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Over the weekend, a relatively new ransomware group named Nevada Ransomware initiated a first massive campaign, targeting any ESXi machine that is exposed to the internet. The group seemed to compromise hundreds of servers over the weekend and caused major damage. Although the scale of this campaign is one of the biggest we have seen, it might already have a solution.

According to a recent study, machine identities (IDs) are growing at twice the rate of human identities. To defend these machine identities in the IoT, privilege access management will be one of the most important areas of focus for businesses in the Internet of Things (IoT) space in 2023. As more and more devices are connected to the internet and can share data, it’s becoming increasingly important to make sure that only authorized users have access to sensitive information.

How geopolitics and hacktivism is causing trouble for the healthcare industry

Enterprises today have had to rethink how they apply security to their corporate network and, as a result, have decided to implement zero-trust principles. As this approach encompasses a security concept and an organizational vision, understanding the benefits it delivers requires cultural change and clear communication within companies.

2022 saw privacy truly take hold in the U.S., while Europe buttressed its position as the global leader and other regions worked to get up-to-speed with new or amended laws.

The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) turns five this year. While the law spawned many imitators, most notably the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the GDPR remains the world’s most comprehensive, far-reaching data privacy law to date. It gave European citizens a wide swath of new data privacy rights, while placing significant new data governance responsibilities on organizations.

Attacks on software supply chains have been around for some time, but recently they have evolved into much more dangerous threats. Let's dive into the SLSA framework to understand where supply chain security is headed.

This week, Australian authorities recovered a tiny capsule, just 6mm x 8mm (0.24 x 0.31 inches) along a 900km section of Australia’s longest highway, the Great Northern Highway. The pea-sized capsule was a radiation gauge containing caesium-137, a radioactive material with a half-life of 30.05 years, that is used to measure the density and flow of materials in the mining, and oil and gas industries.

Say what you want about bots, but you have to admire their versatility. Bots do everything from rank Google results and serve up cat photos on your Facebook feed, to sway elections and defraud retailers. Basically, they’re quite flexible. These days, bad bots are big business, with cybercriminals around the world using them to fraudulently access accounts, attack networks, and steal data.