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Read More “Leading Cyber Officials Favor Fines Over Subpoenas to Enforce Incident Reporting” »
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The Treasury Department is banning U.S. persons from engaging in any way with SUEX, a cryptocurrency exchange it says laundered ransomware payments to criminals. “SUEX has facilitated transactions involving illicit proceeds from at least eight ransomware variants,” Treasury said in a press release Tuesday. “Analysis of known SUEX transactions shows that over 40% of SUEX’s…
Read More “Treasury Sanctions First Cryptocurrency Exchange to Combat Ransomware ” »
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President Joe Biden used portions of his 30-minute speech before the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday to call for partnerships among Democratic allies to address challenges posed by emerging technologies and the evolution of cyber warfare in what he hopes will be an era of “relentless diplomacy.” Biden called the present moment an inflection point,…
Read More “Biden Calls for ‘United Response’ to Emerging Tech, Cyber Warfare in U.N. Speech” »
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Read More “OMB Provides Tiered Instructions on Logging Requirements in Executive Order” »
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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has committed to working with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore on research and development and critical technologies, as part of a broader effort to increase ties between the two nations. “Besides strengthening information sharing, fostering cybersecurity exchanges between Singapore and the U.S., and cooperation through joint exercises,…
Read More “U.S. Expands Cybersecurity Collaboration with Singapore” »
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Read More “Homeland Security Considering CMMC-like Compliance Effort” »
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Read More “Survey: Nearly 3 in 4 Organizations Suffered Data Breaches Due to Phishing” »
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Read More “CISA Offers Vulnerability Disclosure Platform for Civilian Agencies” »
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Read More “The Most Targeted Vulnerability of the Year Was First Identified in 2017” »
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The second of two recent directives the Transportation Security Administration has issued to pipeline operators will allow some flexibility but mandate certain cybersecurity best practices, according to the head of the agency. “That’s what the security directive does require, sir,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske told Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., during a hearing on the issue…
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A new economic development initiative at the Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration will address challenges companies face filling cybersecurity vacancies and other positions requiring digital skills, according to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. “What I hear all the time from companies [is], ‘we are ready to hire, but people need to have the skills, they need…
Read More “Commerce Secretary Highlights Cybersecurity Workforce Needs With $3B Initiative” »
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The public will not be privy to the details of a second directive the Transportation and Security Administration announced Tuesday to improve the cybersecurity of the nation’s pipelines, according to the Department of Homeland Security. “The security directive is designated as sensitive security information and, as a result, its distribution is limited to those with…
Read More “TSA’s New Cybersecurity Rules for Pipelines to Be Kept on Need-to-Know Basis ” »
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A special cybersecurity office established a few years ago within the Energy Department had some suspicious spending habits, most of which seemed to be resolved after a change in leadership, according to complaints investigated by the agency inspector general. The Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response, or CESER, was created in 2018 to…
Read More “Energy’s Cyber Response Office Misspent Millions Due to Lack of Budget Management” »
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The weight of administering a multibillion-dollar emergency aid program and other pandemic-related stressors in 2020 weakened the cybersecurity posture of the Small Business Administration, according to the agency inspector general. “We rated SBA’s overall program of information security as ‘not effective’ because SBA only achieved a maturity level rating of ‘managed and measurable’ in one…
Read More “IG: SBA’s Cybersecurity ‘Not Effective,’ In Part Due to COVID” »
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Read More “White House Plans to Attribute the Microsoft Exchange Hack Soon” »
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Senators from both sides of the aisle want to improve government cybersecurity by bolstering the workforce through two new federally-focused training programs. The bipartisan Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Expansion Act was introduced Friday by Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and John Cornyn, R-Texas. The bill would create two new cybersecurity training programs: an apprenticeship program based out…
Read More “Bill Would Create Cyber Workforce Training Programs at CISA and VA” »
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Read More “FCC Advances Efforts to Remove Untrusted Chinese Equipment from US Market” »
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Congress and the Federal Communications Commission are moving together to deny permits to certain Chinese suppliers of telecommunications market. The FCC has already designated firms like Huawei and ZTE national security threats and—with financial support from Congress—is implementing rules for recipients of public Universal Service Funds to rip and replace any of the forbidden network…
Read More “Bipartisan Bill Bolsters FCC Motion to Ban Suspect Chinese Telecom Equipment” »
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Today’s cybersecurity landscape can be described as tumultuous at best. The last six months alone have shown just how frequent, devastating and far-reaching modern attacks can be. When compounded with what seems like an inescapable skills gap, cybersecurity professionals are constantly behind the curve. This rings especially true for the federal government and those working daily…
Read More “Why Government Needs More than Money to Fix Cybersecurity Issues” »
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The Russian criminals who orchestrated the SolarWinds hack have gained access to a USAID online-marketing account, enabling the group to send official-looking emails to a new swath of potential victims, Microsoft said Friday. Russian officials quickly denied involvement — but analysts say that just illustrates how the Kremlin uses ostensibly private groups to create deniability,…
Read More “Russia’s Latest Hack Shows How Useful ‘Criminal Groups’ Are to the Kremlin” »
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