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CrowdStrike and Mandiant form strategic partnership to protect organizations against cyber threats
PRIVACY PRIVACY Cybersecurity vendors CrowdStrike and Mandiant have announced a strategic partnership to help joint customers investigate, remediate and defend against increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity events. In the collaboration, Mandiant will use the CrowdStrike Falcon endpoint protection platform and subscription offerings for its incident response services and proactive consulting engagements, the firms said in a press…
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Website of Russian Oil Giant Gazprom Neft Down After Alleged Hack
PRIVACY PRIVACY A statement allegedly from Gazprom CEO Alexie Miller was briefly displayed on the website Read More
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Bank of Ireland Fined €463,000 Over Data Breaches
PRIVACY PRIVACY The bank was fined for the breaches and the delays in communicating with affected customers Read More
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US Disrupts Russian Botnet
PRIVACY PRIVACY The Justice Department announced the disruption of a Russian GRU-controlled botnet: The Justice Department today announced a court-authorized operation, conducted in March 2022, to disrupt a two-tiered global botnet of thousands of infected network hardware devices under the control of a threat actor known to security researchers as Sandworm, which the U.S. government…
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Companies are more prepared to pay ransoms than ever before, reveals new report
PRIVACY PRIVACY A new report shows that not only has there been a substantial increase in the percentage of companies that pay ransoms, but that the average size of ransomware payments has also increased significantly. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Read More
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#ISC2Events: A DPO’s Guide to Delivering a Cybersecurity Awareness Program
PRIVACY PRIVACY Laurie-Anne Bourdain from Isabel Group detailed ingredients for a successful cybersecurity awareness program Read More
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#SecureLondon: Defining Cyber Roles Critical to Tackling Skills Shortage
PRIVACY PRIVACY Chris Ensor, deputy director, NCSC, highlights the need to provide clarity around the skills required for specific cybersecurity roles Read More
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Java Spring vulnerabilities
PRIVACY PRIVACY This blog was written jointly with Eduardo Ocete. Executive summary Several vulnerabilities for Java Spring framework have been disclosed in the last hours and classified as similar as the vulnerability that caused the Log4Shell incident at the end of 2021. However, as of the publishing of this report, the still ongoing disclosures and events…
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How GDPR has inspired a global arms race on privacy regulations
PRIVACY PRIVACY With many jurisdictions embracing EU-style privacy rules in line with the European Union’s GDPR, such as mandatory data-protection impact assessments, data privacy officers, and notification to individuals and regulators in the event of a data security breach, compliance is increasingly complex and an increasing burden for organizations. To read this article in full,…
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Half of Security Leaders Consider Quitting Due to Stress
PRIVACY PRIVACY Vectra study finds many are seeking help for stress-related issues Read More