FEMA leaks sensitive details of 2.3 million disaster survivors

By Carolina The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report revealing that FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency couldn’t protect the private and confidential information of about 2.3 million hurricane survivors. In 2017, residents of Harvey, Maria,...

FEMA Leaked Data From 2.3 Million Disaster Survivors

The Homeland Security Department inspector general released a damning report about FEMA's inability to safeguard the personal info of the people it helped...

Medtronic Defibrillators Have Critical Flaws, Warns DHS

The Department of Homeland Security has issued an emergency alert warning of critical flaws allowing attackers to tamper with several Medtronic medical devices, including defibrillators. The two vulnerabilities – comprised of a medium and critical-severity flaw – exist in 20 products made by the...

Emotet revisited: pervasive threat still a danger to businesses

One of the most common and pervasive threats for businesses today is Emotet, a banking Trojan turned downloader that has been on our list of top 10 detections for many months in a row. Emotet, which Malwarebytes detects as Trojan.Emotet, has been leveled at consumers and organizations across the...

Federal Focus on Cyber Plays Out in President's Budget, IoT Legislation

The federal government is stepping up its game this week on the cybersecurity front, with both proposed budget line items that would requisition nearly $11 billion for cyber, and the introduction of the Internet of Things IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019, which would require that devices...

Details on Recent DNS Hijacking

At the end of January, the US Department of Homeland Security issued a warning regarding serious DNS hijacking attempts against US government domains. Brian Krebs wrote an excellent article detailing the attacks and their implications. Strongly recommended...

U.S. Gov Issues Urgent Warning of DNS Hijacking Attacks

The Department of Homeland Security is ordering all federal agencies to urgently audit Domain Name System DNS security for their domains in the next 10 business days. The department’s rare “emergency directive,” issued Tuesday, warned that multiple government domains have been targeted by DNS...

Keyfinder - A Tool For Finding And Analyzing Private (And Public) Key Files, Including Support For Android APK Files

CERT Keyfinder is a utility for finding and analyzing key files on a filesystem as well as contained within Android APK files. CERT Keyfinder development was sponsored by the United States Department of Homeland Security DHS. Installation requirements: 1. Python 3.x recommended androguard...

Microsoft Calls For Facial Recognition Tech Regulation

As facial recognition continues to gain traction in public use cases, Microsoft on Thursday called for regulation of the technology, citing heightened concerns around privacy and consent. Over the past year, facial recognition technology has started to pop up in various government-related...

White House Facial Recognition Pilot Raises Privacy Alarms

Privacy advocates are up in arms after the Department of Homeland Security unveiled a facial recognition pilot program for surveilling public areas surrounding the White House. The program, outlined last week, will use biometrics to confirm the identity of various U.S. Secret Service USSS...

3ve – Fraudulent Online Advertising

The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have released a joint Technical Alert TA on a major online ad fraud operation—referred to by the U.S. Government as "3ve." NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review Alert TA18-331A: 3ve – Major Online Ad Fraud...

Here's How Hackers Could Have Spied On Your DJI Drone Account

Cybersecurity researchers at Check Point today revealed details of a potential dangerous vulnerability in DJI Drone web app that could have allowed attackers access user accounts and synced sensitive information within it, including flight records, location, live video camera feed, and photos tak...

Extending Public-Private Partnerships with Milipol

By: Loïc Guézo At Trend Micro, we’ve been protecting consumers, SMBs, enterprises and government customers from the latest threats for three decades now. This has required us to build a global team of experienced researchers, state-of-the-art R&D labs and much more, to fuel our industry-leading...

Coalfire Teams with Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) for Fall Summit

The Department of Homeland Security DHS charged the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council HSCC with serving as a partnership between the private and public healthcare sectors. To that end, two unique councils were formed: The Healthcare and Public Health Government Coordinating...

Chinese Supply Chain Hardware Attack

Bloomberg is reporting about a Chinese espionage operating involving inserting a tiny chip into computer products made in China. I've written about alternate link this threat more generally. Supply-chain security is an insurmountably hard problem. Our IT industry is inexorably international, and...

A week in security (June 25 – July 1)

Last week on Labs, we looked at comment moderation duties, Viagra spam on a news-making restaurant's website, and how to manage your child's online presence for Internet safety month. We also looked at a set of big breaches and leaks, as well as malware threats with a World Cup vibe. Other news...

This Week in Security News: Cyber Leads and Email Frauds

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, The Trump Administration added a cyber lead at Homeland Security and the Energy Department. Also, the FBI announced the arrest of 74 “email...

Feds Arrest 74 Email Fraudsters Involved in Nigerian BEC Scams

The United States Department of Justice announced Monday the arrest of 74 email fraudsters across three continents in a global crackdown on a large-scale business email compromise BEC scheme. The arrest was the result of a six-month-long operation dubbed "Operation Wire Wire" that involved the US...

NCCIC FY 2017 Year in Review Now Available

The Department of Homeland Security DHS National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center NCCIC is pleased to present the Fiscal Year 2017 NCCIC Year in Review. This review highlights NCCIC’s critical role in protecting the Nation’s cyber and communications systems. Throughout the...

Ransomware Attack Cripples Several Atlanta City Systems

UPDATE – Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said during a Monday press conference that the emergency response team continues to “work around the clock” to address an ongoing ransomware attack on the city’s systems that first started Thursday. Many services are still unavailable four days after th...