Category: Cybersecurity

The ninth installment in a series published by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) designed for military and national security decision-makers looks at the potential damage of limited or near-total shutdown of the internet during a crisis, the takedown of a major botnet, the hacking of the control system of a water plant in Florida, and several other incidents. The CCDCOE report highlights takeaways for the senior leaders in order to be better prepared for emerging cyber threats.

According to the recent FBI and CISA Cybersecurity Advisory on Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities, these vulnerabilities allow an attacker to access a victims’ Exchange Servers, enabling them to gain persistent system access and control of an enterprise network. It has the potential to affect tens of thousands of systems in the United States and provides adversaries with access to networks containing valuable research, technology, personally identifiable information (PII), and other sensitive information from entities in multiple U.S. sectors.