Ransomware, Blood, and Money Collide - June 2024 Cyber Risk Roundup
This is the monthly zero trust cybersecurity newsletter highlighting key news and actionable insights for enterprises looking to stop the next cyberattack by land, by sea, or in space. Our June 2024 Cyber Risk Roundup offers a quick peek at this month's big stories.?
????BREAKING: LockBit ransomware claims to have hacked Federal Reserve. The ransom deadline has passed. Is the 33TB of stolen data for real? Recent reports indicate the group may be bluffing.
????Snowflake customers got hacked…because they didn’t have MFA turned on. Why is this cybersecurity technique so chronically underused?
??? Satellite ground stations face growing cyber risks. Do you like it when your GPS works? Read up on satellite ground station cybersecurity, and why to take it seriously.
??A London hospital got hacked and had to ask employees for blood donations because they couldn’t use the stock they had. The real world impact of cyber attacks is only going up.?
?? ??? Vulnerabilities in Fortigate have been exploited by Chinese threat actors since 2022, and new vulnerabilities in Check Point VPNs were just disclosed. Are firewalls and VPNs making you more secure, or less?
?????? Cybersecurity tools only work if people use them. User-friendliness is a cybersecurity issue, and our CEO published his spicy takes about it in Forbes this month.?
?? ?? The intersection of critical infrastructure and cybersecurity is ripe for misinformation, as illustrated when cyber conspiracy theories started flying after a cargo ship struck and collapsed a major bridge in Maryland. Our writeup in DarkReading can help you tell fact from fiction.
Get the above stories in our June 2024 Cyber Risk Roundup, or keep scrolling for cyber guides, deep dives, and upcoming events.
Highlights
Video: Five Compelling Cyber Stats from Verizon DBIR 2024
The Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) is one of the crunchiest security research reports to come out every year. This year it was 99 pages long. We pulled out five of the scariest and most actionable stats in this handy video and blog post.
MFA Fatigue Attacks: What You Need To Know
Multifactor authentication is one of the most effective security measures you can take, but motivated attackers will still try to get in, and MFA fatigue attacks are one of their tools. We wrote up a primer on how they work, and how to avoid them.
Security Breach Podcast: Cyberattacks on Manufacturers
Here’s a great interview from Manufacturing.net discussing cyberattacks on manufacturers and the need for cybersecurity that enhances productivity instead of dragging it down.
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7 Foundational Protections for Critical Infrastructure Against State Sponsored Hacks
Critical infrastructure cyberattacks are on the rise, and basic security measures are more important than ever. Here are some foundational steps to protect your industrial systems.
Xage Signs CISA Secure By Design Pledge
Xage products are built from the ground up to be secure, and to deliver secure-by-design principles to our customers. We doubled down on our commitment to security by signing the CISA pledge.
Events
Xage Premier at Calgary Stampede
Xage Security will be co-sponsoring a Pancake Breakfast with DarkTrace the morning of July 9th & sponsoring Securodeo that afternoon from 3-6pm. Join us at the Stampede in Calgary! ??
Ransomware Summit Replay: How Not To Get Mauled By A Bear (And Also Stop Ransomware)
Even if you missed the SANS Ransomware Summit, you can catch the reply of a great presentation on the predictable behaviors of every ransomware campaign, and how to disrupt them at every layer.
Xage Security In the News
Space News. Executive Biz. Forbes. Manufacturing.net, and more
Xage got a lot of mentions and publications in the press this month. Visit our press page to check them out.