Collaborate Disseminate
Jonathan Greig reports: Federal civilian agencies were ordered to secure their Microsoft cloud systems after several recent cyber incidents. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a binding directive on Tuesday giving federa… Continue reading CISA orders federal agencies to secure Microsoft cloud systems after ‘recent’ intrusions
The guidance comes from the Office of the Director of National Cybersecurity and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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The agency is seeking public comment on its much-anticipated draft update to 2016’s PPD-41.
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The annual defense spending bill contains money the FCC has sought to use to reimburse telecommunications carriers for removing Chinese equipment.
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It would go beyond the FCC’s own proposal to regulate telecommunications carriers under federal wiretapping law.
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The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has published a guidance document titled Choosing Secure and Verifiable Technologies, compiled to assist organizations in making informed decisions when procuring softwa… Continue reading How to choose secure, verifiable technologies?
The United States and other Western nations released guidance Tuesday designed to evict the China-linked group in the wake of the high-profile hack.
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The idea behind the initiative, details of which CyberScoop is first reporting, is that too much cyber expertise doing volunteer work is uncoordinated.
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Evgenii Ptitsyn is said to have helped operate a ransomware-as-a-service organization that extorted millions from more than 1K victims, including schools and hospitals.
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Nation-state adversaries are changing their approach, pivoting from data destruction to prioritizing stealth and espionage. According to the Microsoft 2023 Digital Defense Report, “nation-state attackers are increasing their investments and launching more sophisticated cyberattacks to evade detection and achieve strategic priorities.” These actors pose a critical threat to United States infrastructure and protected data, and […]
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