This week, Dr. Doug talks: The Rhodesian Secret Police, WordPress, CISA Alerts, VerbleCon, Rapid attacks, Sophos, Apple Watch Spying, as well as the Special Expert Commentary of guest Fleming Shi on this edition of the Security Weekly News! This segment is sponsored by Barracuda Networks. Visit https://securityweekly.com/barracuda to learn more abo...
The US and the European Union have entered a preliminary agreement that would allow the storage of Europeans' personal data in the US just hours after EU officials reached an agreement on new digital rules for Google, Facebook, and other big tech firms, the Associated Press reports.
The uptick in cyber incidents- and in particular ransomware- offer an opportunity if not serve as a clarion call for cyber insurance industry adaptation. In short, risk transfer that meets the needs of both industry and insurers demands more effective coordination of infosec controls, more complete and continuous optics, and more robust risk modeli...
In the Enterprise Security News for this week: Island raises another $115M to build a secure web browser, less than 2 months after raising $100M, Bionic raises $65M for application intelligence, Israeli startup HUB Security merges with a SPAC to go public on the NASDAQ at a $1.28B valuation, Cybersecurity now has 53 unicorns, which are the most int...
Since IT network secrets unlock access to highly privileged systems and data, securing secrets is just as critical to preventing cyberattacks as securing end-user passwords. One study found that 75% of ransomware attacks involve compromised credentials – most of the time, RDP credentials. However, secrets management is a challenge for IT teams, who...
Kronos is back online after a months-long ransomware-related outage. But a lawsuit filed against Scripps Health this week alleges employees still haven’t been paid in full for their overtime hours, disrupted by the cyberattack.
