The White House is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics – Nextgov
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced new pipeline cybersecurity requirements after the largest fuel pipeline in the United States was forced to shut down operations in early May following a ransomware attack. The new security directive requires critical pipeline owners and operators to report any confirmed and potential cybersecurity incidents to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security…
Howard University cancels classes following ransomware attack | #malware | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #infosecurity | #hacker – National Cyber Security
Howard University in Washington DC has been hit by a ransomware attack which has forced it to cancel classes for two days running. The university stated on Monday 6 September that its technology team detected “unusual activity on the university’s network” on 3 September which caused it to shut down its network to investigate the…
Electricity Distribution Systems at Increasing Risk of Cyberattacks, GAO Warns
A newly published report form the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) describes the risks of cyber-attacks on the electricity grid’s distribution systems, along with the scale of the potential impact of such attacks. Following a performance audit conducted between September 2019 and March 2021, GAO has discovered that the electricity grid’s distribution systems are increasingly…
Don’t use single-factor auth on Internet-exposed systems
Single-factor authentication (SFA) has been added today by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to a very short list of cybersecurity bad practices it advises against. CISA’s Bad Practices catalog includes practices the federal agency has deemed “exceptionally risky” and not to be used by organizations in the government and the private sector as…
Microsoft Exchange ProxyToken bug can let hackers steal user email
Technical details have emerged on a serious vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server dubbed ProxyToken that does not require authentication to access emails from a target account. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability by crafting a request to web services within the Exchange Control Panel (ECP) application and steal messages from a victim’s inbox. Delegation confusion…
High seas the new front in Iran-Israel shadow war
JERUSALEM: Arch-foes Israel and Iran have long fought an undeclared shadow war across the Middle East, landing blows in Lebanon, Syria and inside the Islamic republic itself. More recently, the battle has moved to the high seas, with a series of mysterious attacks and sabotage incidents mainly in the Red and Arabian Seas. Advertisement Advertisement…