The rate of businesses experiencing downtime rose from 50% in 2020 to over 75% in 2021, while system crashes were the most common reason for downtimes, followed by human error, cyberattacks, and insider attacks, reports TechRadar.
Russian-speaking threat group FIN7, also known as Carbanak, has remained active despite the indictment of some of its members in 2018 and the sentencing of one of its managers last year, with the group found to have continuously developed its toolset, reports BleepingComputer.
FedScoop reports that bipartisan legislation aimed at bolstering the Department of Veterans Affairs cybersecurity defenses and better protecting its IT systems and devices has been introduced by House Committee on Veterans Affairs Technology Modernization Subcommittee chair Frank Mrvan, D-Ind.
While nearly 95% of public and private sector leaders reported being somewhat or very concerned about cybersecurity risk and almost 80% of public sector respondents noted that their organizations have proactively addressed risks, about 40% of those in the public sector said they did not have any incident response plans, GCN reports.
Advanced persistent threat groups El Machete, Lyceum, and SideWinder have exploited the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine in spearphishing campaigns targeted at organizations across various sectors around the world last month, The Hacker News reports.
