Gas prices could reach a 3-year high after a cyberattack on America’s largest fuel pipeline. CHARLOTTE — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday signed an executive order declaring a State of Emergency in the state due to the temporary shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline. Colonial Pipeline says a cyberattack Read more…
Investigators at the largest fuel pipeline in the US are working to recover from a devastating cyber-attack that cut the flow of oil. The hack on Colonial Pipeline is being seen as one of the most significant attacks on critical national infrastructure in history. The pipeline transports nearly half of the east Read more…
WASHINGTON — The federal government is working with the Georgia-based company that shut down a major pipeline transporting fuel across the East Coast after a ransomware attack, the White House says. The government is planning for various scenarios and working with state and local authorities on measures to mitigate any potential Read more…
The final weeks of a challenging year have proven even more difficult with the recent exposure of the world’s latest serious nation-state cyberattack. This latest cyber-assault is effectively an attack on the United States and its government and other critical institutions, including security firms. It illuminates the ways the cybersecurity Read more…
According to recent findings by Proofpoint, cybercriminals are seizing on coronavirus fears by using online scams to extract internet users’ personal and financial information. These scams – sent through email, texts or social media – claim to provide coronavirus awareness, sell virus prevention products and/or may ask for donations to a Read more…
Updated Cyber Threat Protection Services for SMBs With a Remote Workforce NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Responding to the rapid increase in work-from-home cyber security incidents at small and midsized businesses (SMBs), DIGIGUARD is now focusing its Cyber Threat Protection Services on remote workforce IT security. “Managing and monitoring work-from-home (WFH) Read more…
FBI believes device vendors won’t disable these protocols and warns companies to take preventive and protective measures. he Federal Bureau of Investigation sent an alert last week warning about the discovery of new network protocols that have been abused to launch large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The alert Read more…
WASHINGTON — The Air Force is ensuring its mission essential cyber training goes on during the global COVID-19 pandemic but officials are also delaying some training related to the service’s networks. “When all this kicked off, we prioritized all of the mission essential courses that are supplying operators to the Read more…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning that threat actors are actively exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability in F5’s BIG-IP network products that can allow attackers to exfiltrate data, access networks, carry out commands, create or delete files and disable services. ee Also: Gartner 2019 Magic Quadrant for Integrated Risk Read more…
With more people working remotely than ever, a new concern the public should be aware of is cyber security. Here are some tips to make sure you’re protecting your personal information while protecting yourself. Right now, because of the work turmoil over the COVID-19 effects, cyber hackers are attacking like Read more…