Cybersecurity
Lawmakers question Microsoft president over security culture that enabled recent hacking incidents
Brad Smith took responsibility for the hacks as lawmakers said the tech giant will have to work to earn back the trust of its customers.
Cybersecurity
Identity theft victims are waiting almost 2 years for help from the IRS
The tax agency needs to do more to bring down that wait time, the National Taxpayer Advocate says.
Cybersecurity
Decade-old cyber advice from GAO remains unimplemented, watchdog says
Reliance on legacy IT systems creates challenges for agencies looking to make use of the suggestions.
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says
Microsoft dismissed his warnings, telling him they would work on a long-term alternative — leaving cloud services around the globe vulnerable to attack in the meantime.
Cybersecurity
Feds saw more cyberattacks but better detection last year, FISMA report says
11 major incidents were reported by agencies in FY2023.
Cybersecurity
The next administration must be ready for new quantum encryption standards, MITRE advises
The U.S. is already assessing post-quantum readiness under order from the White House.
Cybersecurity
US secures Microsoft, Google commitments for free rural hospital cyber services
The White House is hoping more tech and cyber firms will sign on.
Cybersecurity
FCC greenlights $200M pilot for school and library cybersecurity
The commission also approved an item to help bolster the security of a core data routing algorithm.
Cybersecurity
A law directing cyber reg harmonization would ‘help enormously,’ White House official says
The remarks come a day after ONCD issued a blog calling for cybersecurity regulations to be harmonized.
Cybersecurity
White House urges streamlined cyber rules following industry feedback
Private sector input from an August 2023 information request signals a need to harmonize cybersecurity regulations, said ONCD chief Harry Coker.
Cybersecurity
FTC-industry talks over possible Microsoft probe raised recent hacking incidents
Chinese and Russian cyber infiltrations into agencies’ Microsoft email systems came up in discussions over a possible antitrust investigation into the company, people familiar say.
Cybersecurity
Former NSA head feels ‘really good’ about election security come November
Paul Nakasone, the recently retired head of NSA and CYBERCOM, said the intelligence community has everything it needs to combat election interference attempts later this year.
Cybersecurity
NIST taps Analygence to help fix vulnerability database backlog
The standards agency has been unable to keep up with the inflow of system vulnerabilities being reported to its database.
Cybersecurity
Senator calls for federal probes of UnitedHealth for negligent cyber practices
Hackers broke into Change Healthcare systems due to a lack of multifactor authentication.
Cybersecurity
US disables global cybercrime network that enabled theft of billions in fraud schemes
The botnet infected some 19 million IP addresses, with over 600,000 of them based in U.S. locations. Government fraud losses reached some $6 billion from the operations.
Cybersecurity
Online health services, apps to face new data security rule enforcement in July
The FTC rules are meant to incentivize digital health providers to shore up their security postures and increase transparency in the event of a data breach.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog calls out EPA for continued cybersecurity concerns
The EPA has still not implemented GAO’s 2019 recommendation to develop a process for conducting an organization-wide cybersecurity risk assessment.
Cybersecurity
White House announces plans to revamp data routing security by year-end
Border Gateway Protocol hijacking attacks are becoming more sophisticated, according to National Cyber Director Harry Coker.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Force study gets added to House panel’s 2025 defense policy bill
The study on whether to create a Cyber Force branch in the Pentagon now goes to the House floor as part of the 2025 NDAA.
Cybersecurity
Former White House cyber official Jeff Greene to join CISA
He is expected to replace outgoing assistant cybersecurity director Eric Goldstein, according to multiple media reports.
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