A major oil drilling specialist has admitted it suffered a ransomware attack which may have led to the compromise of data belonging to current and former employees. Houston-based Gyrodata claims to be one of the world’s leading suppliers of technology and services designed to extract hydrocarbons from the earth. However, late last week it published a statement revealing the security incident, which was discovered on February 21. There’s no information on whether the ransomware itself caused…

Lane Thames, PhD and principal security researcher at Tripwire explains the challenges you might not have considered in IT/OT convergence. 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 Tim Erlin: Welcome to the Tripwire Cybersecurity Podcast. I’m Tim Erlin, vice president of product management and strategy at Tripwire. I am joined by Lane Thames, principal security researcher at Tripwire. Today, we’re going to talk about industrial cybersecurity and the IT-OT divide that we see in the industry. Lane…

So, your computer screen has been hijacked by ransomware and the criminals behind the attack are demanding money to return your systems. Now what? That’s a question countless organisations are asking themselves nowadays, with attacks increasing and, according to Mimecast’s The State of Email Security Report 2020, organisations suffering three days of downtime on average following a ransomware attack. If you think that doesn’t sound so bad, the true scale of the issue is much…

Company cancels earnings conference call in light of transaction with Thoma Bravo First Quarter Highlights Total revenue of $287.8 million, up 15% year-over-year Billings of $276.7 million, up 16% year-over-year GAAP EPS of $(0.79) per share, Non-GAAP EPS of $0.49 per share Operating cash flow of $95.1 million and free cash flow of $88.5 million SUNNYVALE, Calif., – April 26, 2021 – Proofpoint, Inc. (“the Company”) (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today…

Proofpoint Shareholders to Receive $176.00 Per Share in Cash Announces First Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Results SUNNYVALE & SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 26, 2021 — Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT) (the “Company”), a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity investment firm focused on the software and technology-enabled services sector, in an all-cash transaction that values Proofpoint…

In December 2020, the world discovered that the SolarWinds’ Orion Platform had been compromised by cybercriminals, potentially affecting thousands of businesses the world over. Security groups such as the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) provided advice and guidance to security teams and IT companies on what actions they should take to minimize the impact on them and their customers. But the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) carries with it a worrying sub-text that requires further exploration…

Security vendor SonicWall has addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting both its on-premises and hosted Email Security products. SonicWall is warning its customers to update their hosted and on-premises email security products to address three zero-day vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited in the wild. The three vulnerabilities addressed by the security vendor are: CVE-2021-20021: Email Security Pre-Authentication Administrative Account Creation: A vulnerability in the SonicWall Email Security version 10.0.9.x allows an attacker to create an administrative account by…