Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Among the vendors using uClibc and the uClibc variant uClibc-ng are Linksys, Netgear, Axis and Gentoo an embedded Linux distribution. This page from Ars Technica has links to the impacted devices: Gear from Netgear, Linksys, and 200 others has unpatched DNS poisoning flaw | Ars Technica Vendors were informed of …
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If your back-up and incident response plan is completely useless, you could always fall back on just paying the ransom that the cyber criminals demand. A Sophos study showed 46% of businesses did this: Study: 90% of organizations say ransomware impacted their ability to operate | TechRepublic But this study …
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Here’s a weekend read and something to think about when you are considering your cybersecurity budget: Interpol: We can’t arrest our way out of cybercrime • The Register I have also written about the cost of cyber security over on the Octagon blog:
Check Point Research shows a steady increase in the circulation of malware in March 2022, with a surge around Easter and Easter scams. March 2022’s Most Wanted Malware: Easter Phishing Scams Help Emotet Assert its Dominance – Check Point Software The highly disruptive malware, Emotet was the most distributed malware. …
This report from NCC Group about the state of cyber attacks for March 2022 shows the continuing rise of ransomware attacks across the United States and Europe. With the Hive ransomware gang emerging as one of the greatest threats. NCC Group Monthly Threat Pulse – March 2022 | NCC Group …
