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JBS: Cyber-attack hits world’s largest meat supplier
The world’s largest meat processing company has been targeted by a sophisticated cyber-attack. Computer networks at JBS were hacked, temporarily shutting down some operations in Australia, Canada and the US, with thousands of workers affected. The company believes the ransomware attack originated from a criminal group likely based in Russia, the White House said. The […]
Why Government Needs More than Money to Fix Cybersecurity Issues
Today’s cybersecurity landscape can be described as tumultuous at best. The last six months alone have shown just how frequent, devastating and far-reaching modern attacks can be. When compounded with what seems like an inescapable skills gap, cybersecurity professionals are constantly behind the curve. This rings especially true for the federal government and those working daily […]
Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack Prompts DHS to Issue New Cybersecurity Regulations
Hot on the heels of an executive order aimed at standardizing federal response to cyber attacks and creating new reporting requirements for government vendors, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is establishing its own requirements specifically for companies in the oil pipeline industry. Some of these new cybersecurity regulations have been in the works for […]
Cybersecurity Secrecy Keeps Doors Open for Hackers
Business is booming for cyber extortionists. DarkSide, the hacking group that shut down a key U.S. oil pipeline earlier this month, has collected over $90 million recently in hard-to-trace Bitcoin from 47 different victims, according to the blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The pipeline hack ended only after Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million in ransom to regain control […]
Irish cyber-attack: Hackers bail out Irish health service for free
Hackers responsible for causing widespread disruption to the Irish health system have unexpectedly gifted it with the tool to help it recover. The Conti ransomware group was reportedly asking the health service for $20m (£14m) to restore services after the “catastrophic hack”. But now the criminals have handed over the software tool for free. The […]
What Does the Biden Administration’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Mean for Your Organization?
On Wednesday May 12, President Biden signed an extensive executive order (EO) on improving the United States’ cybersecurity stature. The E.O. is directed at US federal departments and agencies, and federal contractors, but its impact and resultant standards will likely have a much broader impact across global critical infrastructure sectors and related technology suppliers. Influenced by a […]
Tool checks phone numbers from Facebook data breach
People can now enter their phone numbers into a website to see if they appeared in a recent Facebook data breach. Details of more than 530 million people were leaked in a database online, largely consisting of mobile numbers. People can use the Have I Been Pwned online tool to check if their numbers or […]
Biden signs massive cyber order, using federal buying power to influence broader private sector practices
Dating back to SolarWinds — the fallout to which started a few months before his administration — and continuing through the Microsoft Exchange hacking and the Colonial Pipeline shutdown, the Biden administration has been beset with wall to wall cybersecurity crises. Today, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to fight back. The long-awaited executive […]
Home Share 1.7k Energy Ransomware attack leads to shutdown of major U.S. pipeline system
A ransomware attack led one of the nation’s biggest fuel pipeline operators to shut down its entire network on Friday, according to the company and two U.S. officials familiar with the matter. While it is not expected to have an immediate impact on fuel supply or prices, the attack on Colonial Pipeline, which carries almost […]