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

Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy will join tech executives at a White House meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday (Aug 25) to discuss efforts by private companies to improve cybersecurity, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The source asked not to be identified as the information was not public. Apple CEO Tim…

In recent weeks, cybercriminals have increasingly targeted organizations that play critical roles across broad swaths of the US economy. The fallout from those attacks show how hackers are now causing chaos for everyday Americans at an unprecedented pace and scale. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday warned that “very malign actors” had the US in their sights…

Some experts said the timing of attack, on the Friday before a US holiday long weekend, was aimed at spreading it as quickly as possible while employees were away from the job. Loading “What we are seeing now in terms of victims is likely just the tip of the iceberg,” said Adam Meyers, senior vice…

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…

May 17, 2021, 5:31 PM The Colonial Pipeline system, which supplies nearly half the fuel consumed along the Eastern Seaboard, resumed full operations this weekend after a ransomware attack eight days earlier. Following days of higher pump prices, panic buying, and gas stations running out of fuel, the system is beginning to return to normal….

According to a press release, Memorial Health System experienced an information technology security incident in the early morning hours Sunday. User access to information technology applications has been suspended. The hospital has implemented extensive information technology security protocols and is working diligently with security partners to restore information operations as quickly as possible….