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

Security Affairs

CBS News Texas obtained an image the ransomware note dropped by the malware on the infected systems. MILES/CBS NEWS TEXAS The Royal ransomware group is behind the attack and threatens to publish stolen data if the City will not meet its ransom demand. ” continues the report.

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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

It covers seven security domains: security operations and administration; access controls ; risk identification, monitoring and analysis; incident response and recovery; cryptography ; network and communications security; and systems and application security. The 125-question exam takes up to 3 hours to complete.

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Linux Patch Management: Tools, Issues & Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

By concentrating on crucial patches that fix serious flaws or have a significant influence on system stability, system administrators may make sure that resources are used effectively and that possible disruptions are kept to a minimum.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s Cyber Range hubs provide career paths to high-schoolers, underutilized adults

The Last Watchdog

Both were well-equipped to teach, test and train individuals ranging from teen-agers and non-technical adults, to working system administrators and even seasoned tech security pros. I’ve always enjoyed organizing people, so this is an opportunity for me to manage a group of students to try to create something useful.”.

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MY TAKE: Remote classes, mobile computing heighten need for a security culture in K-12 schools

The Last Watchdog

Organized hacking groups will be quick to single out — and plunder — the laggards. This begins with securing sensitive school district records, belonging not just to students, faculty and staff, and includes monitoring and protecting online payment systems, now sure to come under expanded Business Email Compromise ( BEC ) attacks.

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