One of the more heavily RANSOMWARE targeted industries in recent months is CASINOS. ooo A recent FBI alert warns, "...identified notorious ransomware groups, including Bitpaymer, Conti, Cuba, REvil, Ryuk and Snatch...have launched successful attacks on casinos, shutting down operations and stealing data.” Source Recent Statistics: "Experts estimate that a ransomware attack occurs every 11 seconds in 2021... 60% of survey respondents experienced revenue loss and 53% stated the

By: Jerry Craft, Nth vCISO and Senior Security Consultant Looking for a place to chat with experts? In the late ’80s and early ’90s, I was Matthew Broderick from the movie “War Games.” At that stage of my life, I had already burned through a Commodore VIC-20 and ventured into the new world of a Tandy 8088 computing system. This computing screaming demon was pure Intel 86 processor that had a 20MB hard drive and floppy drives. Yes, younger generations, I could write programs

Why Segmentation? Security, Security, Security!!!! Some say, “It is not if, but when” you will experience devices infected with malware such as ransomware or BIT mining. Opening a file in an email or a link on the web that the Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) or Antivirus (AV) has not detected could infect your machine and attempt to move laterally within your network, looking for valuable data and high-profile servers to attack. This means it can encrypt all your files for ra

Varonis’ CEO, Yaki Faitelson, and Nth Generation vCISO, Rich Lindberg, had the pleasure of recently catching up in a face-to-face exchange. They discussed ransomware and strategic approaches that organizations can utilize to manage this growing threat. This article stems from their recent conversation. Information drives nearly every organization today – and we've become totally reliant on it. Data and Information Technology (IT) provide competitive advantages for organizat

What does the Kaseya ransomware breach have in common with the tragic collapse of a 12-story Florida condominium? Both organizations were warned of critical problems to their infrastructure well in advance. The loss of life in Florida is tragic and there is no comparison to the financial loss of the Kaseya breach, even with the $70 million ransom demand. What is comparable is that both organizations had foreknowledge of the problems but failed to take effective action in adva

IT organizations are used to running older servers, storage, and networking gear. The typical mantra is to run them as long as possible; then even longer in an attempt to save money, reduce IT project churn, and stabilize the IT infrastructure. We’ll discuss a few of the problems that are created by this policy mindset, and the risks that are perpetuated either knowingly or unknowingly. In this article, there are two core viewpoints of the typical company thought processes th

If you have gone through a typical Incident Response Tabletop exercise, you know that it can be very predictive and boring. The scenarios are picked ahead of time. The responses are known. The responses are prepackaged, and it becomes a routine check mark. How do we address this? Make it a game. Gamification of training has long been a way to engage the audience for better results. There are also many ways to bring those same concepts to testing your IRP testing. Here are tw

Join us: Thursday, June 10th from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm PT The content of our upcoming June 10th event is crucially relevant to what is going on in today’s marketplace regarding Ransomware. A major local healthcare organization was recently a victim to malware targeting their information systems. Colonial Pipeline paid $4.4 million in ransom to hackers. The stoppage spurred gasoline prices to surge to the highest levels in more than 6 ½ years. Organizations are not just affe

With recent, acute cyberattacks, including the Colonial Pipeline takedown, ransomware continues to crescendo as a burning topic.

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LEARN THE HOTTEST TOPICS FROM SYMPOSIUM Nth Symposium 2020 Encore! Join us for TWO fast-paced 15-minute recap sessions featuring the 2020 Cybersecurity and Datacenters December 3, 2020 | 9:00 am - 11:30 am PT CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW Core highlights of over 55+ technical multi-vendor breakout sessions from Nth Generation’s 3-day 20th Annual IT & Cybersecurity Symposium Live Q&A with Nth vCISOs and Solution Architects Encore Viewing Agenda 9:00 am Cameron Matthews, Senior

In addition to best practices, this session will provide a fast-paced recap of HOT topics from the 2020 Symposium, as well as an opportunity to interact with LIVE Subject Matter Experts! BY POPULAR DEMAND Announcing Nth Symposium 2020 Encore Virtual Event covering 2020 Cybersecurity and Datacenter Best Practices December 3, 2020 | 9:00 am - 11:30 am PT Did you miss #NTHSYMP2020? Attend this Encore virtual event and gain ON-DEMAND ACCESS to the entire Symposium, through the en

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