Florida City Ransom Payment Could Open Door to More Attacks

Riviera Beach’s decision to pay ransom to criminals might get files back, but it almost guarantees greater attacks against other governments. Paying the ransom for ransomware is rarely recommended, but that didn’t stop Riviera Beach, Florida — a town with a population of around 35,000, north of West Palm Beach — from authorizing a payment
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Florida City Ransom Payment Could Open Door to More …

Riviera Beach’s decision to pay ransom to criminals might get files back, but it almost guarantees greater attacks against other governments. Paying the ransom for ransomware is rarely recommended, but that didn’t stop Riviera Beach, Florida — a town with a population of around 35,000, north of West Palm Beach — from authorizing a payment
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Confluence Vulnerability Opens Door to GandCrab

An exploit of the vulnerability offers attackers a ransomware surface that doesn’t need email. A vulnerability in a popular devops tool could leave companies with a dose of ransomware to go with their organizational agility. That’s the warning coming from researchers at Trend Micro and Alert Logic as they explain how the vulnerability in Atlassian
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Are You Leaving the Wired Network Door Wide Open?

Most organizations lock down Wi-Fi access but rely on physical security and static segmentation as the primary defensive technique for the wired network. This blog is the first in a 3-part series that explores why this practice is commonplace today, the risks of this approach, and what alternatives exist. Let me start by telling you
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