Ransomware Requires More than Piecemeal Federal Mandates
PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERT VIEW — Over the last eight years, the volume of successful ransomware attacks has reached pandemic levels. The U.S. Cyber Executive Order […] More
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Some Thoughts on the Second Order Effects of Ransomware and National Security
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” – Daniel Patrick Moynihan Kevin J. Buckley retired from the Central Intelligence Agency […] More
What Happens if I Pay the Ransom?
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently issued an advisory, reminding businesses that if they pay ransom to cyber hackers, […] More
Where we’re headed with Ransomware Attacks against Business
As COVID-19 cases spike in the U.S., the FBI is warning about a new ransomware attack aimed at the U.S. Healthcare system. In an alert issued […] More
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Navigating the Ransomware Conundrum
Earlier this month, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory, reminding businesses that if they pay ransom to […] More
The Ransomware Conundrum
The Louisiana National Guard was recently tasked with stopping a string of cyberattacks aimed at infecting state government offices with malware that deploys ransomware, according […] More
What the OFAC Advisory Means for Companies that Pay Ransom
Earlier this month, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory, reminding businesses that if they pay ransom to […] More
The New Dynamic Cyber Threat Environment
An attempted cyberattack on Israel’s water system in late April, just months after the global pandemic hit, prompted fears that cyber adversaries are getting even […] More
WannaCry, NotPetya: Worm Me Once, Shame on You; Worm Me Twice…
The newest ransomware attack called NotPetya has re-ignited the debate ongoing since the earlier WannaCry attack. Cybersecurity experts, policymakers, and citizens affected have all asked: who is to blame for […] More
NotPetya: A Targeted Attack on Ukraine
As the dust settles on last Tuesday’s NotPetya malware outbreak, it is increasingly evident that this was not a ransomware, money-making attack at all; rather […] More
WannaCry Changes Intelligence Community Calculus
The worldwide WannaCry ransomware, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, was an admonition to everyone who connects to cyberspace – especially the […] More
Don’t Be Fooled by Blame Game: WannaCry Shows Gross Unpreparedness
Despite the insistence of many pundits and technical experts, the recent WannaCry outbreak was – mercifully – a poorly organized attack with a poorly constructed tool. […] More
Why Smart Crooks are Snapping Up Ransomware
Cybercrime is market-driven, with criminals gravitating toward models that maximize their return on investment. Criminals will divest and lessen efforts that have lower returns in […] More
White House: WannaCry Ransomware Worm Slows – But Still Lurks in Wild
Everybody who depends on digital information systems, which is everybody, saw a few glimpses of silver lining from the WannaCry ransomware attack that took the […] More
WannaCry Attack: Microsoft Questions Role of Intelligence Community
Who’s to blame for the astonishingly successful ransomware attack sweeping the planet? Microsoft, the information technology giant whose popular Windows operating systems harbored the flaw […] More
When the Big One Hits, Who Will Be to Blame?
Friday’s global attack on computers in some 150 countries was clearly a wake-up call. It took government systems offline, affected corporations of all kinds, took […] More
Ransomware Nothing New – But Scope Significant
Over the weekend, businesses and critical services like banks, hospitals, telecommunications services and transportation hubs around the world were hit with a cyber attack that […] More
Microsoft: NSA vulnerability leak “equivalent” to losing a Tomahawk Missile
In response to the massive Wannacry ransomware attack that infected over 200,000 computers around the world, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s President and Chief Legal Officer, wrote […] More
WannaCry Warning: Public-Private Must Come Together
As businesses wake up to the possibility that the WannaCry ransomware tool will spread beyond the already estimated 200,000 computers already infected across Europe, experts […] More