President Joe Biden’s cybersecurity executive order, signed May 12, 2021, calls for the federal government…
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The Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack and the Solarwinds Hack Were All but Inevitable – Why National Cyber Defense Is a ‘Wicked’ Problem
Takeaways: · There are no easy solutions to shoring up U.S. national cyber defenses. ·…
COVID-19 Related Cyber-Attacks Leveraged Government Announcements
Billions of people’s lives changed across the world when the pandemic began, as we experienced…
Ransomware Gangs Are Running Riot – Paying Them Off Doesn’t Help
In the past five years, ransomware attacks have evolved from rare misfortunes into common and…
Finnish Study Shows How the Uncertainty in the Bitcoin Market Responds to Cyberattacks
A total of 1.1 million bitcoin were stolen in the 2013-2017 period. Given the current…
NYU Tandon’s Index of Cyber Security Sees Rapid Rise in Nation-State Concerns
Cybersecurity experts across the world reported a 5% rise in nation-state and targeted counterparty hacking…
The Sunburst Hack Was Massive and Devastating – 5 Observations from a Cybersecurity Expert
So much remains unknown about what is now being called the Sunburst hack, the cyberattack…
U.S. Treasury Cyberattack Likely Orchestrated by Foreign Actors
A hack of the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments last week, described by The New York Times as…
Hackers Targeting Companies That Fake Corporate Responsibility
A new study suggests some hackers aren’t just in it for the money but instead…
UCI Cyber-Physical Security Researchers Highlight Vulnerability of Solar Inverters
Cyber-physical systems security researchers at the University of California, Irvine can disrupt the functioning of…
