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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

” Also read: Cybersecurity Employment in 2022: Solving the Skills Gap. How to Choose a Security Certification. Thycotic chief security scientist Joseph Carson told eSecurity Planet that choosing a certification should ultimately be about deciding which skillset or professional direction you want to focus on.

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Russia-linked APT28 uses fake Windows Update instructions to target Ukraine govt bodies

Security Affairs

CERT-UA observed the campaign in April 2023, the malicious e-mails with the subject “Windows Update” were crafted to appear as sent by system administrators of departments of multiple government bodies. Most of the APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks.

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City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 million to mitigate the May Royal ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The City experts believe that the group specifically targeted a prioritized list of servers using legitimate Microsoft system administrative tools. The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars.