The White House is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics – Nextgov
The White House is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics – Nextgov
Chinese threat actors compromising telecoms, report warns
Cyber-security firm Cybereason’s ‘DeadRinger’ research has highlighted attack trends emanating from China that leverage third-party service providers to compromise multiple targets. Meanwhile in the UK, cyber-security managers admit to facing increased threats. Cybereason has revealed its discovery of several previously unidentified cyber-attack campaigns infiltrating major telecommunications providers across Southeast Asia. In the report, titled ‘DeadRinger:…
Securing industrial networks: the essential IT/OT relationship
Vikram Sharma • July 26, 2021 In the animal kingdom, there is a history of working together for a common interest. For example, some coyotes and badgers team up while hunting. If the prey runs, the coyote takes the lead. If the target dives underground, the badger takes over. See Also: Live Webinar…
The Rise of Integrity Attacks
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Tom Kellermann on Emergence of New Destructive Attacks and Cloud Jacking Tom Field (SecurityEditor) • August 3, 2021 Tom Kellermann, head of cybersecurity strategy, VMware Carbon Black Tom Kellermann calls…
Ransomware Actors Set Up a Call Center to Lure Victims
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Microsoft Warns of Clever Social Engineering Using ‘BazaCall’ Malware Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • August 3, 2021 Ransomware actors have set up a call center to trick victims into running a malicious macro in an Excel document, giving them control…
Federal agencies are failing to protect sensitive data, Senate report finds
Written by Tonya Riley Aug 3, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Of eight federal agencies audited for their cybersecurity programs, only the Department of Homeland Security showed improvements in 2020, according to a report from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Released by the panel on Tuesday, the report expresses concerns about the state of…
Zynga’s Case Set for Arbitration
Governance & Risk Management , Incident & Breach Response , Legislation & Litigation Judge Says Users Agreed With Arbitration When Accepting Terms and Conditions Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 3, 2021 Zynga develops mobile games such as Words With Friends 2 (Photo: Zynga) Yet another lawsuit filed in the wake of a…
‘1 in 3 Indian PC home users at high risk of cyber attack risk’
Nearly one third (28.22 per cent) of PC home users in India are at high risk of cyber attacks, according to a report by digital security and privacy provider Avast. Avast’s latest Global PC Risk Report also looked into the possibility of users facing aadvanced’ threats — defined as more sophisticated or threats never seen…
Toll Group concedes it did not work with Australian Signals Directorate fast enough to fend off major hack
Toll was the only company contacted by the parliamentary inquiry that failed to rule itself out. A number of other companies hit by cyber attacks in recent years – Telstra, Optus, Atlassian, Qantas, Google Cloud and Australian Gas Infrastructure Group – said they did not believe they were the company singled out by Ms Noble….
Biden Issues Memorandum Aimed at Improving Cybersecurity | Foley Hoag LLP – Security, Privacy and the Law
On July 28, 2021, President Biden issued a Memorandum on Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems. The Memo recognizes that the protection of the nation’s critical infrastructure lies not only with government, i.e., at the federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial levels, but with critical infrastructure owners and operators. In addition, the Memo states…