The Columbus, Ohio ransomware saga. School cyber assistance.
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THURSDAY, OCT. 24, 2024
Researchers discover a new Qilin ransomware variant. A ransomware attack on Columbus, Ohio, highlights complicated and patchwork laws. And CIOs struggle underneath an avalanche of threats. This is CyberScoop for Oct. 24.
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New and improved ransomware

Ransomware developers are used to their malware being detected. Once defenses against it have been built, they revise and update their code to circumvent those defenses. Then developers deploy an updated version in renewed attacks, often with increased sophistication, to evade detection and achieve their malicious objectives. That cycle has started anew with the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service operation, according to a new report from the cybersecurity firm Halcyon about the group’s updated and upgraded variant. Christian Vasquez reports.


Wiz brings Cloud Security to the Government

Wiz for Gov is a FedRAMP Moderate cloud security platform providing complete visibility, proactive risk reduction, and continuous compliance assessment across multi-cloud environments. Wiz’s agentless, graph-based CNAPP helps accelerate Zero Trust adoption and assists with compliance regulations, including NIST SP 800-53r5, BODs 22-01/23-01, and more. To learn more about how Wiz helps with secure software supply chain, continuous monitoring, and active cyber defense, go to wiz.io/gov



A complicated ransomware case

Cyberattacks, especially ransomware attacks, on state and local government agencies are a dime a dozen these days, and usually follow the same song and dance of initial attack, response and restoration. The saga of the Columbus, Ohio, cyberattack has not been so neat and tidy Sophia Fox-Sowell reports for StateScoop.


CIOs are busy these days

It’s become an industry truism that cybersecurity threats are growing more sophisticated, but the last few years have sped the pace of work to a hurried rate. State technology officials told StateScoop that the recent advances in generative artificial intelligence, along with the shift to zero-trust security models and more frequent service outages have their departments hustling. Colin Wood reports for StateScoop.


Wiz brings Cloud Security to the Government

Wiz for Gov is a FedRAMP Moderate cloud security platform providing complete visibility, proactive risk reduction, and continuous compliance assessment across multi-cloud environments. Wiz’s agentless, graph-based CNAPP helps accelerate Zero Trust adoption and assists with compliance regulations, including NIST SP 800-53r5, BODs 22-01/23-01, and more. To learn more about how Wiz helps with secure software supply chain, continuous monitoring, and active cyber defense, go to wiz.io/gov



Schools out: flat networks and small budgets

To respond to the increase in cyberattacks over the last several years, experts say there are steps schools should take to better safeguard student data. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced most school districts to shift into virtual learning environments by expanding their networks and digital offerings, the risk of ransomware and phishing schemes targeting student data have steadily increased. Keely Quinlan reports for StateScoop.