Collaborate Disseminate
Some of the world’s top tech firms are backing a new industry task force focused on disrupting cybercriminal ransomware gangs by limiting their ability to get paid, and targeting the individuals and finances of the organized thieves behind these crimes. Continue reading Task Force Seeks to Disrupt Ransomware Payments
Former Director of Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to headline free one-day event Boca Raton, FL, April 26, 2021 — MediaOps, the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, today announc… Continue reading Christopher Krebs to Keynote in Live Fireside Chat/Q&A Session at DevOps Connect: DevSecOps at RSA Conference 2021
The U.S. government is doing a piss-poor job of protecting Americans from foreign hackers.
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The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against three men accused of working with the North Korean regime to carry out some of the most damaging cybercrime attacks over the past decade, including the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures, the global WannaCry ransomware contagion of 2017, and the theft of roughly $200 million and attempted theft of more than $1.2 billion from banks and other victims worldwide. Continue reading U.S. Indicts North Korean Hackers in Theft of $200 Million
The widespread compromise affecting key government agencies is ongoing, according to the U.S. government. Continue reading Feds Pinpoint Russia as ‘Likely’ Culprit Behind SolarWinds Attack
The attack was mounted via SolarWinds Orion, in a manual and targeted supply-chain effort. Continue reading DHS Among Those Hit in Sophisticated Cyberattack by Foreign Adversaries – Report
President Trump fired US cybersecurity chief over Twitter Tuesday, an act widely condemned within the cybersecurity community. Continue reading Firing of CISA Chief Christopher Krebs Widely Condemned
President Trump fired US cybersecurity chief over Twitter Tuesday, an act widely condemned within the cybersecurity community. Continue reading Firing of CISA Chief Christopher Krebs Widely Condemned
Chris Krebs, the first and current director of the CISA, said his protection of election process drew ire from Trump administration. Continue reading Report: CISA Chief Expects White House to Fire Him
Former Department of Homeland Security chiefs cautioned Tuesday that President Donald Trump is endangering national security by blocking the transition to Joe Biden’s presidency, as the standoff stretched days after news organizations declared Biden the victor. “At this period of heightened risk for our nation, we do not have a single day to spare to begin the transition,” said the four former DHS secretaries Tom Ridge, Michael Chertoff, Janet Napolitano and Jeh Johnson. “For the good of the nation, we must start now.” Biden nonetheless plowed ahead with his plans to take over the executive branch, announcing agency review teams sprinkled with former U.S. government cybersecurity officials. But the Trump administration is so far making it difficult, and the dispute potentially stands to hamper cybersecurity on multiple fronts. One of those fronts: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) indicated that it would not work with the Biden transition until after […]
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