At House SolarWinds hearing, bipartisan lawmakers announce breach disclosure bill
At a joint hearing of the House Oversight and Homeland Security Committee about the SolarWinds-related…
Data Breaches
Google Alerts used to launch fake Adobe Flash Player updater
Hackers have been using Google Alerts to promote a fraudulent Flash Player updater that installs…
‘Everyone’s half asleep, and bosses don’t want trouble’: The struggle to secure utilities
Water treatment plant in Washington State. (Seattle Department of Transportation/ CC BY-NC 2.0) A hacker’s…
Internet-exposed Orion servers drop 25% since SolarWinds breaches announced
One in four SolarWinds Orion servers exposed to the internet at the time of an…
Anne Neuberger coordinating Biden’s SolarWinds efforts
Deputy national security advisor for cyber and new technology Anne Neuberger is coordinating the White…
A water-treatment hacking, and the complexities of risk mitigation
How do you define risk? For those in the cybersecurity community, risk is usually defined…
With thousands of vendors, companies typically have limited grasp over supply chain security
Cyberattacks against SolarWinds and other widely implemented software offerings exposed a supply chain rife with…
Safety first: Will insurance companies stall or accelerate cybersecurity progress?
Every time a driver buckles up or an airbag is deployed we see the powerful…
State auditor’s office clashes with file transfer service provider after breach
The Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia. (Pastajosh, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Malicious…
Does cybersecurity need its own Fauci?
President Joe Biden has four years to strengthen and possibly rebuild the nation’s cybersecurity posture,…