DataBreachToday.com reported “The alleged hacker posted a ransom note on the ministry’s website, seeking a payment in bitcoin to not publish exfiltrated data, the state-owned news agency RIA Novosti reported the same day, citing a ministry representative. The representative reportedly told the agency that personal data of all website users

Continue Reading Looks like the Ukraine hacked the website for the Russian Ministry of Construction!

“The Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) team at NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published Volume A of a preliminary draft practice guide titled “Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture” and is seeking the public’s comments on its contents.”   The June 3, 2022 notice entitled “Open for

Continue Reading Please provide your comments to NIST about Zero Trust Architecture by July 5, 2022!

Darkreading.com reported that “Broadcom described the acquisition as part of its move to create a global infrastructure technology company. The company also announced that its Broadcom Software Group will be rebranded as VMware.”  The May 26, 2022 article entitled “Broadcom Snaps Up VMware in $61B Deal” included these

Continue Reading $61B purchase of VMware by Broadcom will combine Symantec & Carbon Black!

The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued Blockchain guidance for Access Control (AC) which “…is concerned with determining the allowed activities of legitimate users and mediating every attempt by a user to access a resource in the system. The objectives of an

Continue Reading NIST Issues Blockchain Guidance for Access Control Systems

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported that “collective effort to defend cyberspace. As ever, CISA remains committed to working with the industrial control systems (ICS) community to address both urgent operational cyber events and long-term ICS risk.”  The May 24, 2022 news release entitled “CISA’S ROLE IN

Continue Reading Cybersecurity to protect Critical Infrastructure is a top priority for the CISA!

HelpNetSecurity.com reported that “Zerto recently commissioned IDC to conduct a major ransomware and disaster preparedness survey, which revealed that 79% of respondents have activated a disaster recovery (DR) response within the past 12 months. 61% of these incidents were triggered by ransomware or other malware with 60% of organizations reporting

Continue Reading 79% of organizations activated a DR response in the past 12 months!

BusinessInsurance.com reported that “European Union countries and lawmakers agreed on Friday to tougher cybersecurity rules for large energy, transport and financial firms, digital providers and medical device makers amid concerns about cyberattacks by state actors and other malicious players.” The May 13, 2022 article entitled “EU toughens cybersecurity rules

Continue Reading Cybersecurity rules in the EU are now tougher!

Cointelegraph.com reported that “Bored Ape creator Yuga’s Otherdeed launch was the largest NFT mint ever,…Last week, 55,000 parcels of “virtual land” were sold on the Ethereum blockchain for more than $300 million, the largest nonfungible token (NFT) mint ever.”  The May 9, 2022 article entitled “Largest NFT mint ever:

Continue Reading Controversy Surrounds the Largest NFT Mint for “Virtual Land”!