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Numerous security issues impacting Juniper Networks' Junos OS and its J-Web configuration interface leveraged by its EX switches and SRX firewalls have been resolved as part of recently issued updates, reports SecurityWeek.

BleepingComputer reports that the White Phoenix ransomware decryption tool has been made available on the web by CyberArk to ease the recovery from attacks involving ransomware strains with intermittent encryption, such as ALPHV/BlackCat, BianLian, DarkBit, Agenda/Qilin, and Play, months after the decryptor was released as a Python project on GitHub.

SiliconAngle reports that artificial intelligence-powered security and compliance solutions provider Runecast Solutions is set to be purchased by unified observability and security provider Dynatrace as part of its efforts to strengthen its security capabilities.

U.S. cloud infrastructure-as-a-service providers would be compelled to verify the identities of foreign users under a new proposed rule by the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security in a bid to bolster defenses against foreign cybersecurity threats, according to FedScoop.

The Government and Accountability Office has disclosed that insights on the implementation of ransomware defenses among U.S. organizations in the energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation industries have been lacking among six federal agencies leading the oversight of critical infrastructure, CyberScoop reports.

Organizations impacted by ransomware attacks increased by more than twofold between 2022 and 2023, as more threat actors resort to data extortion tactics, according to SecurityWeek.

StateScoop reports that significantly more cyberattacks have been targeted at state and local governments in 2023, compared with the year prior.

Cyberattack disrupts Georgia county Widespread IT outages have been reported by Georgia's Fulton County following a cyberattack during the weekend, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.