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ICYMI: Witnesses at Hearing Also Discuss Role of Government in Security Incident Response A water trade association, at a congressional hearing Tuesday, urged the federal government to institute minimum cybersecurity standards for water systems. This comes as water providers see a big increase in the risk they face by connecting their legacy machines to the…
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Seebeck Wants to Create a Prevention-Based Approach to Protecting Privileged Users New BeyondTrust CEO Janine Seebeck plans to help privileged users protect themselves by applying machine learning to detect patterns in the data generated across BeyondTrust’s 20,000 customers. She starts as BeyondTrust’s CEO July 1 and replaces Matt Dircks, who has led the company since…
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Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. But few organizations have a playbook for responding to the kinds of virtual “smash and grab” attacks…
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Witnesses at Hearing Also Discuss Role of Government in Security Incident Response A water trade association, at a congressional hearing Tuesday, urged the federal government to institute minimum cybersecurity standards for water systems. This comes as water providers see a big increase in the risk they face by connecting their legacy machines to the internet.http://dlvr.it/SN2PVH

ICYMI: Among Charges: Unauthorized Computer Access With Intent to Impair Data Reliability Two teenage boys arrested and charged by the City of London Police in connection with its investigation into the Lapsus$ hacking group have been released on bail for an undisclosed sum. They are due to appear in Southwark Crown Court on April 29.http://dlvr.it/SN1zbw

ICYMI: Company Initiates Complete Shutdown of IT Systems; Attack May Link to Viasat German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex, which develops, manufactures and distributes wind power systems across the world, has switched off its IT systems in multiple locations after a reported cybersecurity incident. It says the shutdown may affect customers, employees and other stakeholders.http://dlvr.it/SN1dBR

ICYMI: Threat Actors Luring Ukrainian Phishing Targets to Download Malicious Files Researchers from Malwarebytes have found that cyberespionage actor UAC-0056, also known as SaintBear, UNC2589 and TA471, is now using a macro-embedded Excel document to target several entities in Ukraine, including ICTV, a private TV channel.http://dlvr.it/SN0yMK

ICYMI: The REvil ransomware gang’s attack against the U.S. software company Kaseya in July 2021 is one of the largest and most intriguing ransomware attacks of all time. Here’s the inside story of how the attack went down and how organizations recovered.http://dlvr.it/SMzlyX