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Scott Ferguson

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Director of Custom & Marketing Content @ALMMedia. Former editor with @ISMGCorp, @InformationWeek, @eWEEKNews and others.

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Today we honor our #veterans for their dedication, service, and sacrifice - it is also our duty to protect them. GCA and @TheKYOGroup partnered to bring #cybersecurity tools and resources to our vets to prevent #cyberattacks. Learn more at: hubs.li/Q01s4XD80 #VeteransDay
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.@HSGAC bills regarding critical infrastructure and notifications laws have the support of @CISAJen and NCD Chris Inglis during Thursday hearing: govinfosecurity.com/senators…
Senators Debate Cyber Rules for US Critical Infrastructure

Senators Debate Cyber Rules for US Critical Infrastructure

As the Senate Homeland Security Committee considers new cyber rules and regulations for U.S. critical infrastructure, lawmakers heard testimony from CISA's Jen

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.@TalosSecurity finds that the Russian-linked Turla group is deploying a secondary backdoor against victims: govinfosecurity.com/russian-…
Russian-Linked Group Using Secondary Backdoor Against Targets

Russian-Linked Group Using Secondary Backdoor Against Targets

A Russian-linked group known as Turla has been deploying a secondary backdoor against numerous targets to maintain persistence within compromised devices even after

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The FBI Director faced questions in the Senate Tuesday over whether the bureau withheld a decryption key related to the @KaseyaCorp ransomware attack for 3 weeks: govinfosecurity.com/fbi-dire…
FBI Director Questioned Over Kaseya Decryption Key

FBI Director Questioned Over Kaseya Decryption Key

FBI Director Christopher Wray faced questions during a Senate hearing Tuesday concerning a published report that the bureau for almost three weeks withheld a

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BlackMatter #ransomware appears to have hit an Iowa farm serviced cooperative - which could affect US food supply: govinfosecurity.com/ransomwa… w/ @DougOlenick
Ransomware Reportedly Hits Iowa Farm Services Cooperative

Ransomware Reportedly Hits Iowa Farm Services Cooperative

NEW Cooperative, an Iowa-based farm services cooperative, has reportedly been targeted by the BlackMatter ransomware gang, demanding a $5.9 million payment from the

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Is White House Crackdown on Ransomware Having Any Effect? govinfosecurity.com/intervie… @ISMG_News
Is White House Crackdown on Ransomware Having Any Effect?

Is White House Crackdown on Ransomware Having Any Effect?

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of the state of the Biden administration's efforts to disrupt ransomware attackers, as well as

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OCC's Hsu Addresses Need for Cryptocurrency Oversight govinfosecurity.com/occs-hsu… @ISMG_News
OCC's Hsu Addresses Need for Cryptocurrency Oversight

OCC's Hsu Addresses Need for Cryptocurrency Oversight

Amid growing calls for cryptocurrency regulations, the U.S. acting comptroller of the currency has made a definitive statement on safeguarding investors and how

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Good News: REvil Ransomware Victims Get Free Decryptor govinfosecurity.com/good-new… @ISMG_News

Good News: REvil Ransomware Victims Get Free Decryptor

Score one for the good guys in the fight against ransomware: Anyone who fell victim to REvil, aka Sodinokibi, crypto-locking malware before July 13 can now decrypt

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Fraudster Gets 12-Year Sentence for AT&T 'Unlocking' Scheme govinfosecurity.com/fraudste… @ISMG_News

Fraudster Gets 12-Year Sentence for AT&T 'Unlocking' Scheme

A dual citizen of Pakistan and Grenada has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for orchestrating a seven-year scheme that unlawfully unlocked nearly 2 million AT&T

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HHS OCR's Latest HIPAA Enforcement Action govinfosecurity.com/hhs-ocrs… @ISMG_News

HHS OCR's Latest HIPAA Enforcement Action

While the wait continues for the Biden administration to name a new leader for the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights, the HIPAA

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US Warns Nation-State Groups May Exploit Flaw in Zoho Tool govinfosecurity.com/us-warns… @ISMG_News
US Warns Nation-State Groups May Exploit Flaw in Zoho Tool

US Warns Nation-State Groups May Exploit Flaw in Zoho Tool

CISA, the FBI and the U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command warn users of Zoho Corp.'s single sign-on and password management tool to patch for a vulnerability that

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US to Unveil Sanctions on Use of Cryptocurrency for Ransoms govinfosecurity.com/us-to-un… @ISMG_News
US to Unveil Sanctions on Use of Cryptocurrency for Ransoms

US to Unveil Sanctions on Use of Cryptocurrency for Ransoms

The Biden administration may soon unveil plans to curtail the ransomware attacks that have crippled corporate networks this year. According to a report from The

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.@USTreasury slated to unveil new #cryptocurrency sanctions aimed at curbing #ransomware attacks: bankinfosecurity.com/us-to-u… via @dangun127
US to Unveil Sanctions on Use of Cryptocurrency for Ransoms

US to Unveil Sanctions on Use of Cryptocurrency for Ransoms

The Biden administration may soon unveil plans to curtail the ransomware attacks that have crippled corporate networks this year. According to a report from The

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Exchange Update: Attackers targeted Republican Governors Association in March per breach notification letter: govinfosecurity.com/republic…
Republican Governors Association Targeted in Exchange Attacks

Republican Governors Association Targeted in Exchange Attacks

The Republican Governors Association was one of several U.S. organizations targeted in March when a nation-state group took advantage of vulnerabilities in

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As the House debates reconciliation budget bill for 2022, key committees prepare to spend millions - possibly billions - on cyber: govinfosecurity.com/house-co…
House Committees Seek to Spend Millions on Cybersecurity

House Committees Seek to Spend Millions on Cybersecurity

A pair of House committees this week said they want to spend additional millions on cybersecurity by injecting funds into CISA and the FTC, as part of the debate

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Mass. AG office probing large-scale @TMobile breach that involved records of 54 million people: govinfosecurity.com/massachu…
Massachusetts Attorney General Probing T-Mobile Breach

Massachusetts Attorney General Probing T-Mobile Breach

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says her office is probing the data breach at T-Mobile that exposed the personal information of 54 million people,

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A bipartisan bill making its way through the House will give @CISAgov director a five-year term, which is designed to insulate the position from politics: govinfosecurity.com/house-bi…

House Bill Seeks to Insulate CISA Director From Politics

A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to better insulate the director of CISA from political pressure by giving the role a defined five-year term that could keep

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Despite some signs of a slowdown in #ransomware attacks, National Cyber Director Chris Inglis says it's "too soon to tell" if behavior has changed: govinfosecurity.com/national…
National Cyber Director Sees Ransomware As Continuing Threat

National Cyber Director Sees Ransomware As Continuing Threat

Despite a recent slowdown in incidents and some cybercriminals claiming they have stopped or abandoned ransomware attacks, National Cyber Director Chris Inglis says

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I spoke to @ResilienceSays CEO Vishaal Hariprasad about his recent White House meeting, cyber insurance and #Ransomware: govinfosecurity.com/resilien…
Resilience CEO on White House Meeting, Cyber Insurance

Resilience CEO on White House Meeting, Cyber Insurance

On Aug. 25, President Joe Biden invited about 25 technology, insurance, finance and education executives to the White House to discuss pressing cybersecurity issues

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The SEC is warning about increases in #cryptocurrecy scams: govinfosecurity.com/sec-warn… via @dangun127

SEC Warns of Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Schemes

The U.S. SEC in a new advisory warns against schemes targeting digital assets. Security experts say that with social engineering attempts on the rise, individuals

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