The White House Is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics
The White House Is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics
Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images) The U.S. State Department was purportedly the victim of a serious cyber attack in recent weeks, according to a Fox News report published on Saturday. The extent of breach and when it was discovered are currently unknown. Citing an unnamed source, the outlet stated that the Department of Defense’s Cyber…
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,…
Data on millions of additional customers was also compromised, T-Mobile said. August 20, 2021, 8:55 PM • 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article T-Mobile revealed Friday that the personal data of more than 5 million additional customers was compromised in the recent cyber attack, bringing the total number of people impacted…
3rd Party Risk Management , Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Software Vendor Quiet on Whether It Might Pay for REvil’s Full Decryption Tool Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • July 6, 2021 Screenshot of Kaseya’s remote IT management software VSA, which was compromised by ransomware attackers. (Source: Kaseya) Kaseya said late Monday that…
Network Detection & Response , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development , Security Operations Deals Focus on Bolstering Security Capabilities Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • July 21, 2021 Cybereason, Rapid7 and Microsoft announced acquisitions this week designed to boost their security capabilities. See Also: Why You Should Take Security to the Cloud Meanwhile, the…
Governance & Risk Management , Patch Management Alert Urges Organizations to Patch as Vulnerabilities Are Exploited Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • August 27, 2021 Four months after Microsoft released the first security update for three vulnerabilities in several versions of its on-premises Exchange Server software – collectively called ProxyShell – the company has issued…