Tag Archive: "cybersecuritytraining"
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FBI-Ransomware Impacting Local Governments
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a Private Industry Notification (PIN) last week related to new and evolving cybersecurity threats. In particular, the FBI confirmed that ransomware attacks have been specifically targeted against local government entities. The impact could be “significant due to the Public’s dependency on critical utilities, emergency services, educational facilities and other services overseen by local government”.
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How the Events in Ukraine Could Impact U.S. Businesses
As we watch history unfold in the Ukraine, it’s important to think about how these events can impact you and your business. One way in which you could be impacted is by a cyber-attack. The Russian government has used cyber as a key component of their force projection over the last decade. The last week has seen an unprecedented level of disruptive activity including activation of the new “HermeticWiper” malware attack discovered on February 23. While these attacks are currently focused outside the US, it is generally believed that sanctions imposing on Russia by Ukraine’s western allies, including the United States may cause retaliatory cyber-attacks here in our homeland.
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Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Final Ruling Presentation
What is included in the final GLBA rule published on October 2021? How might this impact you? When does the rule take effect? We will be presenting on the updated rule at the Higher Education virtual conference on 2/22/22. Here is the link if you are interested. 2022 Higher Education Virtual Conference : 2022 : […]
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Build Your Own OSINT APIs for Pen Testers
tend to rely heavily on open-source intelligence (OSINT) data sources and APIs. This blog post is all about the value of mining OSINT data ourselves, and shows how to index very large datasets for quick searches.
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Increase in Cyber Attacks on K-12 Schools in Remote Environment
K-12 schools continues to be a target for cyber attacks. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) shared an alert regarding the increase in attack due to the remote work environment and some mitigations to reduce your risk.
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To Pay or Not Pay the Ransom
There has been an increase in ransomware demands since COVID and this sometimes encourage future ransomware payment demands. This could result in sanctions.