Grant Schneider of Venable and three ISMG editors discuss preparedness, response and resilience in light of the Ukraine-Russia crisis; the White House and allies’ efforts to counter ransomware; and future guidance to expect from the Biden administration's cybersecurity executive order.
As Russia has invaded Ukraine, the likelihood of nation-state cyberattacks continue to escalate, and banks remain a top target. On this week's "Sound Off," David Pollino, the former CISO of PNC Bank, discusses how financial institutions should - and must - strengthen their incident response plans.
Older consumers are considered a more vulnerable population. They are the best kind of customers, and cybercriminals know that. They are known for having better credit and more funds, tend to be more trusting, and lack familiarity with new digital technologies. Fortunately, there is a way to help financial...
Russia-linked threat actor Sandworm aka Voodoo Bear has been found using a new malware, dubbed Cyclops Blink. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the U.S. and the U.K. have shared details of the malware, as well as the threat group's TTPs and indicators of compromise.
Technology giant ASUS subsidiary Asustor, which specializes in network-attached storage devices, on Friday issued updated guidelines on eliminating the Deadbolt ransomware strain from its NAS devices.
NBC News reports that President Joe Biden has been given a menu of options for conducting offensive cyber strikes again Russia. But the White House's press secretary says the report is "off base and does not reflect what is actually being discussed in any shape or form."
Two years of accelerated cloud migration have brought great services and efficiencies to enterprises. But they also have expanded and exposed a growing risk: Cloud data security. Laminar CMO Andy Smith discusses the urgency of the challenge and how to address it.
In the latest "Proof of Concept," Grant Schneider, senior director of cybersecurity services at the law firm Venable, and Ari Redbord, head of legal and government affairs at TRM Labs, join editors at Information Security Media Group to discuss trending cybersecurity issues.
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, what will happen next remains unclear. Accordingly, cybersecurity experts are again calling on organizations globally to focus on what they can control, including their cybersecurity defenses and business resiliency preparedness.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase briefly halted its services Feb. 11 after a security researcher uncovered a critical vulnerability affecting its Retail Advanced Trading platform, allowing malicious users to sell BTC without owning any. The researcher who found the flaw got a $250,000 bug bounty.
The use of digital currency as legal tender continues to be prohibited in Russia, according to the Russian Ministry of Finance's draft of digital currency law, even as Russia imposes heavy regulations on crypto exchanges. Also, the Bank of Russia is testing the platform for the country's CBDC.
On Feb. 13, Adobe patched a critical vulnerability that affected its Commerce and Magento platforms, which customers use to manage their businesses' e-commerce. But a proof-of-concept exploit for the latest patch has resulted in yet another out-of-band patch update from Adobe for CVE-2022-24087.
In 2021, there was a spike in cybercrime, and the focus changed for threat actors from several countries, particularly Russia and China. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike provides an overview of the changes, analyzes the takedown of Russian threat actor REvil and adds to its list of adversaries.
Cisco's Email Security Appliance is affected by a high-rated vulnerability that can allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to launch a denial-of-service attack, the company says. The company and CISA advise that affected software be updated at the earliest.
According to a new threat report from Expel, business email compromise should now be viewed as "public enemy #1." Jonathan Hencinski of Expel is joined by Theodore Peterson of Datasite to support that claim and discuss how best to strategize against these schemes.
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