The information technology agency that serves Virginia’s legislature is still working to fix problems caused by a ransomware attack earlier this month, a state official said Tuesday.
Virginia Still Working to Fix Issues After Ransomware Attack
Targeted Links Used to Steal Tens of Millions in Global Scam Campaign
By impersonating 121 brands, scammers managed to defraud users in over 90 countries of an estimated $80 million per month, Singapore-based threat hunting and intelligence firm Group-IB reveals.
Poland Rejects Accusations of ‘Political’ Spyware Use
Poland on Tuesday rejected accusations that it had used Pegasus spying software for political ends after a top lawyer opposed to the current government said he had been targeted.
Chinese Government Punishes Alibaba for Not Telling It First About Log4Shell Flaw: Report
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said it will temporarily suspend its collaboration with Alibaba Cloud as a cyber threat intelligence partner due to the fact that the company did not inform the government first about the discovery of the Log4Shell vulnerability, according to local media reports.
The Need for Survivable, Trustworthy Secure Systems
PYSA Dominated the Ransomware Landscape in November: Report
PYSA and Lockbit were the dominating threats in the ransomware landscape in November 2021, UK-based risk mitigation company NCC Group reports.
Belgian Military in Five-Day Battle Against Cyberattack
The Belgian military said on Tuesday it had been hit with a cyberattack five days ago and was still battling to restore affected parts of its system.
Military spokesman Olivier Severin told AFP that elements hit by last Thursday’s attack, which contaminated services connected to the internet, were still being analysed and restored.
Authorization and IAM Company PlainID Raises $75 Million in Series C Funding
PlainID, a provider of authorization and identity and access management (IAM) solutions, today announced that it has raised $75 million in Series C funding, which brings the total raised to $96 million.
Microsoft Urges Customers to Patch Recent Active Directory Vulnerabilities
Microsoft on Monday released an alert on two Active Directory vulnerabilities addressed with the November 2021 Patch Tuesday updates, urging customers to install the available patches as soon as possible, to prevent potential compromise.
No-Code Security Automation Company ContraForce Emerges From Stealth
McKinney, Texas-based security automation and compliance solutions provider ContraForce on Tuesday announced emerging from stealth mode with $2 million in seed funding from cyber foundry DataTribe.
