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Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
The White House’s 2025 fiscal plan includes a request for $13 billion to the federal cybersecurity budget, a substantial increase from the current $11.8 billion number that is still being negotiated.
It’s no secret that banking applications – both traditional and emerging fintech apps – still remain a prime target for financially-motivated cyberattacks. Cybercriminals are money-motivated, targeting the applications and institutions with the potential for the highest reward.
Stanford University is notifying 27,000 individuals that a ransomware attack claimed by the Russian-linked Akira cybercrime gang leaked their sensitive personal information.
A data breach at France's national unemployment agency may have exposed 20 years worth of records, a possible total of 43 million between that and a related breach of an employment service for people with disabilities.
A new report from cybersecurity firm HiddenLayer finds that Google Gemini is vulnerable to prompt injection attacks. The researchers characterize it as being open to "profound misuse."
As we navigate the complexities of cybersecurity in 2024, state and local government leaders are standing at a critical juncture. Establishing a comprehensive cyber defense strategy has become an indispensable requirement for state and local governments.
Final adoption of the EU AI law is expected to be a formality at this point, but is not slated to take place until April 2024. From there, individual components of the regulation go into effect anywhere from 6 to 36 months from that date.
An inquiry into the May 2023 Xplain data breach found that 5% or 65,000 of the 1.3 million files the Play ransomware gang leaked were relevant to the Swiss government.
The total cost of cybercrime jumped to $12.5 billion in 2023, and the FBI logged a record 880,418 complaints (a 10% increase from the previous year). This is in part being fed by ransomware attacks, which came close to doubling in total cost from 2022 to 2023.










