DARPA Selects Perspecta to Secure 5G Networks
Perspecta Labs has received two awards on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Open, Programmable, Secure 5G (OPS-5G) program for work to improve security of 5G networks. Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Updating the IT Security Playbook for the Cloud
Security teams must understand that their approach to security for the cloud needs to be built from the ground up. Keep Reading
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What Are the Top Security Challenges for U.S. Transportation?
Throughout the global pandemic, the transportation sector has been one of the hardest hit. But this is only one of the challenges it faces. Keep Reading
Election Security
CISA and Vietnam Veterans of America Partner to Raise Awareness About the Threat of Disinformation
CISA and the VVA will continue to promote these products and raise awareness amongst veterans and all Americans about the risk of disinformation in the remaining two weeks before Election Day and beyond. Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
U.S. Space & Rocket Center and FBI Sign MOU in Support of U.S. Cyber Camp
FBI Associate Deputy Director Paul Abbate and USSRC Executive Director and CEO Louie Ramirez signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration Wednesday. Keep Reading
Election Security
Treasury Sanctions Iranian Entities for Attempted Election Interference
The Iranian regime has targeted the United States’ electoral process with brazen attempts to sow discord among the voting populace by spreading disinformation online and executing malign influence operations aimed at misleading U.S. voters. Keep Reading
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Treasury Sanctions Russian Government Research Institution Connected to the Triton Malware
The Triton malware — known also as TRISIS and HatMan in open source reporting — was designed specifically to target and manipulate industrial safety systems. Keep Reading
Dutch Ethical Hacker Logs into Trump’s Twitter Account
Trump, an active Twitterer with 87 million followers, had an extremely weak and easy to guess password and had, according to the researcher, not applied two-step verification. Keep Reading
Purdue and Princeton to Lead Research on Securing Drones
Drones and other unmanned machines can save human lives on the battlefield, but adversaries could hack into their artificial intelligence software. Keep Reading
82% of Federal Executives Expect Telework to Continue Post-Pandemic
The survey of federal government executives revealed that more than half of the workforce are somewhat more productive or a lot more productive as a result of increased telework. Keep Reading
Election Security
CISA’s Krebs: ‘We Remain Confident That No Foreign Cyber Actor Can Change Your Vote’
"A few things you can do – first, look for trusted sources of information, like election officials. Second, only share information from trusted sources. And third, discourage others from sharing sensational but unverified information." Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
NSA Warns Chinese State-Sponsored Malicious Cyber Actors Exploiting 25 CVEs
Many of these vulnerabilities can be used to gain initial access to victim networks by exploiting products that are directly accessible from the Internet. Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Join FEMA in Protecting Disaster Survivors from Fraud and Scams
This year’s unusually active hurricane season attracts scammers who intend to take advantage of survivors. Keep Reading
NCSC Releases Alert on Microsoft SharePoint Vulnerability
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. Applying patches from Microsoft’s October 2020 Security Advisory for CVE-2020-16952 can prevent exploitation of this vulnerability. Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
NSA Tips on Securing Your Home Office
The rapid transition to telework is a hacker’s dream, so it’s important to make sure the devices you’re using are protected against cyber threats. Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
DoD and NSA Announce New Cybersecurity Initiative to Close Cyber Talent Gap
This workforce development program, called the Cybersecurity Education Diversity Initiative (CEDI), addresses the nation’s critical cybersecurity talent gap by removing obstacles typically associated with establishing a new cybersecurity programs. Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Six Russian GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Deployment of Destructive Malware and Other Disruptive Actions in Cyberspace
From November 2015 to October 2019, the defendants deployed destructive malware for the strategic benefit of Russia. Keep Reading
Microsoft Releases Security Updates to Address Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Microsoft has released security updates to address remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting Windows Codecs Library and Visual Studio Code. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. Keep Reading
Iranian Who Ran Payment Platform for Cyber Criminals is Sentenced
An Iranian national who ran a financial services company designed to circumvent financial sanctions on Iran, has been sentenced in the U.S. after being arrested and extradited from the U.K. Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
International Cybercrime Sting Results in Arrest of 20 QQAAZZ Suspects
An international law enforcement operation involving 16 countries has resulted in the arrest of 20 individuals suspected of belonging to the QQAAZZ criminal network which attempted to launder tens of millions of euros on behalf of the world’s foremost cybercriminals. Keep Reading