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Colonial Pipeline paid a $5M ransom – but will that only invite other malware hacks?: If the payments stop, the attacks will stop Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT The reported ransom payment by a beleaguered U.S. oil pipeline company to cyber hackers may spur even more criminal malware attacks on critical U.S. targets, according to cybersecurity experts, and could fuel calls for a ban on such payments. The critiques stem from a decision by Colonial Pipeline, a g...

Nearly 2,400 health care facilities, schools and governments in the United States were hit by ransomware attacks last year.

The attack that led Colonial Pipeline to shut down its 5,500-mile pipeline, causing fuel shortages throughout the southeastern U.S., underscored that the ballooning ransomware wave isnt just about money. Targeting the private businesses that run much of the economy also threatens national security.

Ransomware wreaking havoc worldwide – quietly The attack on Colonial Pipeline last week underscored that whats now a big business is also a national security threat. By Ellen Nakashima and Rachel LermanThe Washington Post Share The hacker ring’s ransom note appeared on the company’s computer screens this past Monday. “Your computers and servers are encrypted, backups are deleted,” it said. “We use strong encryption algorithms, so you cannot decrypt your data.” But, the extortio...

Cybersecurity Experts Call for Stronger Action to Disrupt Ransomware Business Model Newsweek 2 hrs ago Meghan Roos © Chesnot/Getty Images Cyber experts are calling for a coordinated effort in the U.S. and among allied countries to prevent and respond to ransomware attacks. In this photo illustration, which is unrelated to the WMPD ransomware attack, a hacker with an Anonymous mask on his face and a hood on his head uses a computer on December 27, 2019 in Paris, France. A ra...

A woman works in a coffee shop in New Yorks Chinatown on February 13, 2020 in New York City. Small and medium businesses often have distinct challenges tied to cybersecurity. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Small to medium-sized businesses have drastically different cybersecurity preparedness, capacity and overall posture than their king-sized brethren. It should not be much of a surprise then, that SMB cybersecurity advocates are lobbying the Biden administration for small business-speci...

Ciaran Martin: Six security tests for the new cyber strategy The government’s Integrated Review revealed that the government planning to publish a new cyber security strategy. Ciaran Martin, the former chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, tells us what to look out for in it Adobe Stock 06 May 2021 The signature achievement of the government’s Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Foreign and Development policy was a coherent plan to base future security and prosperity on...

Washington’s tech industry hasn’t been immune to the pandemic. Companies such as the IT giant DXC and the event-organizing platform Cvent cut jobs amid the slowdown. But some, including the hot cloud-computing company Appian, committed to hundreds of new hires. Indeed, plenty of other good business news came from Washingtonian’s Tech Titans during the past year. Our 2021 winners—who were selected through both reporting and an informal process of nominations from their peers—managed to...

Elevating Horror How director Jordan Graham found the scares for his breakthrough indie-horror hit Sator in the mountains above Silicon Valley April 28, 2021 by Steve Palopoli TAKING HIS SHOT: Jordan Graham shooting a climactic scene for Sator in Yosemite. Most of the film was shot in Santa Cruz, mainly in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It streams on Shudder beginning May 10. In the early days of films rise as a global phenomenon, European filmmakers developed the idea of "pure cinema," a style that...

President Joe Biden nominated Jen Easterly, center, to be the next head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. (Eric Gibson/ New America/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) President Biden announced key cybersecurity leadership nominations Monday, proposing Jen Easterly as the next head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and John “Chris” Inglis as the first ever national cyber director (NCD). The announcement ends months of speculation over t...