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Salted Hash Ep 24: Defending against mobile threats
Welcome back! After shooting several episodes during the RSA Conference in San Francisco, this week Salted Hash talks mobile threats with VASCO's Will LaSala. In addition to this week's episode, we've also got some additional footage...
Atlanta's recovery highlights the costly mistake of being unprepared
The Samsam attack against the city of Atlanta in March was chaotic and crippling. The ransomware, named for the group responsible for development and deployment, left the city scrambling to deal with critical systems that were forced...
Two incident response phases most organizations get wrong
It's important to remember: Incident response isn't a thing, it's a process.
SamSam explained: Everything you need to know about this opportunistic group of threat actors
The group behind the SamSam family of ransomware is known for recent attacks on healthcare organizations, but that's not its only target.
Customers describe the impact of the Allscripts ransomware attack
A ransomware attack against a SaaS provider hurts customers, but when it's a healthcare company that’s hit, patients suffer. Such was the case with January's attack against Allscripts, one of the largest electronic health record and...
Ransomware, healthcare and incident response: Lessons from the Allscripts attack
The actors behind SamSam launched a devastating attack against Allscripts in January, 2018. As Allscripts worked its incident response plan, things started to unravel. Here are the lessons learned.
Allscripts: Ransomware, recovery, and frustrated customers
The actors behind SamSam launched an attack against Allscripts in January 2018, leaving the company’s customers without access to the services needed to run their medical practices — some for more than a week.
Underwriting cyber exposure – the business case for certifying
The ability to have an independent and agnostic organization provide a certification of a product or service has more upside than down.
Alternative communications planning and cybersecurity incident response
Cyberattacks can happen for a whole variety of reasons. No company is entirely safe. And these days, when digital communication is so vital to the basic operations of a company, incorporating a messaging strategy that takes into...
Incident management for SMBs
In today's dynamic threat environment, developing a risk management methodology is a strategic imperative for all companies.
SamSam group deletes Atlanta's contact portal after the address goes public
An image shared with local media during the early stages of a SamSam ransomware infection in Atlanta exposed the contact portal assigned to the city by the group responsible for the attack. When questioned about their actions via the...
SamSam ransomware attacks have earned nearly $850,000
First emerging in late 2015, the group believed to be responsible for the SamSam ransomware family has targeted small and large businesses, healthcare, governments, and education. To date, the group has made nearly $850,000 USD
9 policies and procedures you need to know about if you’re starting a new security program
Any mature security program requires each of these infosec policies, documents and procedures.
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for incident response
The advent of laterally spreading malware requires the security community to progressively build out incident response to include more thorough scoping to determine the true extent of an event and threat hunting to find those threats...
What happens if... disaster recovery for the smart city and beyond
Using disaster-recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) for smart distributed data.
Lessons from Hawaii – how prepared should we be?
If something happens you’ve never seen before, how do you know what to do next?
Board cybersecurity field trips
Maybe this time, what happens in Vegas won't stay in Vegas!
Why we continue to fail: lessons learned from the Atlanta Airport fiasco
Five basic failures happened that make the Atlanta airport a softer target for future attack.
Why staging a fake attack is only real thing to keep you secure
How the Napa County fires opened my eyes to the readiness - or lack thereof - most of us are to a real disaster, physical or digital.
Why incident response is the best cybersecurity ROI
Former White House CIO says unexpected breaches can wreak havoc on a company's bottom line. Proper incident response planning can mitigate damage costs.
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