In the U.S., three states now have disparate data privacy laws - and more are coming. Meanwhile, China has enacted a new law that has global enterprises scrambling. How will these and other actions shape privacy discussions in 2022? Noted attorney Lisa Sotto shares insights.
Microsoft's Azure App Service had a security flaw, which researchers call "NotLegit," that kept your Local Git repository publicly accessible, according to a security blog from Wiz.io. The source code of customer applications written in Java, Node, PHP, Python and Ruby was exposed for four years.
French IT services firm Inetum Group has confirmed that it was the subject of a ransomware attack last week that disrupted certain operations. The group has ruled out, however, that the incident has any links to the Log4j vulnerability.
Lisa Sotto, partner and chair of the global privacy and cybersecurity practice at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, joins three ISMG editors to discuss important cybersecurity and privacy issues, including how U.S. enterprises are harmonizing three disparate privacy laws, and ransomware preparedness.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of the most recent developments in the Log4j security flaw crisis, ransomware-era incident response essentials and what to expect from cybersecurity in 2022.
What does the C-suite want to know about ransomware preparedness and response strategies? CEO of (ISC)² Clar Rosso shares findings from the company's new report that provides insights into the minds of C-suite executives and how they perceive their organizations’ readiness for ransomware attacks.
An authentication bypass vulnerability in Zoho's widely used unified endpoint management tool, ManageEngine Desktop Central, is being used by advanced persistent threat actors to gain remote access permissions, the FBI says.
Sainsbury's, the U.K.’s second-largest chain of supermarkets, confirms that it suffered an outage in its payroll system caused by a cyberattack affecting its cloud-based payroll service supplier - the U.S.-based multinational firm Ultimate Kronos Group, which was hit by a cyberattack last week.
The newly published U.K. Cyber Security Strategy demonstrates "the depth of ambition that the U.K. has got for the cyber sector," says Dan Patefield, program head of cyber and national security at techUK. He discusses the opportunities and challenges the new strategy brings.
The Log4j vulnerability has underscored once again the widespread dependence on open-source software projects and the lurking risks. Patrick Dwyer of OWASP says such projects deserve more resources to avoid major security vulnerabilities.
For anyone hoping to celebrate the decline and fall of ransomware by year's end, think again. While some notable operations have bowed out - at least in name - threat intelligence firm Intel 471 warns that newcomers now account for the majority of attacks, and attack volume is "still on the rise."
Multiple new attacks exploiting the explosive Apache Log4j vulnerabilities have been uncovered, including a newly discovered JavaScript WebSocket attack, threat actors injecting Monero miners via Remote Method Invocation and the comeback of an old and relatively inactive ransomware family.
In the latest weekly update, four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity issues, including mitigating the Apache Log4j zero-day vulnerability, findings from a new report analyzing the Conti ransomware attack on Ireland's Health Services Executive and President Biden's drive to...
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of the Log4j security flaw, including the risks and mitigation techniques, how to patch Log4j, and CISO Dawn Cappelli on Log4j response.
Attackers tied to China, Iran, North Korea and Turkey have been targeting or testing exploits of the ubiquitous Apache Log4j vulnerability. Vendors are rushing to identify and patch supported software and hardware as cybersecurity agencies urge organizations to mitigate the threat and beware exploit attempts.
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