Malware Makers Using ‘Exotic’ Programming Languages

Four states have been chosen by the National Governors Association (NGA) for its 2021 Policy Academy to Advance Whole-of-State Cybersecurity.  Kansas, Missouri, Montana, and Washington have all been selected by the NGA Center for Best Practices to work directly with the NGA on cybersecurity governance, workforce development, and government partnership policies.  “Representatives of the four states will…

Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration’s head of the Department of Homeland Security and members of the department’s cybersecurity staff whose jobs included hunting threats from foreign countries, The Associated Press reported Monday, citing sources. From the report: The intelligence value of the hacking of then-acting Secretary Chad…

Application Security , Breach Notification , COVID-19 Experts Say Increase Owes to Lack of Funding, Virtual Learning Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • March 15, 2021     U.S. public schools faced a record number of cyber incidents in 2020, with over 400 attacks reported. This led to a spike in school cancellations, as IT staff members…

Breach Notification , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Identity & Access Management Jim Van Dyke and Al Pascual of Sontiq Describe Criminals’ Use of Breached Data Nick Holland (nickster2407) • March 27, 2021     Jim Van Dyke (left) and Al Pascual of Sontiq Identity crimes are up, but…

A new report by researchers at a German university suggests that the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth powered Apple-to-Apple data transfer tech could expose your phone number and email address to a stranger who is in Wi-Fi range. All the stranger would need to do is be in range. Technische Universitat Darmstadt researchers suggest that simply opening…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call that he must “take action” against cyber criminals acting in his country and that the U.S. reserves the right to “defend its people and its critical infrastructure.” “President Biden underscored the need for Russia to take…