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Global costs of cyber attacks in 2024 and the future

Dataconomy

As per ExpressVPN’s recent study, the projected cost of cyber attacks for 2024 is as follows: USD 9.5 Types of Cyber Attacks Ransomware A potent malware, Ransomware is now the preferred tool for cybercriminals. Malware Malware, or malicious software, includes viruses, worms, and Trojans, harming computers and networks for cybercrime.

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Is your print environment secure? Here’s why it should be your 2024 priority

CIO Business Intelligence

Gartner predicts that, by 2026, 10 percent of large enterprises will have a mature and measurable zero trust program in place, up from less than one percent at the start of 2023. According to Gartner, zero trust is top of mind for most organisations as a critical strategy to reduce risk, but few have actually followed zero trust principles.

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NSA Warns of China-Backed Hackers Embedding in U.S. Infrastructure

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The group's motives are not entirely clear, but experts believe they may be seeking to gather intelligence, disrupt operations, or even plant malware that could be used for future cyberattacks. President Biden, it's pretty clear that China won't abandon programs like Volt Typhoon. 18, 2024. Pacific island territory of Guam.

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EPA Issues Urgent Alert for Water Utilities to Enhance Cyber Defenses

SecureWorld News

According to a May 20, 2024, press release : " Protecting our nation's drinking water is a cornerstone of EPA's mission, and we are committed to using every tool, including our enforcement authorities, to ensure that our nation's drinking water is protected from cyberattacks," said EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe.

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Microsoft responds to Windows 10 0x80070643 issue

Dataconomy

This particular update was crucial as it patched a vulnerability in BitLocker, labeled CVE-2024-20666. If you think you have malware on your computer, run your antivirus software to ferret it out and remove it before doing anything else. But, the process hasn’t been smooth sailing.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Every problem is a teachable moment, of course, and we hope these disasters can serve as cautionary tales as you try to navigate your own potential IT troubles in 2024. It turns out the system had been hit by malware , and had gone into a fallback mode in which the lights never turned off.

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Enhancing Maritime Security: Lessons from the Key Bridge Incident

SecureWorld News

On March 26, 2024, we saw a catastrophic failure of a critical infrastructure asset. DHS established the Critical Infrastructure Cyber Community (C3) Voluntary Program for voluntary adoption of the Framework developed by NIST by helping SSAs develop guidance for framework implementation in their respective sectors.