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Jeffrey Burt reports: President Biden is warning Congressional Republicans that he will veto any attempts to overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new requirement for public companies disclosing cybersecurity incidents. In a brief pol… Continue reading Biden Will Veto Efforts to Spike SEC Breach Disclosure Rule
Some 1,300 suspicious IP addresses or URLs have been identified as part of a global INTERPOL operation targeting phishing, malware and ransomware attacks. Operation Synergia, which ran from September to November 2023, was launched in response to the cl… Continue reading INTERPOL-led operation targets growing cyber threats
Robert Legare and Nicole Sganga report: Hackers backed by the Chinese government are targeting U.S. water treatment plants and electrical grids, strategically positioning themselves within critical infrastructure systems to “wreak havoc and cause… Continue reading FBI director to warn Congress of dangers Chinese hackers pose to American infrastructure, innovation
Christopher Bing and Karen Freifeld report: The U.S. government in recent months launched an operation to fight a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that successfully compromised thousands of internet-connected devices, according to two Western secur… Continue reading US disabled Chinese hacking network targeting critical infrastructure
Bloomberg reports: Russia is facing a widespread internet outage that’s affected users across the country, with access to websites on the local .ru domain down. The issue was linked to a technical problem with the .ru domain’s global Domain Name System… Continue reading Russia Hit With Widespread Internet Outage Across Country
Imagine having a law on your side that actually helps you in the event your bank account is hacked or your funds are stolen by scammers, but the bank never tells you that you are protected by that law, and worse, does not comply with it. According to N… Continue reading Attorney General James Sues Citibank for Failing to Protect and Reimburse Victims of Electronic Fraud
Bill Toulas reports: The number of ransomware victims paying ransom demands has dropped to a record low of 29% in the final quarter of 2023, according to ransomware negotiation firm Coveware. This trend became apparent in mid-2021 when the payment rate… Continue reading Ransomware payments drop to record low as victims refuse to pay
January 24 Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), is releasing voluntary health care specific cybersecurity performance goals (CPGs) and a new gateway we… Continue reading HHS Releases New Voluntary Performance Goals to Enhance Cybersecurity Across the Health Sector and Gateway for Cybersecurity Resources
Alexander Boyd , Colin H. Black of Polsinelli PC write: Beginning on May 13, 2024, nonbanking “financial institutions” must notify the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) within 30 days of discovering a data breach involving the nonpublic personal informa… Continue reading Looking Ahead to the FTC’s Implementation of the Data Breach Notification Rule for Nonbanking Financial Institutions
CSO reports: Zero-day exploits, supply chain attacks fuel 72% increase over previous record for incidents of compromise. Another increase is expected for 2024. A new record for data breaches reported to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) was set… Continue reading Zero-day, supply-chain attacks drove data breach high for 2023