A recent ransomware attack disrupted Maryland Department of Health (MDH) operations. 

Ukraine has suffered a massive cyberattack that has affected Ukrainian foreign ministry, the cabinet of ministers and the security and defense council. 

El Salvador is the latest country to register numerous victims of Pegasus spyware.

Lenny Maly has been tapped by Granicus to serve as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). In this role, Maly will lead the company’s dedicated security organization, helping set new cloud-security standards that enable accelerated government digital transformation.

Cisco Talos discovered a malicious campaign in October 2021 delivering variants of Nanocore, Netwire and AsyncRATs targeting users’ information. 

Cybersecurity executive Neda Pitt has been appointed the new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Globality, a vendor sourcing platform for enterprise organizations.

The Albuquerque Public Schools student information system has been compromised in a cyberattack, prompting the closure of schools serving over 85,000 students in New Mexico.

APT35 (aka Charming Kitten, TA453, or Phosphorus) started widespread scanning and attempted to leverage Log4j flaw in publicly facing systems only four days after the vulnerability was disclosed, according to new Check Point research. 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and National Security Agency (NSA) are asking critical infrastructure network defenders to adopt a heightened state of awareness to mitigate attacks from Russian-state sponsored threat actors.

From multi-factor authentication to annual penetration testing, there are always more methods to implement in order to better secure small businesses from cyberattacks.