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February 22, 2024
Beating LockBit at its Own Game: Law enforcement’s takedown of a prolific ransomware group
After a years-long investigation, this week the FBI and law enforcement agencies in the UK and Europe took over the main website of the cybercrime group known as LockBit. Law enforcement additionally arrested LockBit associates in… Read More
Cyber Threat Intelligence
February 22, 2024
3 2 1… Impact! Early Results under the SEC’s Cybersecurity Governance Rule
In July 2023, the SEC adopted a new rule requiring disclosure of “material” cybersecurity incidents and detailed information on cybersecurity risk management, strategy and governance by public companies. With the new rule taking effect in December and annual reports due for public release and consumption in… Read More
Public Sector
Services
February 21, 2024
Chinese Hacking Group Targets US Critical Infrastructure
Earlier this month, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint warning that the hacking group known as “Volt Typhoon” has been lurking in US critical infrastructure systems for at least five years. Who’s behind Volt Typhoon? … Read More
Cyber Threat Intelligence
February 20, 2024
Unveiling the Shadows: The Rise of Volt Typhoon and the New Age of Cyber Threats
In the intricate web of global cybersecurity, the emergence of hacking groups like Volt Typhoon represents a profound shift in the landscape of cyber threats. Operating from the shadows, these entities have escalated their activities, drawing the attention of cybersecurity experts and global watch dogs alike. … Read More
Cyber Threat Intelligence
February 13, 2024
Love in the Time of Cyber Threats: Romance Scams and Dating App Cybersecurity
As the digital attack surface expands, organizations and individuals worldwide face the nonstop threat of cyberattacks, phishing scams, and other cyber vulnerabilities. And with Valentine’s Day here, romance scams — especially ones originating online — are intensifying. With that in mind, SecurityScorecard’s researchers took a close look… Read More
Cyber Threat Intelligence
February 9, 2024
Ensuring Biometric Data Security: Protecting the Keys to Your Identity
In the relentless quest for more secure and impenetrable authentication methods, researchers have turned their focus towards biometric authentication—a method renowned for its robustness and complexity, making it a tough nut for hackers to crack. Biometric systems leverage our unique human characteristics, such as… Read More
Tech Center
February 8, 2024
Scorecarder Spotlight: Priya Thupili
Our series “Scorecarder Spotlight” showcases our talented employees and the incredible work they do. Name: Priya Thupili Title: Digital Marketing Manager Location: Austin, TX Where do you live, and what do you do in your free time? I… Read More
Scorecarder Spotlight
February 7, 2024
C-Suite Liability & Cybersecurity: Navigating a New Era of Enforcement
On October 30, 2023, the SEC charged both SolarWinds and their CISO Tim Brown with defrauding investors, by failing to make disclosures about cybersecurity issues and vulnerabilities related to the massive nearly two-year long “SUNBURST” hack of the company. This action by the SEC… Read More
Executive Viewpoint
February 7, 2024
What Drives Cyber Risk? Cyber Insurers and SecurityScorecard Reveal Answers
Seeking to stay ahead of hackers, many researchers have asked themselves what drives cyber risk. And many cyber insurance carriers have wondered how to accurately underwrite and price the risk. According to preliminary results from SecurityScorecard’s joint work with our cyber insurance partners, the answer is clear but multi-faceted. Adoption… Read More
Cyber Insurance
February 6, 2024
Applying the Churchill Knowledge Audit to Cybersecurity: The Importance of Security Ratings
When FedEx founder Fred Smith attended Yale in the mid-1960s, he wrote an economics paper describing the concept of overnight delivery of packages by air. His professor infamously gave him a “C” grade because he viewed it as implausible. But Smith knew something his professor didn’t—and it was an idea… Read More
Executive Viewpoint
February 5, 2024
Odyssey.conf 2024: Navigating the Future of Supply Chain Cybersecurity with SecurityScorecard
Last week, the Ritz Carlton, on fabulous Key Biscayne, FL, buzzed with the energy of Odyssey.conf, SecurityScorecard’s inaugural customer conference. Top industry minds, including Brian Krebs, Rob Knake, Jim Routh, and Hector Monsegur took to the stage along with SecurityScorecard staff and customers. Read More
Executive Viewpoint
February 5, 2024
Bolstering Cyber Resilience in the US Water Sector: A Call to Action
Tomorrow, February 6, 2024, the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on securing US water systems from cyberattacks. Following last year’s widely publicized attack on the municipal water system in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Congress, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and… Read More
Executive Viewpoint
February 2, 2024
SecurityScorecard introduces new partner certifications
As cited by the new SEC cybersecurity incident disclosure requirements, 98% of organizations have relationships with at least one breached third party. Consequently, many organizations are looking to manage supply chain cyber risk across their third parties and the entire digital ecosystem. Recognizing this challenge, SecurityScorecard is excited to… Read More
Supply Chain Cyber Risk
February 1, 2024
From Confusion to Clarity: Red Sift Breaks Down Google and Yahoo’s Email Security Requirements
Many people around the world right now are confused as to whether their organization is ready for Google and Yahoo’s new requirements for bulk senders. So don’t worry, you’re not alone. Back in October the announcement was made that… Read More
Supply Chain Cyber Risk
February 1, 2024
Decoding Cyber Security Innovations with SecurityScorecard CEO Alex Yampolskiy
As part of a multi-part series with NightDragon, Nasdaq, and J.P. Morgan, SecurityScorecard founder and CEO Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy sat down with NightDragon CEO Dave DeWalt and unveiled his deep-rooted passion for cybersecurity. Tracing back to an early encounter with a computer virus… Read More
Executive Viewpoint
January 26, 2024
SecurityScorecard Returns to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting: Our Top 5 Insights
Last week, SecurityScorecard was invited back to participate in the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. It was a tremendous honor and, once again, we were the only security ratings company present (and one of the few cybersecurity companies). Our team spent the week… Read More
Executive Viewpoint
January 25, 2024
The Evolution of CISOs and Security Ratings
In the CISO community, security ratings are usually loved or hated—there’s rarely a middle ground. I have many friends who want nothing to do with security ratings and others that use them as part of their core strategy. This is understandable in some sense because in the early… Read More
Executive Viewpoint
Security Ratings
January 25, 2024
Leveraging Collaboration and Transparency: How CISOs Can Comply With New SEC Regulations
A standard unit of measurement and transparency helps CISOs create a common language to communicate vulnerabilities in their environment as well as those of their third and fourth parties. As we kick off 2024, CISOs at public companies will certainly be thinking of… Read More
Services
January 25, 2024
Introducing SecurityScorecard MAX
What keeps CISOs up at night? The extended, often unsecured, ever-changing attack surface of critical supply chain vendors providing an unmonitored pathway into their enterprise. Emerging zero-day vulnerabilities, like MOVEit and SolarWinds, are time-sensitive issues that require immediate attention by security teams that are often over-burdened with… Read More
Cyber Threat Intelligence
Services
January 23, 2024
A Shared Language to Improve Ecosystem Cybersecurity Risks
Visionaries and innovators, historically, must find a common language to support their futuristic ideas. Long recognized as a financial innovator, Alexander Hamilton was also a technological visionary. In his 1791 Report on Manufactures, Hamilton argued that enabling the manufacturing base would benefit the agricultural community by creating a demand for an… Read More
Cyber Threat Intelligence