Current and former CISA employees and sources detail an agency that lacks a clearly defined strategic direction and whose leadership seems more focused on PR
and director Jen Easterly, a former Morgan Stanley exec—has been glowing. But this report details an agency hampered by internal divisions and muddled priorities. https://www.cyberscoop.com/... @danie...
Current and former CISA employees and sources detail an agency lacking a clearly defined strategic direction and whose leadership is often focused on its PR
and director Jen Easterly, a former Morgan Stanley exec—has been glowing. But this report details an agency hampered by internal divisions and muddled priorities. https://www.cyberscoop.com/... @danie...
The FCC proposes a record-breaking ~$300M fine against an auto warranty scam robocall campaign that made 5.1B+ calls to 550M+ US phone numbers in Q1 2021
probably you too. That's because they made 6 billion spam phone calls in just 90 days. https://www.cyberscoop.com/... Thanks: @tonyajoriley
Overview of Xi Jinping's efforts to bolster China's hacking teams, already skilled in espionage, by focusing on cultivating talent and funding security research
Dakota Cary / CyberScoop : Tweets: @suzannemsmalley Tweets: Suzanne Smalley / @suzannemsmalley : The latest @CyberScoopNews column from @DakotaInDC argues that Xi's calculated investment in cyber tal...
Sources: The White House is split over Kaspersky sanctions, which could spur Russian cyberattacks and make enforcement hard due to the company's large clientele
but the idea has split the administration due to concerns over the size and scope of such a move. w/ @vmsalama https://www.wsj.com/... Jan Lemnitzer / @janlemnitzer : Like the EU, the US government is...
CISA Director Jen Easterly says the Log4j flaw likely affects hundreds of millions of devices and may be the most serious bug she has seen in her career
A vulnerability in a widely used Apache library … Ncsc-Nl / GitHub : Log4j overview related software Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat : Log4j exploits attempted on 44% of corporate networks; ransomware payl...
FTC study on the six largest ISPs finds that some fail to fully inform consumers on how their data is monetized, such as using browsing history to serve up ads
The importance of the internet in the daily lives of consumers cannot be overstated. Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Security News This Week: An International Operation Knocked a Notorious Ransomware Group ...
A look at ransomware incidents targeting the manufacturing industry, which according to Trend Micro was the most targeted sector in Q3 2020, involving 150 firms
and spotlight ongoing security concerns for global manufacturing. https://www.cyberscoop.com/...
CISA, FBI say an Iran-linked APT targeted unsecured state election websites to harvest US voter info used to send threatening emails to some Democratic voters
Iranian Advanced Persistent Threat Actor Identified Obtaining Voter Registration Data Raphael Satter / Reuters : U.S. says Iranian hackers behind threatening emails accessed voter data Alex Turner-Coh...
How Arkady Bukh, a New York-based immigrant from the former Soviet bloc, emerged as the go-to defense lawyer for the cybercrime underworld
Jeff Stone / CyberScoop : Tweets: @jeffstone500 , @snlyngaas , @iblametom , @jgamblin , @jscros , @underworld_pod , and @shanvav . Thanks: @jwarminsky Tweets: Jeff Stone / @jeffstone500 : I've spent ...