The United Kingdom's national cybersecurity agency on Friday marked the 20th anniversary of its response to the first-ever cyberattack against the government by disclosing how government agencies responded. The incident paved way for the launch of the National Cyber Security Center in 2016.
This week, the U.S. sanctioned Russians running influence campaigns, the owner of the Monopoly darknet drug market was charged, CISA ordered federal agencies to patch flaws before July 13, Suncor Energy suffered a cyberattack and Petro-Canada gas stations were affected.
Security researchers at Censys found hundreds of federally owned devices at 50 different agencies exposed to the internet, accessible through IPv4 addresses and loaded with potentially vulnerable MOVEit and Barracuda Networks' ESG software. The vulnerabilities violate new CISA policy, the firm said.
Technology giant Apple has joined the chorus of voices calling on the British government to rethink its proposed Online Safety Bill legislation intended to increase public safety by monitoring people's private communications via client-side scanning.
Irish Parliament has proposed changes to a new bill that would make it a criminal offense to disclose privacy reprimands issued by the Data Protection Commission. Civil rights groups are accusing the government of shielding the country's privacy regulator from criticism.
This week, the list of MOVEit victims grew and now includes the U.S. government. Also, CISA and its global peers crowned LockBit the world's top ransomware threat, North Korean hackers copied a popular South Korean web portal, and an impersonation campaign used SEO techniques to target top brands.
A suspected cyberespionage group that has been active since 2020 has targeted government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia using a malware tool set capable of controlling victims' machines and exfiltrating system data and credentials.
As the largest media company at RSA Conference 2023, ISMG conducted more than 160 individual interviews with CEOs, CISOs, government leaders, investors, researchers and attorneys. This compendium covers every facet of cybersecurity, from the latest technology solutions to emerging trends.
Proposed class action lawsuits are piling up over hackers' use of a vulnerability in Fortra's GoAnywhere secure file transfer and a resulting data breach affecting 3 million individuals. NationsBenefits Holdings disclosed that hackers accessed personal information by using the widely exploited flaw.
New bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate - the Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act - aims to help address the shortage of cybersecurity skills facing rural hospitals, which increasingly find themselves in the crosshairs of hackers, including ransomware attackers.
In the latest weekly update, Venable's Grant Schneider joins ISMG editors to discuss takeaways from the RSA Conference 2023, the state of software supply chain security post-SolarWinds, safeguards to prevent unintended adverse impacts of AI, and whether AI could be used to write and digest SBOMs.
Joe Sullivan, the former chief security officer of Uber, will not spend time in prison for his role in impeding a federal investigation into the ride-hailing company's security practices. His sentence is three years of probation and a $50,000 fine.
Policy buzz around RSA Conference 2023 is centering on the new National Cybersecurity Strategy that seeks to hold software makers liable for security flaws. While federal officials say the industry will embrace the new rules, some are talking about the lobbying and legal challenges ahead.
Changes to FedRAMP regulations will have a major impact on cloud services providers, compliance and cybersecurity controls, said Tony Bai, director, federal practice lead, at A-LIGN. Bai offers insight on navigating the U.S government authorization requirements as well as the StateRAMP program.
New resources released Monday from a high-profile federal advisory group provide insights into the state of healthcare sector preparedness and best practices for dealing with evolving cyberthreats, according to Erik Decker, CISO of Intermountain Healthcare and co-chair of the task force.
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