This past winter, cold weather took down the Texas energy grid. Residents across the state had no electricity and no heat sources as temperatures plummeted. Everything that could fail did fail at a time when demand was at its highest. The energy grid was not able to survive extreme weather, and the losses were catastrophic. What happened in Texas may be our best example at what a full-throttle cyberattack against critical infrastructure would look like if…

Over 126 million malicious emails have been fired at House of Commons (HoC) inboxes this year, a 358% increase on the total figure for 2020, according to new figures from Parliament Street. The think tank obtained Freedom of Information (FoI) data from the UK parliament’s lower house, revealing a significant increase in potential threats over recent years. The number of emails blocked by HoC filters in 2018 was just 15.7 million in 2018, nearly doubling to…

In the episode, Tripwire’s Maurice Uenuma discusses the role of integrity when it comes to zero trust architecture. With results from our latest research survey on The White House’s Executive Order and zero trust, he and Tim make the case that zero trust cannot be maintained without proper Integrity controls at its foundation. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5UDKiGLlzxhiGnd6FtvEnmStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-tripwire-cybersecurity-podcastRSS: https://tripwire.libsyn.com/rssYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgTfY3TXF9YKE9pUKp57pGSTaapTLpvC3 Breaches and cybersecurity incidents are making headlines every day. What are you doing to be prepared? One…

Security researchers claim to have saved BlackMatter ransomware victims millions over the past few months after exploiting a bug they found in the malware to recover files for free. Emsisoft CTO, Fabian Wosar, explained in a blog post yesterday that the security vendor has been building decryption tools and services to help speedy recovery from ransomware for a decade. One of its most fruitful efforts is to search for vulnerabilities in the code of ransomware variants…

Tesco’s groceries app and website are back up after a weekend of disruption for customers following a suspected cyber-attack. The UK’s largest supermarket chain received a barrage of complaints on social media over the past two days as angry customers found they couldn’t place or track orders or change existing ones online. Some said this had caused significant problems as they were self-isolating at home, and switching brands would mean paying for their shopping all…