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
Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management GAO Offers Recommendations to Improve Space Agency’s Cyber Protections Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 29, 2021 Photo: NASA via Flickr/CC A government watchdog is urging NASA‘s administrator to make multiple improvements to its cybersecurity and risk management policies to counter threats to the space agency’s…
Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime New ‘Pay or Grief’ CryptoLocking Malware Is DoppelPaymer in Disguise, Experts Say Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • July 30, 2021 The Grief ransomware operation’s dedicated data leak site (victims’ names redacted) The ransomware landscape constantly changes, which can make it…
Xinhua file photos of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on Russia to de-escalate its tensions with Ukraine in his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House said. The president voiced concerns over the sudden Russian military build-up in Crimea and…
Breach Notification , Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime Classes Canceled as the University’s IT Staff Repairs Damage Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • September 7, 2021 Howard University detected the cyberattack late last week. (Photo: Derek E. Morton via Wiki/CC) Stay tuned for updates on this developing story. See Also: Top 50 Security Threats …
Bose reveals it suffered “a sophisticated cyber-attack that disrupted some of its systems” in the United States. Ransomware attacks are the new normal. From laptop manufacturer Acer to Colonial, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States, no one is protected from this ever-growing threat. Its latest victim is The audio equipment manufacturer giant Bose….
On Tuesday, members from the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released a bipartisan report [PDF] that states that seven out of the eight federal agencies they reviewed still have not met the basic cybersecurity standards needed to protect the sensitive data they stored and maintained. The report was led by US Senators…