JCDC’s Industry-Government Collaboration Speeds Mitigation of CrowdStrike IT Outage

CISA, through the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative JCDC, enabled swift, coordinated response and information sharing in the wake of a significant IT outage caused by a CrowdStrike software update. This outage, which impacted government, critical infrastructure, and industry across the globe, led...

"An influx of Elons," a hospital visit, and magic men: Becky Holmes shares more romance scams: Lock and Code S04E18

Becky Holmes is a big deal online. Hugh Jackman has invited her to dinner. Prince William has told her she has "such a beautiful name." Once, Ricky Gervais simply needed her photos "I want you to take a snap of yourself and then send it to me on here...Send it to me on here!" he messaged on...

Ransomware Task Force priorities see progress in first year

This blog is part of our live coverage from RSA Conference 2022: US President Joseph R. Biden Jr., The White House, and law enforcement agencies across the world paid close attention last year when a group of more than 60 cybersecurity experts launched the Ransomware Task Force, heeding the group...

Out-of-Control Cybercrime Will Cause More Real-World Harm

Ransomware and online attacks can cause deadly real-world harm. Governments need to raise their game in response...

How cyberattacks are changing according to new Microsoft Digital Defense Report

In 2021, cybercrime has become more sophisticated, widespread, and relentless. Criminals have targeted critical infrastructure—healthcare,1 information technology,2 financial services,3 energy sectors4—with headline-grabbing attacks that crippled businesses and harmed consumers. But there are...

Should governments pay extortion payments after a ransomware attack?

By Jonathan Munshaw. When it comes to ransomware attacks this year, it’s been a tale of three cities. In May, the city of Baltimore suffered a massive ransomware attack that took many of its systems down for weeks — restricting employees’ access to email, closing online payment portals and even...

White House Beefs Up Cyber Threat Response Action Plan

President Barack Obama signed a Cyber Incident Coordination policy directive on Tuesday that puts processes in place for how the government will respond to malicious or accidental threats to the nation’s public and private cyber infrastructure. The White House directive is designed to improve...

Reserve Bank of Australia Hacked by Chinese malware

If hackers want to get into your computer network, they will find a way. You can make it harder but you can't stop them. According to Australian Financial Review report on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA was hacked by hackers who infiltrated its networks and allegedly stole information...

Pentagon tightens computer security in wake of WikiLeaks breach !

Top defense and intelligence officials reiterated their commitment to information-sharing at a Senate hearing Thursday, even as they outlined new safeguards to prevent a repeat of the WikiLeaks breach that has led to the release of thousands of classified military reports and diplomatic cables. T...