The White House is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics – Nextgov

A serious vulnerability affecting the Linphone Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) client suite can allow malicious actors to remotely crash applications, industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty warned on Tuesday. SIP is a signaling protocol designed for initiating, maintaining and terminating communication sessions. The protocol is often used for voice, video, instant messaging, and other types of applications….

The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has suffered a ransomware attack that forced the City to shut down its systems to prevent the further spread of the malware. Tulsa is the second-largest city in Oklahoma, with a population of approximately 400,000 people. Over the weekend, threat actors deployed a ransomware attack on the City of Tulsa’s…

Crypto hacker offered reward after $600m heist

Computer giant Acer has been hit by a REvil ransomware attack where the threat actors are demanding the largest known ransom to date, $50,000,000. Acer is a Taiwanese electronics and computer maker well-known for laptops, desktops, and monitors. Acer employs approximately 7,000 employees and earned $7.8 billion in 2019. Yesterday, the ransomware gang announced on their…

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…

Because it is privately held, Colonial is under less pressure than a publicly traded company might be to reveal details. But as the custodian of a major piece of the nation’s cyberinfrastructure, the company is bound to come under scrutiny over the quality of its protections and its transparency about how it responded to the…