Software company Kaseya has strongly denied paying to get access to a key to decrypt its systems following a massive ransomware attack on the company that impacted up to 1,500 organizations earlier this month....
Many security experts and analysts are applauding the U.S. for calling out China’s cyber behavior, especially after the White House had focused so much attention on Russia’s cyber activities. click here to read full...
A spokesperson for the company told The Hill in an emailed statement that Kaseya had been given an “effective decryptor and we are actively using it to help our customers.” click here to read...
The United States took a new stab at Russia’s cybersecurity industry, restricting trade with four IT firms and two other entities over “aggressive and harmful” activities – including digital espionage – that US blames...
Interpol announced that it will boost the role of country-specific National Central Bureaus, among other measures, to develop a global strategy for ransomware mitigation. click here to read full Article Read More on latest...
Anne Neuberger, the deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology, said that the administration will soon formally attribute the exploitation of Exchange Server vulnerabilities. click here to read full Article Read more...
The NIST published its definition of what “critical software” means for the U.S. government, as the agency begins working on the requirements laid by the President’s executive order on cybersecurity. click here to read...
A Senate bill, the International Cybercrime Prevention Act, would increase the criminal penalties for attackers who target U.S. critical infrastructure, such as power plants and hospitals. click here to read full Article Read More...
Biden proposes critical infrastructure safe zones for hacking click here to read full Article Read More on latest Security Updates
“Ransomware has become a huge business, and as in any business, in order to scale it, they’re coming up with innovative models,” said Dmitri Alperovitch, head of Silverado Policy Accelerator. click here to read...
As part of the new policy, a decision to invoke Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which founded NATO, would be taken on a “case-by-case basis” involving cyberattacks on NATO members. click here...
The executive order for bolstering cybersecurity of the federal government contains provisions for enhancing supply chain security akin to FDA efforts to improve the cybersecurity of medical devices. click here to read full Article...
President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2022 budget blueprint released Friday proposes $750m for the federal government to implement lessons learned from the SolarWinds hack that compromised nine agencies. click here to read full Article Read...
U.S. President Joe Biden’s proposed budget includes $750 million for the government agencies hit by the SolarWinds hack to pay for cybersecurity improvements to prevent another attack. click here to read full Article Read...
The White House, highlighting cybersecurity as “one of the preeminent challenges of our time,” underscored how President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan would increase the country’s cyber defenses. click here to read full Article...
The Biden administration on Tuesday detailed how it wants to fund efforts to counter a wave of massive hacks in the wake of this month’s Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. click here to read full...
