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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Cyber Pros Say How AI Is Changing Their Work, While the FBI Reports Ransomware Hit Critical Infrastructure Hard in 2023

Tenable

More than 40% of ransomware attacks last year impacted critical infrastructure. 1 - FBI: Critical infrastructure walloped by ransomware attacks in 2023 The number of U.S. ransomware incidents grew 18% in 2023 to 2,825, and 42% of those attacks impacted critical infrastructure organizations.

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Combating Ransomware Attacks: Insights from Unit 42 Incident Response

Palo Alto Networks

Ransomware attacks have evolved over the years from a threat primarily targeting individuals with modest ransom demands, to a sophisticated form of cybercrime that now jeopardizes large companies, government agencies and critical infrastructure. Sam Rubin's testimony on ransomware attacks. We call this multi-extortion.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Get the Latest on Deepfake Threats, Open Source Risks, AI System Security and Ransomware Gangs

Tenable

Tasked with securing your org’s new AI systems? Also, Uncle Sam says it’s time to prep for deepfake attacks. government, which this week published an 18-page guide titled “ Contextualizing Deepfake Threats to Organizations ," intended to help organizations defend themselves from deepfake attacks. And much more!

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISOs Value Prevention Over Response, While CISA Urges Cyber Teams To Prep for Quantum Attacks

Tenable

Also, find out why ransomware attacks surged in July. Oh, and the White House wants your input on open source security. As attackers salivate at the future prospect of weaponizing powerful quantum computers, the U.S. As attackers salivate at the future prospect of weaponizing powerful quantum computers, the U.S.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: U.S. Gov’t Unpacks AI Threat to Banks, as NCSC Urges OT Teams to Protect Cloud SCADA Systems

Tenable

And best practices to prevent and respond to DDoS attacks. The report also devotes an entire section to best practices, including: Include AI risk management within your organization’s broader enterprise risk management program. Check out new guidance for banks on combating AI-boosted fraud. And much more!

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: A Look Back at Key 2023 Cyber Data for GenAI, Cloud Security, Vulnerability Management, OT, Cyber Regulations and more

Tenable

But cyber defenders also saw this powerful technology begin to find its way into their tool boxes – boosting a broad swath of cyber capabilities, including vulnerability detection, identity and access management (IAM), incident response, malware analysis and security operations. No small task. McKinsey & Co.’s

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: DHS Tracks New Ransomware Trends, as Attacks Drive Up Cyber Insurance Claims and Snatch Variant Triggers Alert

Tenable

Check out the new ransomware trends documented by DHS, as well as a joint CISA-FBI alert about the Snatch ransomware. Plus, find out what CISA has in store for its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. 1 - DHS shines light on ransomware trends It looks like 2023 is shaping up to be a banner year for ransomware gangs.