Why boards should be obsessed with their most ‘boring’ systems
Following a series of high-profile cyberattacks, boards of directors are now requiring their organizations to take greater responsibility for the risks posed by enterprise resource…
Category: Cyberscoop
Cantwell claims telecoms blocked release of Salt Typhoon report
More than a year after national security officials revealed that Chinese hackers had systematically infiltrated U.S. telecommunications networks, the top Senate Democrat on the committee…
Ivanti’s EPMM is under active attack, thanks to two critical zero-days
Attackers are again focusing on a familiar target in the network edge space, actively exploiting two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti software that allows administrators…
What’s next for DHS’s forthcoming replacement critical infrastructure protection panel, AI information sharing
A revised government-industry council devoted to critical infrastructure protection could be set up to have broader and more specific discussions on things like cybersecurity and…
National Cyber Director wants help to cut cybersecurity regulations and renew CISA
The Trump administration needs help from industry to reduce the cybersecurity regulatory burden and to back important cyber legislation on Capitol Hill, among other areas,…
As feds pull back, states look inward for election security support
It’s no secret that the Trump administration has radically altered the federal government’s relationship with state election officials since being sworn into power last year.…
China-based espionage group compromised Notepad++ for six months
A China-based threat group operating for almost two decades broke into the internal systems of Notepad++, an extremely popular open source-code editor, to spy on…
We moved fast and broke things. It’s time for a change.
The phrase “Move fast and break things” is a guiding philosophy in the technology industry. The phrase was coined by Meta CEO and founder Mark…
DOJ seizes piracy sites, Italian police dismantle illegal IPTV operation
A trio of domains that allegedly distributed pirated content, including movies, TV shows, video games and other content was seized by the U.S. government as…
Google’s disruption rips millions out of devices out of malicious network
Millions of devices used as proxies by cybercriminals, espionage groups and data thieves have been removed from circulation following Google’s disruption of IPIDEA, a China-based…
Trump admin faces backlash over Georgia election office seizure
Following a federal raid on Fulton County, Georgia’s Elections Office, lawmakers and state election officials sharply criticized the Trump administration, accusing the White House of…
Secret Service warns domain registration system is major security flaw hackers exploit
The internet domain registration system is a major weakness that malicious hackers can exploit, but is often being overlooked, a senior Secret Service official said…