Norsk Hydro responds to ransomware attack with transparency

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 21:00:57 +0000

Aluminum supplier Norsk Hydro was attacked by LockerGoga, a form of ransomware. Learn how the company recovered and got back to business as usual.

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Nuclear Bot Author Arrested in Sextortion Case

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:09:10 +0000

Last summer, a wave of sextortion emails began flooding inboxes around the world. The spammers behind this scheme claimed they’d hacked your computer and recorded videos of you watching porn, and promised to release the embarrassing footage to all your contacts unless a bitcoin demand was paid. Now, French authorities say they’ve charged two men they believe are responsible for masterminding this scam. One of them is a 21-year-old hacker interviewed by KrebsOnSecurity in 2017 who openly admitted to authoring a banking trojan called “Nuclear Bot.”

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How to secure your IoT deployment during the security talent shortage

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:00:41 +0000

It’s complex work to define a security strategy for IoT—especially with a 3-million-person shortage of cybersecurity pros. But there is a way to augment existing security teams and resources.

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New Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA) would empower American users

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:28:37 +0000

The Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA) would give everyday Americans the right to sue a company that violated their privacy rights, extending enforcement capabilities directly to the public.

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How To Get The Most Out Of Industry Analyst Reports

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:26:20 +0000

Whether you’re trying to inform purchasing decisions or just want to better understand the cybersecurity market and its players, industry analyst reports can be very helpful. Following our recent accolades by Forrester and IDC in their respective cloud security reports, we want to help customers understand how to use this information. Our VP of cybersecurity,…

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Ransomware-seized New Orleans declares state of emergency

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:14:47 +0000

There are signs that the attackers used the particularly pernicious Ryuk strain of ransomware.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_IFQ_O3lT1A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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