: the GenCyber Warrior Academy and the Advancing GenCyber Education for North Georgia Teachers (AGENTs) of Change camp. Both training programs…

A new business collaboration is bringing startup expertise and funding to cybersecurity companies. In a press conference held Tuesday, San Antonio, Texas–based company Geekdom announced that it is partnering with gener8tor, a nationally ranked accelerator company based in Wisconsin, to launch a program to help cybersecurity companies develop products for market.  The 12-week program will launch in San Antonio in the summer of 2022. Within the first year of its launch, five startup companies will be selected to…

As you may have already heard, the January 31st grace period to move to a paid subscription for commercial use of Docker Desktop is fast approaching.  With this announcement, we introduced our new subscription tiers, including Docker Business–our offering specifically for organizations who want to scale their use of Docker all while maintaining security and compliance with added enterprise-grade management and control. Previously, the minimum number of seats required for a Docker Business subscription was…

Qihoo 360’s Netlab detailed a new evolving DDoS botnet called Abcbot with wormable capabilities that targets Linux systems. Researchers from Qihoo 360’s Netlab security team have spotted a new botnet, tracked as Abcbot, that targets Linux systems to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The security firm analyzed a total of six versions of the botnet to date. On July 14, 2021, the experts identified an unknown ELF file conducting massive scanning for Linux systems, its…

This is the year business leaders will learn just how innovative online criminals have become, and it’ll take rethinking how we perceive account security to fight it, says PerimeterX CTO Ido Safruti. Image: iStock / TeamOktopus The past year in web app cybersecurity was anything but calm, and if predictions on the coming year from PerimeterX CTO Ido Safruti are accurate, it’s going to be another year of struggles to protect web apps. Safruti predicts…