Breaking Down Joe Biden’s $10B Cybersecurity ‘Down Payment’
Tom Kellermann, head of cybersecurity strategy for VMware Carbon Black, applauds Biden’s plan, he stressed that it should merely be …
Governments
Outgoing FCC Chair Issues Final Security Salvo Against China
Outgoing Federal Communications Chair Ajit Pai has issued a final warning about Chinese telcos at the end of a tenure spent cracking down …
Russian Government Agency Warns Firms of US Attack
The Russian government has issued cybersecurity guidance to businesses in the country after claiming they are at risk of US reprisals for …
Rob Joyce to Take Over as NSA Cybersecurity Director
As the incoming Biden administration continues to shake up federal leadership, the National Security Agency announced Friday that Rob …
Florida Ethics Officer Charged with Cyberstalking
A Tallahassee city ethics officer was arrested and charged with cyberstalking her coworker and former lover, and is now banned by a judge …
Europol Reveals Dismantling of ‘Largest’ Underground Marketplace
Europol on Tuesday announced the takedown of DarkMarket, which according to the law enforcement agency is “the world’s largest illegal …
Ethical Hackers Breach U.N., Access 100,000 Private Records
Security researchers successfully hacked the United Nations, accessing user credentials and personally identifiable information …
Connecting the dots between SolarWinds and Russia-linked Turla APT
Experts have found some similarities between the Sunburst backdoor used in the SolarWinds supply chain attack and Turla’s backdoor …
SolarWinds Hack Potentially Linked to Turla APT
New details on the Sunburst backdoor used in the sprawling SolarWinds supply-chain attack potentially link it to previously known activity …
Kaspersky discovers overlap between SolarWinds hack, Turla
Security researchers on Monday linked the SolarWinds breach to a different set of suspected Russian hacking tools, finding commonalities …
High Court Rules Against Government Bulk Hacking
Privacy experts are celebrating after the High Court ruled against the intelligence agencies’ use of bulk hacking for domestic targets. …
A Look Ahead at 2021: SolarWinds Fallout and Shifting CISO Budgets
The new year started off with a bang, with the SolarWinds hack revealed in late December acting as a jarring reminder to companies and …