Risk Assessments/Management

Cybersecurity collaboration between the industry and government has been lacking, with National Cyber Director Chris Inglis noting that such partnership had not been discussed "very well" and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly saying that the term had not been tackled when she began serving in the government, CyberScoop reports.

ZDNet reports that cybercriminals have been spending a median dwell time of 15 days inside compromised networks in 2021, compared with 11 days in 2020, indicating a prolonged duration for performing malicious activities without being detected.

VMware ESXi virtual machines on Linux are being targeted by the Black Basta ransomware gang, which has developed new binaries directed at encrypting Linux instances, according to BleepingComputer.

Threat actors have launched new phishing campaigns spreading the SVCReady malware since April, reports The Hacker News.

At the RSA Conference, healthcare leaders discussed the positive progress in the quest to secure the medical device infrastructure, held back by widespread vulnerabilities and legacy tech use.

Zero-trust architecture implementation has helped cybersecurity leaders avert five major cyberattacks annually resulting in $20 million in average savings per year, reports TechRepublic.

Investigation is underway at the city of Alexandria, Louisiana, which has been impacted by an ALPHV ransomware attack, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.