‘We must raise our game’ to counter sophisticated adversaries, CISA warns
While no federal agencies have yet been compromised by the vulnerabilities found in Microsoft Exchange, securing federal systems will be a long journey, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency officials said.
Florida hack exposes danger to water systems
Utilities should update software, provide training and assess what software and hardware they use -- as well as their cyber-physical vulnerabilities.
Hafnium hack poses extended threat
IT teams have a long road ahead of them as they work to find and root out all vestiges of the Hafnium hack in their Microsoft Exchange systems.
Microsoft Exchange Server attack hits local governments
Among the 30,000 victims of the Hafnium attack in the U.S. are a disproportionate number of local governments, security experts said.
DARPA picks teams to bring homomorphic encryption to life
Four research teams will work to develop a hardware accelerator and software stack for fully homomorphic encryption that can bring the speed of FHE calculations in line with similar unencrypted data operations.
Achieving air-tight cybersecurity with KVM
Secure KVMs safeguard critical network assets by maintaining isolation between channels while improving an operator’s efficiency and effectiveness in working across secure and non-secure systems at the desktop.
NIST charting federal vulnerability disclosure policy
To design a software vulnerability program for the federal government, the National Institute of Standards and Technology is reviewing work done by the Defense and Homeland Security Departments.
CISA orders agencies unplug, update on-prem Exchange servers
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an emergency directive requiring civilian agencies update or disconnect on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers.
Protecting government secrets with an AI-powered canary trap
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that automatically creates different decoy versions of a document to foil adversaries.
Still more questions than answers on SolarWinds attack
At a recent hearing on the massive hack on SolarWinds' IT management software, witnesses explained that they are still unsure how widespread the attack was, how hackers corrupted the Orion software and what they intend to do with the information they’ve accessed
Inherently secure systems mitigate software supply chain attacks
Current futile efforts to keep an adversary out of a system can be replaced by a secure architecture that dramatically constrains the ability of an adversary who planted attacks inside a system to compromise sensitive information.
Billions paid in phony unemployment claims in 2020, Labor IG reports
Between March and October 2020, states paid over $5.4 billion in potentially fraudulent unemployment claims, and the actual number may reach tens of billions of dollars, the watchdog said.
Hackers seized on the pandemic. Some states are fighting back.
Rocked by the massive SolarWinds hack, unemployment system breaches and other attacks, several states are trying to bolster their cybersecurity in the midst of the public health crisis.
At least 1,000 engineers worked on supply chain hack, tech exec says
Microsoft President Brad Smith told a Senate committee that his engineers had never seen an attack with the size and sophistication of the one that hit SolarWinds.
Protecting the supply chain with a software bill of materials
One way to prevent supply chain hacks would be with a software bill of materials, a mechanism that would allow organizations to find out if any of the software they use has been affected by a specific vulnerability.
Login.gov opens to state and local programs
Login.gov, the General Services Administration’s cloud-based remote identity proofing platform, is now available to select federally funded state and local government programs.
COVID fueled 2020 cyberattacks
Over the last year, cyber criminals tried to acquire information related to the virus and possible vaccines or extort the health care industry, according to a new report said.
CISA looks inward to stop future supply chain attacks
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is exploring ways to better monitor internal systems’ communications for suspicious signals.
NIST updates smart grid framework
This latest version outlines a new strategy for developing interoperable devices and equipment and provides guidance and resources for grid cybersecurity.
White House plans executive action in response to massive breach
In the wake of a wide-ranging hack involving SolarWinds IT management software and other commercial products, the White House is planning executive action to address cybersecurity gaps.
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