Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Endpoint Security , Governance & Risk Management Audit Recommends Energy Department Implement Better Protections Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • March 19, 2021 The U.S. electrical grid’s distribution systems that deliver electricity directly to customers are increasingly vulnerable to cyberthreats, and the Department of Energy needs to do…
Distribution systems within the U.S. electrical grid are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack, a government watchdog said in a report released Thursday. In the report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) noted that the Department of Energy’s cybersecurity strategy has predominantly focused on generation and transmission systems. The watchdog recommended further attention to risks facing distribution systems,…
Microsoft Tuesday issued instructions and a one-click tool to small businesses with on-premises Exchange servers to patch the vulnerability first disclosed by the company March 2, and which criminals have been using to spy on victims’ communications as well as gain access to other parts of their networks. “We realized that there was a need…
Attacks employing the TrickBot malware continue, leveraging phishing emails as the initial infection vector, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warn. In a joint advisory published on Wednesday, the two agencies revealed that a sophisticated group of cybercrime actors is leveraging a traffic infringement phishing scheme to lure…
Cybercrime , Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Supply Chain Attack Hits Development Environment Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • March 19, 2021 Hackers used Trojanized Xcode projects to install backdoors on developers’ devices as part of a supply chain attack, security firm Sentinel Labs reports. Xcode is Apple’s integrated development environment for macOS….
Application Security , Cybercrime , Device Identification Swiss Citizen Allegedly Leaked Victims’ Stolen Data, Including Source Code Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) , Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 19, 2021 A Swiss national who recently highlighted flaws in internet-connected Verkada surveillance cameras has been charged with hacking. See Also: Live Webinar | Mitigating the…
A recent poll in the UK revealed there was a high level of support among managers for making Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for staff returning to work. The survey of more than 1,000 managers, conducted by the Chartered Management Institute, showed that about half think office access should be restricted for those who refused to get…
LJ Rich looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Uber says it will pay UK drivers a minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions after losing a legal battle around workers’ rights A series of mindfulness videos designed to help children and families combat stress around online learning, screen time…
Germany is facing a “massive” third wave of Covid-19 infections, Prof Tobias Kurth, an epidemiologist at Charite-Universitatsmedizin in Berlin has said. He told BBC World News measures were relaxed too early before the vaccination programme had time to take effect. There had been an “exponential” rise in cases over recent days, Prof Kurth said. “It’s…
Top U.S. and Chinese officials offered sharply different views of each other and the world as the two sides met face-to-face for the first time since President Joe Biden took office. In unusually pointed public remarks for a staid diplomatic meeting, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi…
