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CISA is building an automated ransomware warning program
FedScoop· 15 hours agoCurrently running in a pilot phase, the program is mandated by the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 and aims to reduce the number of ransomware
Cyberattack forces Georgia county to sever connection to state voter registration system
WKBT La Crosse· 7 hours agoInvestigators believe the incident was a ransomware attack, in which cybercriminals typically lock computer systems and demand a ransom, the sources said. The federal Cybersecurity ...
Feds Try Breaking Out Into Song to Get People to Take Ransomware Seriously
PC Magazine· 2 days agoA conference in Washington about the dry, often dour subject of ransomware policy briefly broke into song this week, courtesy of Jen Easterly, director of the government’s ...
Cybersecurity researchers spotlight a new ransomware threat – be careful where you upload files
San Francisco Chronicle· 18 hours agoIt turns out that uploading files can get you into trouble, too. Today’s web browsers are much more powerful than earlier generations of browsers. My colleagues and I have shown how hackers ...
Montclair residents told their information was compromised in cyberattack
The Record· 2 hours agoFourth Ward Councilor David Cummings said LaPolla alerted the governing body that the June ...
New CISA cybersecurity measures to fight ransomware raise privacy concerns
The Central Virginian· 13 hours agoCISA's Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot aims to safeguard 7,000 organizations by 2024, amid...
Security & Privacy -- Campus Technology
Campus Technology· 3 hours agoIn the first half of 2021, dedicated denial of service (DDoS) attacks were up by double digits. And nearly three-quarters of threats detected in the last quarter were zero-day malware — an all-time high.
UnitedHealth hackers accessed system days before ransomware attack (NYSE:UNH)
Seeking Alpha· 4 days agoHackers reportedly gained access to the systems of UnitedHealth Group’s (UNH) Change Healthcare unit...
Ransomware payments drop to record low of 28% in Q1 2024
BleepingComputer· 6 days agoRansomware actors have had a rough start this year, as stats from cybersecurity firm Coveware show...
Ransomware Groups Target More Vulnerable Countries for Practice
iTech Post· 2 days agoPeople say that practice makes perfect, and it turns out hackers believe in that as well. Before...
