Sponsored Post: Jim Liddle – VP Access Anywhere | Nasuni When people in the technology industry talk about big data, they are typically referring to structured data. If you swipe or tap your credit card at a specific location, the information associated with that transaction will be logged and stored in structured form in a […]
Sponsored Post: Larry Miller | Nasuni MGM Resorts International, which operates more than 30 hotel and casino properties worldwide (including, among others, the Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, and Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas), has recently disclosed that it was the victim of a cyberattack that is suspected to have started on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, and was […]
On Sept. 25, 2023, an obscure cybercriminal group called RansomedVC made the startling claim that it had “successfully compromised all of Sony Systems.” The world sat up at what appeared to be yet another ransomware raid on a famous brand name. However, this one was a bit different from the usual playbook everyone is used […]
In a matter of weeks, a ransomware group with the unusual name “Scattered Spider” has become the hot threat group of the moment. Also known as “UNC3944,” “Scatter Swine,” and “Muddled Libra” (cybersecurity companies identify groups independently so, confusingly, they end up assigning them different names), this blog recently covered the group’s handiwork in the […]
Sponsored Post: Tom Rose | Nasuni Now that so many users are spending more time online and working from home, it should come as no surprise that malicious agents are trying to exploit the changes. Weaker controls at home and anxiety-ridden users clicking on pandemic-themed ransomware emails create fertile ground for attackers. Nasuni recently hosted […]
Sponsored Post: Nasuni In the early hours of May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline’s CEO, Joseph Blount Jr., made the difficult decision to immediately shut down the company’s IT network in response to a ransomware attack that had been discovered only an hour earlier. Within 15 minutes of the decision, all 5,500 miles of the company’s […]
