Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

It may be the shortest month, but February brought no shortage of bad behavior by cybercriminals. In our latest cyber attack roundup of the ever-thriving world of cybercrime, we look at a disturbing theft from one of the United States’ most secretive government organizations, a long-running ransomware tie-up for a major media company, a never-ending nightmare for a security-minded internet company, and the latest of many breaches for one of the backbones of the modern web.

February’s product update includes many exciting announcements from Vanta. We announced Custom Frameworks and Controls and other improvements to the Vanta experience: ‍ ‍

The Technology Modernization Fund’s (TMF) latest awards targeting cybersecurity, zero trust, and classified cloud highlight the increasing importance of modernizing the federal government’s IT infrastructure to combat emerging cybersecurity threats.

Dish Network is one of the largest American television providers in the country today, offering television service through a direct-broadcast satellite network. The company serves more than 7.4 million customers and maintains over 16,000 employees to keep everything running properly. This huge broadcast network recently suffered from a ransomware attack that interrupted its broadcast service and may have exposed its customers as well.