Friday Squid Blogging: Cephalopods Thirty Million Years Older Than Previously Thought
New fossils from Newfoundland push the origins of cephalopods to 522 million years ago. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk...
FBI Issues Warning Over Iranian Cyber Company
FBI Issues Warning Over Iranian Cyber Company The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a Private Industry Notice on protecting against malicious activity by...
Most Ransomware Infections are Self-installed
Most Ransomware Infections are Self-installed New research from managed detection and response (MDR) provider Expel found that most ransomware attacks in 2021 were self-installed. The finding...
Water Utilities Get 100-Day Cybersecurity Plan
Water Utilities Get 100-Day Cybersecurity Plan The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has drawn up a 100-day game plan to help protect the nation’s...
It’s Data Privacy Day: Here’s How to Stay Protected in 2022
When you logged on to your computer this morning, data privacy probably wasn’t the first thing you were thinking about. The same goes for when...
Who Wrote the ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware Strain?
In December 2021, researchers discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service named ALPHV (a.k.a. “BlackCat“), considered to be the first professional cybercrime group to create and use a...
Tracking Secret German Organizations with Apple AirTags
A German activist is trying to track down a secret government intelligence agency. One of her research techniques is to mail Apple AirTags to see...
White House Releases Zero Trust Strategy for Federal Government
White House Releases Zero Trust Strategy for Federal Government The White House has unveiled its strategy to embed a zero trust approach to cybersecurity across...
M&A Trending In Cybersecurity Industry Vertical For 2022
This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Requires strong due diligence Nowadays you need a scorecard to keep track of the monthly acquisitions...
DDoS attack on Minecraft Twitch tournament disrupted Andorra’s internet access
Andorra Telecom, the tiny microstate's only internet service provider, says that a barrage of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks impacted the country's internet and 4G service....