As the use of cryptocurrency increases, so does the risk of being a target for scammers. Tom Merritt offers five tips for defending against cryptocurrency scams. Cryptocurrency is hot. You can buy a car with it… Heck, you can buy a tweet with it. When anything is hot, it becomes a target for scammers. So, it’s time to defend yourself. Here are five ways to protect yourself against cryptocurrency scams. SEE: Cryptocurrency: An insider’s guide…

Cryptocurrency scams: Top 5 ways to protect yourself Length: 1:41 | Apr 20, 2021 As the use of cryptocurrency increases, so does the risk of being a target for scammers. Tom Merritt offers five tips for defending against cryptocurrency scams. Source link

Wendi Whitmore leads new Unit 42 organization that combines threat intelligence and security consulting offerings SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CORTEX SYMPHONY 2021 — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) today announced it is establishing a new cybersecurity consulting group to help enterprises respond to emerging threats as they navigate an increase in costly, crippling cyberattacks. The newly expanded Unit 42 combines formerly Crypsis security consultants, who respond to 1,300+ incidents a year, with…

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…