August 12, 2024 at 01:44AM The Trump re-election campaign claims it’s the victim of a cyber attack after receiving data from anonymous sources. The campaign alleges that the documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the US. However, infosec experts are cautious about attributing the attack, and no alternative theory of the documents’ … Read more
July 22, 2024 at 01:26PM The Los Angeles County Superior Court, the largest in America, closed all 36 courthouses due to an “unprecedented” ransomware attack, which bricked every electronic platform containing court data. Court employees and infosec experts are working to restore court servers and databases, aiming to reopen on Tuesday, following the need to … Read more
April 8, 2024 at 02:36AM A top Israeli spy, Yossi Sariel, was exposed after a basic error, revealing him as the author of a book. Meanwhile, multiple security vulnerabilities have been reported, including issues in Android Pixel devices, IOSix’s devices, and Ivanti Secure Connect. Additionally, Jackson County, Missouri suffered a ransomware attack, and Kaspersky reported … Read more
January 22, 2024 at 04:57AM Ransomware poses a severe threat to businesses, governments, and organizations worldwide, with potentially irreversible data loss and devastating economic and operational consequences. Data Resilience Strategist at Object First, Sterling Wilson, emphasizes the need for proactive cybersecurity measures, advocating for immutable backup storage solutions like Ootbi to protect valuable data from … Read more
October 19, 2023 at 08:41AM Infosec experts warn that organizations that neglect internal employees’ vulnerabilities in their IT security strategy are exposing themselves to catastrophic dangers. A report by Gartner predicts that by 2025, lack of talent or human error will be responsible for more than half of significant cyber incidents. To combat this, the … Read more