Florida
Female CISOs to Watch in Florida
Florida has quietly built one of the most dynamic cybersecurity leadership ecosystems in the United States. Anchored by global travel and hospitality giants, fast-growing digital platforms, financial services firms, and major academic ...
DoJ, FBI, IRS Make Empty Boast: SSNDOB ‘Seized’
Feds are gloating over their “seizure” of the notorious SSNDOB marketplace, which traded in stolen personal information. But the action seems too little, too late ...
Florida Water Supply Hack, Android App Hijack, US Capitol Riot Phone Tracking
In episode 160: An attacker tried to poison a Florida city’s water supply, a popular Android app was hacked to display malicious ads, and how smartphone location data was used to track ...
Ransomware Attack in Florida Forces Prosecutor to Drop Charges in Drug Cases
A ransomware attack against the police department in Stuart, Florida last year had an unexpected consequence; the police officers had to drop several cases after losing important evidence. When a ransomware attack ...
Protect Before You Detect: FlawedAmmyy and the Case for Isolation
Posted by Ratnesh Pandey, Alex Holland and Toby Gray. In June 2019, Microsoft issued warnings about a phishing campaign delivering a new variant of the FlawedAmmyy remote access Trojan (RAT), and a ...
Lake City fires its IT director after paying hackers $460K in ransom
After suffering a ransomware attack that crippled municipal systems, the city of Lake City in Florida, USA, has fired its director of information technology. As the (updated) story goes, Lake City was ...
$1.1 million in two weeks – Florida cities pay out big to ransomware gangs
Cybercriminals have learnt something very valuable in the last couple of weeks: in order to regain access to their data, cities in Florida are prepared to pay out huge Bitcoin ransoms to ...
Huge Ransomware FUBAR at Florida Beach Town
The city of Riviera Beach, Florida, has “given in” to ransomware. And it’s the biggest municipal ransom we’ve seen: ₿65—about $600,000 ...
Ransomware attack paralyses Lake City email, landlines and credit card services
Lake City has warned citizens that administrative systems, including email and credit card systems, are down following a ransomware attack on the Florida municipality. The attack, called “Triple Threat” in a press ...
Report: The State of Cybersecurity in Florida
Just recently The Florida Center for Cybersecurity released their 2017 report, The State of Cybersecurity in Florida.So what IS The Florida Center for Cybersecurity? It's a statewide agency located at USF in ...
