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DOE Puts Up $70 Million to Secure US Energy Infrastructure

Jeffrey Burt | January 8, 2024 | Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, Critical Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Department of Energy (DOE)

The federal government will spend as much as $70 million for technologies that will create a more resilient energy delivery infrastructure that is better protected against a range of threats, including from ...

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Rethinking Networking to Derail Ransomware

Frank Ohlhorst | June 15, 2021 | Cato Networks, Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, Ransomware, SASE, zero-trust adoption, ZTNA

Despite the best efforts of many organizations, ransomware attacks are still on the rise; perhaps indicating that those “best efforts” are just not good enough. Take, for example, the recent ransomware attack ...

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Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate

BrianKrebs | May 17, 2021 | Allison Nixon, Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, Cybereason, DarkSide ransomware, FBI, Lance James, Microsoft Windows, Ransomware, rEvil, Security Tools, Sodinokibi, Twitter, Unit221B

In a Twitter discussion last week on ransomware attacks, KrebsOnSecurity noted that virtually all ransomware strains have a built-in failsafe designed to cover the backsides of the malware purveyors: They simply will ...

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DarkSide Ransomware Gang Quits After Servers, Bitcoin Stash Seized

BrianKrebs | May 14, 2021 | Avaddon, BitMix, Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, DarkSide ransomware, Intel 471, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ransomware, rEvil, XSS

The DarkSide ransomware affiliate program responsible for the six-day outage at Colonial Pipeline this week that led to fuel shortages and price spikes across the country is running for the hills. The ...

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A Closer Look at the DarkSide Ransomware Gang

BrianKrebs | May 11, 2021 | A Little Sunshine, Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, Coveware, DarkSide ransomware, Flashpoint, Intel 471, Ransomware

The FBI confirmed this week that a relatively new ransomware group known as DarkSide is responsible for an attack that caused Colonial Pipeline to shut down 5,550 miles of pipe, stranding countless ...

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