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  • Published on Oct 10, 2019

    NSA official: 'Dumb' software supply chain attacks still prevalent

    Cybersecurity NSA official: 'Dumb' software supply chain attacks still prevalent By Derek B. Johnson Oct 09, 2019 While much of the discussion around supply chain security has focused on the parts, components and gear that make up an organization…

    Source: Federal Computer Week
  • Published on Oct 7, 2019

    FBI warns of major ransomware attacks as criminals go “big-game hunting”

    Enlarge / Big-time criminals have come to play in the ransomware game, taking down "big game" for big bucks. 6 with 6 posters participating The FBI has issued a public service announcement entitled "High Impact Ransomware Attacks …

    Source: Arc Technica
  • Published on Oct 10, 2019

    County to buy shredder for courthouse

    Thursday Oct 10, 2019 at 11:19 AM KEYSER - The purchase of an industrial-sized paper shredder to be placed in the Mineral County Courthouse was given the go ahead by the local county commissioners at the regular meeting on Tuesday morning. By Jean …

    Source: Mineral Daily News Tribune
  • Published on Sep 19, 2019

    2020 will bring back election hackers, fibbers

    ANALYSIS/OPINION: Americans accustomed to the feel of a rock-solid republic may be vexed by tremors in the body politic. Some of the bad vibrations are clearly the repercussions of the two predominant political parties arrayed in thunderous battle …

    Source: Washington Times
  • Published on Sep 20, 2019

    Pentagon requires 'constant vigilance' to protect democratic process from attack: Defense secretary

    Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper emphasized the Pentagon’s role in protecting the U.S. electoral process from ongoing attacks as the 2020 presidential contest approaches. “Moving forward, I consider election security an enduring mission for the Department …

    Source: Washington Times
  • Published on Sep 11, 2019

    Frank Johnson, Baltimore’s IT chief during the ransomware attack, goes on leave

    Considered to be only a matter of time, the time has come. Frank A. Johnson, Baltimore’s embattled chief digital officer, IT director and highest paid city employee has gone on indefinite leave, four sources tell The Brew. Johnson has informed his staff …

    Source: Baltimore Brew
  • Published on Oct 7, 2019

    State Highlights: Connecticut Lawmakers Refocus Health Goals After Defeat Of Public Option Plan; Minnesota Families With ...

    Media outlets report on news from Connecticut, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Alabama, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Missouri, Washington, Texas, Florida, Illinois, California, the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Maryland and Maine. The CT …

    Source: kaiserhealthnews.org
  • Published on Sep 14, 2019

    North Korean hacking groups hit with Treasury sanctions

    Cybersecurity North Korean hacking groups hit with Treasury sanctions By Derek B. Johnson Sep 13, 2019 The Department of the Treasury hit three North Korean groups with new sanctions Sept. 13 for conducting cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, …

    Source: Federal Computer Week
  • Published on Sep 12, 2019

    The new target that enables ransomware hackers to paralyze dozens of towns and businesses at once

    The new target that enables ransomware hackers to paralyze dozens of towns and businesses at once By Renee Dudley, ProPublica Sep 12, 2019 This article was originally published by ProPublica. On July 3, employees at Arbor Dental in Longview, Wash., noticed …

    Source: Government Computer News
  • Published on Sep 12, 2019

    The new target that enables ransomware hackers to paralyze dozens of towns and businesses at onced

    Cybercriminals are zeroing in on the managed service providers that handle computer systems for local governments and medical clinics. On July 3, employees at Arbor Dental in Longview, Washington, noticed glitches in their computers and couldn’t view X- …

    Source: Raw Story
  • Published on Sep 3, 2019

    Putting Municipal Ransomware Attacks— and Cyber Insurance —in Context

    The ransomware attacks on public entities in Texas, Florida, Maryland, Georgia and elsewhere this year have raised questions not only about paying ransoms but also about the role of insurance in helping these targets get back to serving the public. Whether …

    Source: Insurancejournal.com
  • Published on Sep 26, 2019

    Cyber insurance for Baltimore delayed by an internal review

    It’s a good thing that hackers haven’t, as far as we know, made another assault on Baltimore’s recently restored computer systems because another month has passed without the city holding insurance. The Board of Estimates was set on August 28 to secure …

    Source: Baltimore Brew
  • Published on Aug 27, 2019

    Report: Chinese Hackers Eye US Cancer Research

    By John P. Mello Jr. Aug 27, 2019 10:51 AM PT Hackers affiliated with the Chinese government have been making a concerted effort to steal medical research, particularly cancer research, from institutions in the United States, according to a recent report. …

    Source: Tech News World
  • Published on Jul 9, 2019

    Cyber attacks cost $45bn in 2018 as ransomware hits hard

    Washington — An estimated 2-million cyber attacks in 2018 resulted in more than $45bn in losses as city councils worldwide struggled with ransomware and other malicious incidents. The Internet Society's Online Trust Alliance, compiling data from the US …

    Source: Business Day
  • Published on Jul 9, 2019

    Cyber Attacks Cost $45 Billion In 2018 As Ransomware Hits Hard

    Security researchers found as many as 6,515 computer breaches and five billion records exposed in 2018. Washington: An estimated two million cyber attacks in 2018 resulted in more than $45 billion in losses worldwide as local governments struggled to cope …

    Source: NDTV
  • Published on Jul 9, 2019

    Cyber attacks cost US$45b in 2018 as ransomware hits hard

    While the number of ransomware infects fell by an estimated 20 per cent, the financial losses surged by 60 per cent, the report said July 9, 2019. — Reuters pic WASHINGTON, July 9 — An estimated two million cyber attacks in 2018 resulted in more than US$45 …

    Source: Malay Mail
  • Published on Jul 5, 2019

    Baltimore email archive still not accessible after cyber attack. What does that mean for records requests?

    An archive of Baltimore employees’ emails still can’t be accessed after the city’s computer network was attacked by hackers in May, a city official said Friday. City Solicitor Andre Davis said emails older than 90 days cannot be retrieved. He said he …

    Source: CapitalGazette.com
  • Published on Aug 20, 2019

    Ransomware attack hits 23 small Texas towns, authorities say

    Photo: EVE EDELHEIT, STR / NYT FILE-- Audrey Sikes, city clerk for Lake City, Fla., in the vault where municipal records are kept, on July 5, 2019. Officials in Lake City paid $460,000 (or 42 Bitcoin) after the city’s computer systems were paralyzed …

    Source: Beaumont Enterprise
  • Published on Aug 20, 2019

    20 Texas Municipalities Suffer Coordinated Ransomware Attack

    August 19, 2019 @ 9:53 pm By Cali Haan At least twenty local governments in Texas are now coping with a “coordinated ransomware attack on municipality computer systems,” the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) reports. Affected cities and towns …

    Source: Crowdfundinsider
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Palo Alto Networks: DE ULTIMATE TEST DRIVE VOOR OT-SECURITY

Date: 15-Oct-19 to 15-Oct-19
Location: Netherlands
Voor de cybersecurity van bedrijven met een geautomatiseerd productieproces is specialistische kennis nodig. Het is een vak apart. BrainCap Cyber Security en Palo Alto Networks nodigen u daarom uit voor de Ultimate Test Drive voor OT-security op 15 oktober a.s. Een evenement dat zicht richt op de specifieke uitdagingen binnen OT-security en op de mogelijkheden om deze complexe omgevingen zo goed mogelijk te beveiligen. Inzicht in de ochtend, praktijk in de middag  In de ochtend laten we zien hoe u inzicht krijgt in de productieomgeving van uw organisatie, waar de bedrijfskritieke systemen staan. We laten zien hoe u de scheiding kunt maken tussen de OT- en IT-omgeving, met behoud van communicatie én hoe u dit secure doet.  In de middag is er een hands-on workshop. Hierin ervaren de ...

Palo Alto Networks: Live Demo: Gain Visibility and Protect AWS, Azure & ...

Date: 15-Oct-19 to 15-Oct-19
Location: United States
See for yourself how Prisma Public Cloud, formerly RedLock, takes a new ML-driven approach that correlates disparate security data sets including network traffic, user activities, risky configurations, and threat intelligence, to provide a unified view of risks across fragmented cloud environments. Watch a live demo to see how Prisma Public Cloud can help you with: - Multi-cloud visibility and control - Continuous compliance - Cloud forensics and threat prioritization

Palo Alto Networks: Live Event: Reinventing Security Operations

Date: 15-Oct-19 to 15-Oct-19
Location: United States
We believe automation powered by artificial intelligence is key to addressing challenges and advancing your security operations team. With more threat actors automating attacks and using low-cost computing to increase their attack volume, speed and accuracy — we must work smarter.   In our 90-minute event, you’ll learn how automation and machine learning can:   ●      Eliminate manual tasks by stitching together network, endpoint and cloud data ●      Accelerate investigation and response by reducing complexity ●      Reduce false positives in detection across data sources   Join our experts and learn how your SOC team can magnify their efforts past alert triage to hunting threats — letting technology do the repetitive chores and freeing your team to make decisions.

Palo Alto Networks: Workshop: Investigate and hunt threats with Cortex XDR

Date: 15-Oct-19 to 15-Oct-19
Location: United States
SecOps teams must continually improve the speed and accuracy of their investigations to keep up with increasingly advanced attackers. Join this investigation and threat hunting workshop, and learn how to successfully stop cyberattacks through analysis of rich data and alerts. Discover how you can dramatically improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your security operations through better detection, investigation, and threat hunting of stealthy attacks. In this incident response hands-on workshop, learn how to use Cortex XDR to: - Improve your detection and response capabilities using behavioral - Quickly investigate the attack chain and root cause of endpoint - Accelerate threat hunting with enriched, contextualized - Create custom rules that can alert you when ...

Palo Alto Networks: NGFW Ultimate Test Drive

Date: 16-Oct-19 to 16-Oct-19
Location: United States
In this free, three-hour workshop, you will configure security policies that will ultimately restore visibility and control over the applications, users and content traversing your network.   During this workshop you will: Establish policies to safely enable applications while restricting the others Enable sandbox threat analysis using WildFire to prevent unknown malware Configure policy that decrypts and inspects SSL Traffic Safely enable mobile devices using GlobalProtect   We hope you can join us!  

Palo Alto Networks: Ultimate Test Drive for Arista & Palo Alto Networks

Date: 17-Oct-19 to 17-Oct-19
Location: United States
Join us for the Ultimate Test Drive for Security Operating Platform to learn more about how our next-generation network security, advanced endpoint protection and cloud security prevents successful cyberattack by blocking exploits, ransomware and malware attacks to minimize infected endpoints and servers.   During the Arista Networks hands-on session, you'll have the chance to configure the following environments: - Multi-Chassis Aggregation (MLAG) and Virtual ARP (VARP) - Building a Layer 3 Leaf-Spine with - CloudVision Portal (CVP) From this hands-on Palo Alto session, you will learn how to: - Protect users from ransomware attacks with the VM-Series next-generation firewall and Traps Advanced Endpoint Protection. - Prevent unknown threat with Wildfire threat intelligence ...

Palo Alto Networks: Maintaining and Securing the Integrity of Election S...

Date: 17-Oct-19 to 17-Oct-19
Location: United States
In the United States, state and local governments are responsible for maintaining democratic processes by ensuring the availability and resiliency of election systems, the integrity and accuracy of balloting and vote tabulation, and the confidentiality of individual citizens’ votes.   Join us as we discuss maintaining the integrity and availability of election systems infrastructure in the face of growing cyberthreats.

Palo Alto Networks: Live Demo: Gain Visibility and Protect AWS, Azure & ...

Date: 17-Oct-19 to 17-Oct-19
Location: United States
See for yourself how Prisma Public Cloud, formerly RedLock, takes a new ML-driven approach that correlates disparate security data sets including network traffic, user activities, risky configurations, and threat intelligence, to provide a unified view of risks across fragmented cloud environments. Watch a live demo to see how Prisma Public Cloud can help you with: - Multi-cloud visibility and control - Continuous compliance - Cloud forensics and threat prioritization

Palo Alto Networks: Workshop: Investigate and hunt threats with Cortex XDR

Date: 17-Oct-19 to 17-Oct-19
Location: United States
SecOps teams must continually improve the speed and accuracy of their investigations to keep up with increasingly advanced attackers. Join this investigation and threat hunting workshop, and learn how to successfully stop cyberattacks through analysis of rich data and alerts. Discover how you can dramatically improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your security operations through better detection, investigation, and threat hunting of stealthy attacks. In this incident response hands-on workshop, learn how to use Cortex XDR to: - Improve your detection and response capabilities using behavioral - Quickly investigate the attack chain and root cause of endpoint - Accelerate threat hunting with enriched, contextualized - Create custom rules that can alert you when ...
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