Which adversaries' attack techniques do enterprises need to prioritize? This question was the basis of a research project conducted in part by MITRE and partners such as Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs. Fortinet's Douglas Jose Pereira dos Santos discusses the value of high-resolution threat intelligence.
Ukraine's cybersecurity authority says the country is fighting its first-ever hybrid war - combining conventional and digital warfare strategies and tactics. In this time of high alert, Rob Dartnall of Security Alliance calls for organizations to develop their threat intelligence capabilities.
Hacking group MuddyWater, linked to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security, is targeting Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula to conduct espionage and intellectual property theft and to deploy ransomware and destructive malware. The campaign uses malicious documents to deploy RATs on systems.
International hacking collective Anonymous on Thursday announced that it has hacked the Russian censorship agency known as Roskomnadzor. The group released 364,000 files it says show intensified censorship around the perception of the Ukraine invasion, which began in late February.
After months of political infighting, a landmark cybersecurity provision requiring critical infrastructure providers to report security incidents and ransom payments has passed both chambers of Congress and now heads to President Joe Biden's desk. The mandate is part of an omnibus spending bill.
Two suspected ransomware operators have been extradited to the U.S. from Ukraine and Canada, according to the Department of Justice. One was allegedly part of the July 2021 Kaseya attack, and the other allegedly attacked healthcare facilities with NetWalker ransomware during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cybersecurity in Russia right now is complicated, owing to reprisals over its Ukraine invasion, leading to Russia launching its own root certificate to keep sites online; facing down "Russians only" RURansom wiper malware; and Avast being the latest business to suspend all operations in the country.
Ari Redbord of TRM Labs joins editors at ISMG to discuss President Biden's executive order on digital assets, the role of cryptocurrency in the Ukraine-Russia war and nuances for ransomware victims who consider paying a ransom, and trends in regulatory guidance and leadership for digital currency.
In the new "Proof of Concept," John Kindervag, Zero Trust creator and senior vice president of cybersecurity strategy at ON2IT, and Jeremy Grant, managing director of technology business strategy at Venable, join ISMG's Anna Delaney and Tom Field to discuss trending Zero Trust and identity issues.
Gary Hibberd, known as "The Professor of Communicating Cyber" at cybersecurity services provider Cyberfort Group, discusses the biggest changes made since 2013 to the ISO 27001 international standard for an information security management system, which helps organizations secure their data assets.
With Ukraine having called on the world to join its "IT Army" and help it hack Russia and ally Belarus, what could possibly go wrong? For starters, launching distributed denial-of-service attacks - at least from outside Ukraine - remains illegal and risks triggering an escalation by Moscow.
In an open letter addressing Ukraine's request to web governance entity ICANN, dozens of researchers, internet activists, politicians and academics voiced their disapproval, instead calling for precise, measured sanctions that could more effectively weaken Russian military and propaganda efforts.
The headline-grabbing incidents of the past year have hammered home one point: There is a huge difference between incident response planning and being incident response ready. Joseph Carson of Delinea talks about this distinction and how to refine your readiness.
U.S. President Joe Biden this week issued a cryptocurrency executive order that addresses consumer protection, national security and financial stability. Ari Redbord, former senior adviser at the U.S. Treasury, calls this order "a clarion call" for crypto regulation and shares his initial reaction.
The ISMG Security Report features an analysis of the U.S. government's request for billions of dollars in tech aid to curb the global impact of the Kremlin's campaign in Ukraine. It also examines Biden's cryptocurrency executive order and why breached organizations often don't share full details.
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