Month: June 2021

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

The round was led by Prefix Capital and ForgePoint Capital, with participation from Accenture Ventures, as well as individual investors Tom Gonser, founder of DocuSign; Omkhar Arasarathnam, engineering director at Google Cloud; Bob Gleichauf, EVP at InQTel and ex-CTO at Cisco; David Tsao, VP of security engineering at Marqeta; and Sameer Sait, CISO at Amazon…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Also known as Sodinokibi, REvil has become one of the most prominent ransomware families out there, being involved in a large number of high-profile attacks, including the one on JBS, the world’s largest meat processing company. REvil is offered by an Eastern Europe/Russia-based threat actor tracked as PINCHY SPIDER, which is known for their RaaS…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

The project, called D3FEND, is available through the non-profit Mitre Corporation as a catalog of defensive cybersecurity techniques and their relationships to offensive/adversary techniques. The primary goal of the initial D3FEND release is to help standardize the vocabulary used to describe defensive cybersecurity technology functionality. Mitre described D3FEND as an “early stage experimental research project”…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Scheduling and patient medical records were affected and some cancer patients faced delays in treatment. It took months for the University of Vermont Health Network to recover from the attack, estimated to cost upwards of $63 million. The network is insured for $30 million and officials are continuing to negotiate with the insurance companies, but…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Security Week

Attacks against the container infrastructure are continuing to increase in both frequency and sophistication. It takes just a few hours to detect a new vulnerable container using internet scanning tools like Masscan. The attacks are becoming more evasive, while the supply chain is now targeted. Aqua Security’s Team Nautilus has analyzed 17,358 attacks against its…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

“It is the position of the U.S. government that we strongly discourage the payment of ransoms,” Eric Goldstein, a top cybersecurity official in the Department of Homeland Security, told a congressional hearing last week. But paying carries no penalties and refusing would be almost suicidal for many companies, especially the small and medium-sized. Too many…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

In a letter to customers, the company indicated that outsiders might have gained access to Social Security numbers, passport numbers, dates of birth, addresses and health information of people. The company declined to say how many people’s information was exposed. The breach comes after Carnival was hit twice last year by ransomware attacks. Carnival spokesman…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Speaking after the two leaders’ first summit in Geneva, Biden said he laid down the line on Moscow not taking action against hackers who have extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from western governments, companies, and organisations from the safety of Russian soil. “I pointed out to him we have significant cyber capability and he…