According this this Tripwire article, two Melbourne-based businesses have been hit with cyber attacks. One, Cabrini Hospital in Malvern, Melbourne, confirmed it was infected with ransomware. Some reports even indicate that they have paid the ransom, though some files continue to be inaccessible. The other business, Toyota Australia, confirmed the cyber attack to be malware but … [Read more...]
Top Cloud Security Threats
This week over 44,000 people traveled to Las Vegas to attend AWS re:Invent, Amazon’s largest conference of the year. I spoke to a crowd of close to 500 people on Monday about top cloud security threats, along with my co-presenter, Boyan Dimitrov, from Sixth who presented on compliance and security automation. A short overview follows. For more information, watch the video and … [Read more...]
The Seattle CTO Club ~ Sharing Security Information
Yesterday I had the honor of presenting some security information at the Seattle CTO Club. I loosely based the discussion on a similar presentation I gave last week at an event for Equinox IT, a WatchGuard partner, covering the cyber security landscape and top threats businesses face. Members of the group learned common attack patterns and discussed strategies for effectively … [Read more...]
Were the US Navy Ship Collisions the Result of Hacking?
With the recent string of US Navy ship collisions including the USS McCain and Fitzgerald, the mind of a security professional will instantly think of all the possible malicious ways an attacker could target naval systems to cause a vessel to crash. Multiple collisions with similar factors will lead to even more speculation. Although professionals should not claim attribution … [Read more...]
