Verimatrix Key Shield Wins Cybersecurity Excellence Award

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France & SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: Verimatrix, (Euronext Paris: VMX), the leader in powering the modern connected world with people-centered security, today announced that Verimatrix Key Shield was recognized as a gold winner in the 2022 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Key Shield deters cyberattacks by making it nearly impossible to...

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Armor Unlocks the Constraints Companies Face with Traditional Cybersecurity Providers

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Armor, the global cloud-native managed detection and response (MDR) leader, announces a bold and revolutionary model for securing customer environments that eliminates the challenges inherent in traditional approaches. Armor’s new offerings leverage cloud-native cybersecurity platforms and IP sharing to unlock companies from traditional solutions while...

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Harris Williams Advises Ntiva on its Sale to PSP Partners

RICHMOND, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Harris Williams, a global investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, announces it advised Ntiva, a portfolio company of Southfield Capital, on its sale to PSP Partners (PSP). Ntiva is a leading provider of managed IT services, strategic consulting, cybersecurity services, cloud services and telecom solutions. The transaction was...

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Stories from the SOC – WannaCry malware

Stories from the SOC is a blog series that describes recent real-world security incident investigations conducted and reported by the AT&T SOC analyst team for AT&T Managed Threat Detection and Response customers. Executive summary WannaCry malware was first discovered in May 2017 and a patch was released roughly two months prior to its public release. However, 230,000...

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Why smart meters will be essential to our sustainable future

As it stands today, the world needs to change its attitude to sustainability. As highlighted in the recent COP26 conference, human activity is causing unprecedented and potentially irreversible change to our environment, which is being driven by our production of harmful emissions and excessive energy consumption. However, as stated by David Attenborough, the famed environmentalist and broadcaster, “We are, after all, the greatest problem solvers to have ever existed on Earth… Surely working together, we are powerful enough to save it.” And, the...

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HOW TO BECOME AN (ISC)² VOLUNTEER AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CYBERSECURITY COMMUNITY

Ever wonder what more you can do to narrow the cybersecurity skills gap or how you can use your cybersecurity skills to make a difference in your local community? (ISC)² has the answer. (ISC)² unveiled a formal Volunteer Program to connect members and non-members with opportunities to make meaningful contributions to the cybersecurity industry on a global and local scale....

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Trellix Sees Advanced Persistent Threat Actors and Ransomware Groups Focus on Financial Services in Third Quarter of 2021

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Trellix released its Advanced Threat Research Report: January 2022, examining cybercriminal behavior and activity related to cyber threats in the third quarter of 2021. Among its findings, the research reports that despite a community reckoning to ban ransomware activity from online forums, hacker groups used alternate personas to continue...

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Springboard and UMass Global Launch a Four-Program Technical Skills Online Learning Partnership

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Springboard, an online learning platform preparing students for in-demand careers through comprehensive, mentor-led programs, and the University of Massachusetts Global (UMass Global) today announced a four-program partnership with tracks in Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Data Science, and Software Engineering. The partnership is Springboard’s...

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Baker McKenzie Adds Former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. as a Partner in New York

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global law firm Baker McKenzie has added former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. as a Partner in New York. One of the most well-known law enforcement officials in the US, Cy led the Manhattan District Attorney’s office for 12 years, overseeing major criminal prosecutions and an office of more than 600 prosecutors. The office handled...

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Work from Home leading to surge in Cyber Attacks in UK

The Work from Home (WfH) culture might do well to the employees, but some companies are disclosing openly that they are witnessing a surge in cyber attacks( mainly data breaches) on their IT infrastructure as their employees are not following basic cyber hygiene of using strong passwords and authenticating their Identity whole accessing networks. A survey conducted by a software firm Diligent involving 450 respondents in UK found that the WfH culture offered to its employees after the eruption of Corona Pandemic crisis has fetched them monetary...

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FBI still unsure about Israel Phantom Spyware

After spending a time span of two full years on thinking, US’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is still unsure on whether to buy Phantom Spyware from the Israeli firm NSO Group or not. FYI, NSO Group claims to have developed the best spying tool (as Phantom) that has the potential to hack into any phone device operating in United States. NSO is the same company that was banned by the Biden administration from trading in North America and so will no longer be eligible to develop or sell any software to the government agencies linked to White...

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The Bitglass Blog

In 2015 several things happened in the tech world that significantly impacted our lives today, such as Google making their powerful artificial intelligence technology (TensorFlow) open source, the start of the media streaming wars, and the introduction of the Apple Watch to the world. Also that year a first of its kind experiment, run by Bitglass, tracked where stolen data travelled through the “Dark Web.”  The post The Bitglass Blog appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. January 29, 2022 at 09:09...

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SJW Group Appoints James P. Lynch as Chief Accounting Officer, Andrew Walters as Chief Financial Officer; San Jose Water Appoints Peter Fletcher as Vice President – Information Security Officer

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The SJW Group (NYSE: SJW) board of directors has appointed James P. Lynch as chief accounting officer and Andrew F. Walters as chief financial officer. Peter Fletcher has been appointed vice president – information security officer of San Jose Water Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of SJW Group. The appointments were effective on Jan. 26. Lynch...

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How Will 5G Technology Alter IoT Security And How Can We Prepare?

The 5G technology appears to be perfect from a distance, with its grand claims of fostering efficient interconnectivity and speedy data transfers between people, objects, and devices. From this claim alone, everything seems too good to be true. Despite the massive inclination that we might have to believe these claims, we must scrutinize the legitimacy of the claims being made by 5G providers and get to the reality of the situation to maintain a robust cybersecurity landscape for the long run. As an increasing number of companies plan to implement...

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Preserving Health Care Data Security in 2022

Health care data has become a focus for many recent cybersecurity efforts. The medical industry has become a favorite target of cybercriminals, with one in five Americans having their information exposed in a breach. Regulations like HIPAA require medical organizations to protect patient data, but they often don’t specify how. It’s up to the covered entities themselves to determine what specific protections can help them achieve these ends. Here are five steps to preserve health care data security in 2022. 1. Implement Strict Access Controls The...

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Godspeed Capital Acquires Savli Group, Inc.

WOODBINE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Godspeed Capital Management LP (“Godspeed Capital”), a lower middle-market Defense & Government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm, today announced the successful acquisition of Savli Group, Inc. (“Savli” or the “Company”), a professional services company providing ServiceNow Software and Information Technology...

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Data Privacy Day Underscores Importance of Safeguarding Personal Information Online

WINTER PARK, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Data is everywhere. It is used in a variety of ways and formats. What we use to communicate and advance our lives, can also have a dark side. Personal information can become compromised and can cause a path of destruction that negatively impacts our financial security and our identity. Friday, January 28, 2022, is Data Privacy Day, or Data...

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Cyber Attack on Iran State TV leads to display of images of dissidents

Iranian State TV was hacked and images of dissidents were displayed for 10 seconds in what seems to be the first of its kind incident in the history of the Islamic nation.   Viewers were surprised to see Massoud Rajavi, the founder of People’s Mujahedeen (MEK) and his wife Maryam Rajavi for a few seconds and then were forced to see a crossed image of leader Ayatollah Khamenei, with a voice of a man chanting ‘Salute to Rajavi and death to Khamenei. ISNA News Agency from Iran reported that Reza Alidadi, the head of the state broadcaster’s technology,...

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Ransomware news trending on Google

1.) A Taiwan-based electronics firm named Delta Electronics was hit by a ransomware attack on January 22nd, 2022, affecting its admin operations to the core. Delta that supplies hardware parts to other businesses such as Tesla, Apple Inc, Dell, and HP disclosed that Conti Ransomware gang was behind the attack on its servers and recovery was under process. Delta stated that the IT staff is putting 100% effort to recover from the incident and the company is in no mood to entertain the $15 million ransom demand put forward by the Conti Ransomware...

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