The White House Is Deciding Whether to Support a Bureau of Cyber Statistics

E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News 15. September 2021 This article has been indexed from E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News   On Tuesday, security experts revealed data about a high-severity weakness in the HP OMEN driver software, which affects millions of gaming laptops worldwide…

The Russian criminal gang known as DarkSide that is behind the attack that shut down Colonial Pipeline have  claimed their only goal is to ‘make money’ and not cause chaos – as experts warn gas prices could surge past $3 a gallon if America’s largest fuel pipeline remains down.     The FBI confirmed on Monday that…

Governance & Risk Management , Patch Management Experts Say Advisory Highlights Vulnerability Management Challenges Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • July 30, 2021     Source: CISA A joint cybersecurity advisory issued by several agencies this week highlighting the ongoing exploits of longstanding software vulnerabilities illustrates the woeful state of patch management, security experts say. See Also:…

Exchange Servers Under Active Attack via ProxyShell Bugs

3rd Party Risk Management , Critical Infrastructure Security , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks Additional Money Would Address a Range of Cybersecurity Issues Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • April 11, 2021     President Joe Biden is asking Congress to boost the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency budget by $110 million to help enable the agency to…

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management ‘Unsophisticated’ Code Has Scant Resemblance to WannaCry Namesake, Researchers Say Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 16, 2021     DearCry ransomware appends “.CRYPT” to forcibly encrypted files. (Source: Sophos) Fresh ransomware targeting as-yet-unpatched on-premises Exchange servers appears to have been rushed…