CyberSecurity Blog

ICYMI: Layoffs Come Less Than 3 Months After the Company Cut 55 Positions Beleaguered vendor IronNet will execute another round of layoffs, axing nearly 90 employees and removing co-CEO William Welch and CFO James Gerber from their posts. IronNet revealed plans to reduce its 250-person staff by approximately 35% less than three months after laying…
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Operational Technology Security Takes Center Stage Through Public-Private Programs The vulnerabilities of OT systems have been known and ignored for years, but breaches, an increasingly hostile threat environment and government programs to promote information sharing, training and cyber grant funding could finally put IT and OT security on equal ground.http://dlvr.it/SYSqDd

Former FTC Consumer Protection Bureau Leader Daniel Kaufman Discusses Top Concerns As the Federal Trade Commission focuses on data brokers that collect and share consumers’ sensitive information, any company that participates in those activities needs to carefully review its practices, says attorney Daniel Kaufman, former acting director of the FTC’s Consumer Protection Bureau.http://dlvr.it/SYShp0

Three men in the United Kingdom were arrested this month for attempting to assault a local man and steal his virtual currencies. The incident is the latest example of how certain cybercriminal communities are increasingly turning to physical violence to settle scores and disputes. Shortly after 11 p.m. on September 6, a resident in the…
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ICYMI: A New Delivery Model Surfacing for Various Assessment Services, but Best for SMBs? A new delivery model is surfacing for various assessment services – one that is going to be bad for SMBs, whose options were already limited.http://dlvr.it/SYS3DL

Layoffs Come Less Than 3 Months After the Company Cut 55 Positions Beleaguered vendor IronNet will execute another round of layoffs, axing nearly 90 employees and removing co-CEO William Welch and CFO James Gerber from their posts. IronNet revealed plans to reduce its 250-person staff by approximately 35% less than three months after laying off…
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Even if you don’t consistently install Microsoft’s security patches as soon as they’re released, the September 2022 patch released this week deserves immediate attention. Dozens of bugs, flaws, and vulnerabilities were addressed …http://dlvr.it/SYPBLR

ICYMI: Tehran Under US Pressure for Violating Peacetime Cyberspace Norms The U.S. government accused Iran of turning a blind eye to ransomware hackers after indicting three men affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Authorities say their attacks affected critical infrastructure including healthcare centers, transportation services and utility providers.http://dlvr.it/SYP9Nx

ICYMI: If you haven’t heard of DuckDuckGo, it’s a tiny browser that only gets a fraction of the traffic that Google does. If we’re being honest, it gets only a fraction of the …http://dlvr.it/SYP7bp

A New Delivery Model Surfacing for Various Assessment Services, but Best for SMBs? A new delivery model is surfacing for various assessment services – one that is going to be bad for SMBs, whose options were already limited.http://dlvr.it/SYNZgz