Howard University shuts down network after ransomware attack

Howard University shuts down network after ransomware attack

The private Howard University in Washington disclosed that it suffered a ransomware attack late last week and is currently working to restore affected systems. University officials expect full recovery from the incident to take a long time although work is being done to remediate the situation as quickly as possible. Classes canceled, WiFi down The…

Biden Administration Releases Draft Zero-Trust Guidance

Biden Administration Releases Draft Zero-Trust Guidance

The federal government is pushing hard for agencies to adopt zero-trust cybersecurity architectures, with new guidance released Tuesday from the administration’s policy arm—the Office of Management and Budget—and lead cybersecurity agency—the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The administration released several documents Tuesday for public comment, seeking feedback on the overarching federal policy from OMB and draft…

White House Pushing Federal Agencies Toward ‘Zero Trust’

White House Pushing Federal Agencies Toward ‘Zero Trust’

3rd Party Risk Management , Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime CISA and OMB Creating Road Maps So Departments Can Adopt by 2024 Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • September 8, 2021     Source: Flickr The White House is preparing executive branch agencies to adopt “zero trust” network architectures by September 2024, with the U.S. Cybersecurity and…

8,000+ Confluence Servers Still Vulnerable to Atlassian Flaw

8,000+ Confluence Servers Still Vulnerable to Atlassian Flaw

3rd Party Risk Management , Application Security , Breach Notification Server Taken Offline Following Exploitation of Vulnerability Mihir Bagwe • September 8, 2021     Last weekend’s confirmed attack on the Jenkins project – an open-source automation server used in software development – using a recently discovered vulnerability in the Atlassian Confluence service, could be…

DDoS Attack Disrupts New Zealand Banks, Post Office

DDoS Attack Disrupts New Zealand Banks, Post Office

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , DDoS Protection NZ CERT: Intermittent Disruptions at Financial Organizations Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • September 8, 2021     CERT NZ warns of DDoS attack. (Source: CERT NZ) New Zealand’s Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT, says it is aware of ongoing distributed denial-of-service attacks that have disrupted services at…

Howard University Cancels Online and Hybrid Classes After Ransomware Attack

Howard University Cancels Online and Hybrid Classes After Ransomware Attack

E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News 8. September 2021 This article has been indexed from E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News   Washington, D.C’s Howard University, one of the largest Black Schools in the United States, has canceled online and hybrid classes as it continues…