Honda Halts Production at Japan Plant After Cyber Attacks
Honda said Wednesday it had temporarily halted production at a plant in Japan after it suffered a cyberattack from the same ransomware that struck hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide last month. The Japanese automaker said it had shut its plant in Sayama, near Tokyo, on Monday after discovering its computer system was infected with…
Why WannaCry Was a Wake Up Call for Critical Infrastructure Security
The WannaCry ransomware attack impacted more than 10,000 organizations in 150 countries, including manufacturing and industrial organizations like Nissan, Renault and Dacia, Spanish Telefónica and Deutsche Bahn. It’s likely that a fair number of industrial organizations have been impacted, but haven’t reported the incidents since they are not required to do so by regulatory requirements.
Cyber Solstice: IT Security Tasks to Tackle on the Longest Day of the Year
This week, we will experience the longest day of the year: June 21. For IT professionals, more daylight means more time to handle tasks on the back burner, start new projects or even — gasp — take a step back from the cybersecurity front lines. Here’s a look at some top contenders for security tasks…
U.K. Center of Security Excellence Hit by Ransomware
One of the world’s top ten universities, awarded the status of “centre of excellence in cyber-security research” by the UK’s GCHQ, has been hit by a so-far unrecognized strain of ransomware. This comes just one month after many UK health trusts were struck by the global WannaCry ransomware. In a statement originally issued yesterday and…
10 Ways to Fight Advanced Malware With Threat Intelligence Sharing
Last month, we celebrated the two-year anniversary of the IBM X-Force Exchange (XFE). During that week, the threat intelligence sharing platform reached a record spike in traffic as users flocked to the site to stay up to date on the recently exposed WannaCry ransomware.
Four New Cyberthreats on the CISO’s Radar
Enterprises today face new cyberthreats from many different vectors, including some that didn’t exist just a few years ago. Chief information security officers (CISOs) need to keep their eyes on the evolving ways their companies can be breached and close any gaps to minimize the damage.
Stopping Threats in Their Tracks With Proactive Monitoring
With household names such as Renault ceasing manufacturing and the National Health Service of the U.K. actively redirecting patients from hospitals that are incapable of providing critical health care, ransomware has moved well beyond an annoyance that impacts your grandmother’s laptop and directly into the global spotlight. Over the past few days, however, the behavior…
Health Care and Ransomware: A Marriage Made in Hades
The WannaCry ransomware attack that struck on May 12 and quickly spread around the world was anything but routine. Heretofore, most ransomware attacks were initiated after a successful phishing effort; that wasn’t the case with WannaCry. Ransomware attacks are generally confined and targeted; this one, to date, has hit more than 100,000 organizations in over…
Protecting your cloud from ransomware
For enterprises that use the cloud, the key to being protected starts with understanding the layers that make up the components of their cloud stack. These different layers create multiple potential targets, and for the informed, they each represent a piece of the cloud environment that can be secured against potential threats. Ransomware doesn’t have…
Week in review: WannaCry decryptor available, stealing Windows credentials using Google Chrome
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: DocuSign breached, stolen info used for targeted phishing campaign Phishing emails impersonating electronic signature technology provider DocuSign are not an unusual sight, but the latest campaign has the added advantage of specifically targeting registered DocuSign users. There’s now a WannaCry decryptor tool…