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Trump Fires Top U.S. Cybersecurity Official Over Election Statements

Chris Krebs, the first director of the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has been fired by President Donald Trump.

November 18, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Chris Krebs, a career cybersecurity and risk management expert and first director of the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has been fired by President Donald Trump. Krebs, a former Microsoft executive, had been actively refuting claims – including those by Trump – that the 2020 elections were subject to widespread voter fraud and […]

Top U.S. Cybersecurity Officials: No Widespread Election Hacking, Fraud

Top U.C. cybersecurity officials in a joint statement called the Nov. 3 election “the most secure in American history" as fraud claims persist.

November 13, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Top U.C. cybersecurity officials have refuted President Donald Trump’s claims of a fraudulent election in a joint statement, calling the election “the most secure in American history.” The Nov. 3 election – which dragged on for several days until former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winter by media organizations – was thought to […]

Warning: Cybercriminals Targeting Healthcare Systems with Ransomware

Three federal U.S. agencies are warning of an 'increased and imminent' ransomware threat to hospitals and healthcare systems.

October 29, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

U.S. federal authorities are warning healthcare systems of a spike in ransomware attacks against hospitals and healthcare systems The joint warning from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services says malicious cyber actors are targeting the healthcare sector with Trickbot malware, leading to ransomware attacks, data theft and […]

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Google Says Company Mitigated 2.5 Tbps DDoS Attack, Largest Ever

Google says it was the target of a massive 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack in September 2017, the highest bandwidth attack ever reported.

October 21, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google says it was the target of a massive 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack in September 2017, the highest bandwidth attack ever reported. In a blog post exploring the growth of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Google revealed that it was the target of a six-month campaign that utilized multiple methods of attack. “Despite simultaneously targeting thousands […]

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Developing Safe Remote Work Strategies for Multi-Level Access

A safer remote work strategy for multi-level access frameworks requires consistent policy behind access and credentialing controls.

October 14, 2020 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

Many companies are spending more on cloud infrastructure services than on data center hardware as they move to a cloud-first approach. But how safe are their remote work strategies overall, especially if they’re utilizing a multi-level access framework? According to Marivi Stuchinsky, SVP, Global CTO at Technologent, many businesses are unprepared for IT hardware-related support needs, […]

Microsoft Disrupts Trickbot Ahead of U.S. Elections

Microsoft says it teamed up with other tech organizations to take down ransomware and malware proliferator Trickbot to protect U.S. elections, industry.

October 13, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft and an international group of tech industry organizations disrupted the botnet Trickbot, one of the world’s most prolific distributors of malware and ransomware. Through a court order from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and technical action in coordination with a group of technology organizations, Microsoft helped cut off key […]

Warning: Chinese Threat Actors Targeting Unpatched Vulnerabilities

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns of Chinese threat actors targeting government agencies via unpatched vulnerabilities.

September 16, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A new advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns of Chinese government-affiliated cyber threat actors using publicly available and open-source information to leverage unpatched software vulnerabilities to attack U.S. government agencies. According to the warning, hacking groups affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of State Security for the last 12 months have been […]

US Cybersecurity Officials Warn of Windows 10 Vulnerability

U.S. officials are warning of a Windows 10 vulnerability and proof-of-concept code that could allow a bad actor to execute code on compromised device.

June 8, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

U.S. cybersecurity officials are warning of a three-month-old Windows 10 vulnerability and proof-of-concept code that could allow a bad actor to execute code on a compromised machine. Malicious cyber actors are targeting unpatched systems with the new proof of concept code, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) says in […]

US, UK Officials Warn COVID-19 Researchers of Hacking Attempts

Cybersecurity officials say threat actors are targeting COVID-19 research in healthcare, pharmaceutical, education and local government.

May 6, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A new advisory from U.S. and U.K. cybersecurity officials warns healthcare organizations that bad actors are trying to steal research related to COVID-19. The joint advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Cyber Security Center says there are indications that Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors are targeting organizations involved in both […]

U.S. Cybersecurity Officials Warn of Attacks on Hastily Deployed Office 365 Solutions

The Department of Homeland Security says organizations may have deployed Office 365 applications for its remote workforce without considering cybersecurity.

April 30, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Organizations’ rush to build up remote work programs and deploy cloud-based collaboration solutions may have jeopardized their cybersecurity, says a new alert from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In an advisory through the department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, the government warns that quick rollouts of cloud services like Microsoft 365 – with applications like […]