The U.S. Department of Justice was to assign investigation on ransomware attacks the same priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack. The U.S. Department of Justice plans to equate investigations into ransomware attacks with investigations into terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack. Colonial Pipeline before, and recently the JBS attack, demonstrated that allegedly financially motivated ransomware attack could have a dramatic impact on the targeted organizations and on…

A hacking group has released a video slamming self-proclaimed Martian Emperor Elon Reeve Musk for his alleged callousness over the impact his cryptocurrency vacillations may have had upon the fortunes of the average working person. Anonymous accuses the billionaire Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder, CEO, and chief engineer of using his immense wealth and influence to toy with cryptocurrency markets with no regard for how others might be affected. “The games you have played with the crypto markets have…

This post was co-authored by Cory Skimming, Senior Product Marketing Manger, and Shagun Tewari, Senior Manager, Product Marketing and Strategy. The way we architect and build applications has changed over the last decade or so. Where monoliths (or single, large codebases) used to be the standard, modern applications are now built using a combination of new architecture patterns, operational models, and software delivery services. By shifting to a microservices architecture, teams can more easily update, replace,…

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited today announced its acquisition of CloudQuest, a cloud security posture management (CSPM) provider based in Cupertino, California.  Multinational professional services network Deloitte said that the deal will bolster its current cloud cybersecurity offerings with CloudQuest’s cloud-native security capabilities “to more seamlessly manage security workflows, reduce risk and improve data security.” Vikram Kunchala, Deloitte risk & financial advisory cyber cloud leader and principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP, said that the Covid-19 pandemic had not…

A California city whose police department recently revealed it had been victimized by cyber-criminals has now acknowledged it suffered an earlier cyber-attack in 2018. Azusa’s 63-officer police department was targeted by the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang late last winter. The attack was kept secret while officials worked with the FBI, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and ransomware consultants to try to retrieve hundreds of highly sensitive files encrypted in the incident.  In April, a stash of the department’s documents…

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