(Getty Images) What more can be done to stop ransomware attacks? A panel of experts debated at the 2024 mWISE conference what more could be done in the wake of police action and tens of millions in ransom… Sep 19, 2024 By Greg Otto
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House on July 24. (Photo by Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images) Biden’s cybersecurity legacy: ‘a big shift’ to private sector responsibility Over the course of his term, Joe Biden has presided over an ambitious agenda on regulation and more, to both praise and criticism. Jul 29, 2024 By Tim Starks
Car dealership office. (Fahroni, iStock/Getty Images Plus) CDK hack shows SEC disclosure standards are unsettled The early application of the regulatory agency’s new cybersecurity reporting rules reveal that materiality is in the eye of the beholder. Jul 16, 2024 By Tim Starks
A sign is posted on the exterior of Twitter headquarters on April 27, 2022 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Twitter may have given user’s private data to a ransomware hacker, who then ran a researcher offline If true, it's just the latest example of phony data requests used for illicit purposes. May 2, 2022 By AJ Vicens
A cutout of an Israeli soldier is seen behind signs pointing out distances to different cities at an army post in Mount Bental in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, on November 28, 2020. (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images) Ransomware isn’t always about gangs making money. Sometimes it’s about nations manufacturing mayhem. Iran and perhaps China seem to have moved into the game of disruptive ransomware attacks. Jan 18, 2022 By Tim Starks