Ransomware continued to plague major sectors including healthcare, transportation and education in 2024. Attacks led to disruptions in operations, long downtimes, and serious data breaches. Major attacks included disruptions at PIH Health in California, the RIBridges system in Rhode Island, and the school system in Marietta, Georgia. Regardless of a minor dip in reported US attacks in December, the impact of ransomware remained substantial throughout the year.

Week in review: NIST updates DNS security guidance, compromised LiteLLM PyPI packages
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: NIST updates its DNS security guidance for the first time


