ransomware

A mere week ago (as I write this), Connect held its annual showcase NonStop user meeting. As I first sat down to write about it, I realized it’s the first time since 1995 that the annual ITUG or Connect NonStop meeting has been held outside of California

Business disruption is inevitable today. And increasingly it’s down to cyber incidents. Attacks caused $10.3bn in losses last year, in cases reported to the FBI alone.

NonStop is different, in case no one noticed, I figured I would finally say it. There is no GUI, no web browser, no user accessible HDMI, USB, or flash drives. The operating system is hardened, secure, with unmodifiable system memory.

Reviewing the topics that were covered at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in January is a good way to get some highlights not only on what some of the current world challenges are but also to realize how those are so closely connected to the great challenges of our IT industry.

IceFire is standard-fare ransomware.  It is a kind known as ‘big-game hunting’ (BGH) ransomware.  What is BGH ransomware? It is a kind of ransomware that is characterized by a double extortion model that targets large enterprises, using numerous persistence mechanisms.  It is very hard to detect since it covers it tracks by deleting log files.

Cloud computing saved many organizations during the pandemic as they rapidly recalibrated to support mass home working and reach more

You did everything right. But… despite well-documented ITSM Security Policies, enforced user training, and expensive tools, the worst has happened.

Corporate IT security teams are often accused of being too reactive in their approach to threat defense. Yet it’s unfortunately

Well, we made it. 2021 is finally in the books. The gift of LOG4J and the onslaught of vendor emails made for an eventful end to 2021. Take a minute (and I only mean a minute) to catch your breath before we jump headfirst into 2022. It’s time to look forward to what the cybersecurity landscape will give us this year.

There is already an estimated $7B being spent on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning (AI,ML,DL) in banking this

Greetings fellow community members, As summer gives way to fall, our thoughts naturally turn to all things security (I bet

A recent industry phishing report showed that 4% of users are prone to click on anything sent to them. That is a scary statistic given that phishing is one of the primary methods ransomware attacks are carried out.

With 2020 finally, in the books, it’s time to look forward and discuss our cybersecurity predictions that will most affect the industry in 2021. I thought long and hard about what I could say that would be impactful and hasn’t been said before.  Obviously, COVID-19 and its security ramifications will continue to stay with us for 2021 and well beyond.