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CISA and Cybersecurity Get Large Increases in US Budget
President Biden released his FY 2024 budget proposal that seeks a bigger budget for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and greater cyber investigative capabilities for the FBI. The budget also calls for increasing the federal government’s IT modernization efforts, exploring cybersecurity efforts surrounding gender-based cybercrimes, expanding efforts to counter China’s problematic behaviors, and helping Ukraine… Read more
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TSA Issues Emergency Cybersecurity Mandates for Aviation Infrastructure – Helix22 Secures Infrastructure
The Transportation Security Administration used its emergency powers to amend security directives for airport and aircraft operators, citing “persistent cybersecurity threats against U.S. infrastructure, including the aviation sector.” According to a TSA release, the amendment will compel regulated entities in the aviation sector to develop plans for hardening resilience to their digital networks and infrastructure… Read more
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AT&T Confirms Data Theft of 9 Million Customers
AT&T has confirmed that hackers had access to nine million of its wireless customers’ account details after one of its vendor’s networks suffered a security failure in January. The telecommunications giant told us that these users’ customer proprietary network information accessed — but said the data said was “several years old,” and “mostly relating to device… Read more
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Ransomware Payments Decline 60% in 2022
A new report from cybersecurity service provider Recorded Future finds that ransomware payments decreased by about 60 percent from 2021 to 2022, although ransomware attacks continued to plague organizations over that period. The report attributed the decrease in payments to “increased guidance from governments to forgo making ransomware payments and increased due diligence on cybersecurity standards from… Read more
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Acer Confirms a Data Breach
Acer has confirmed someone broke into one of its servers after someone put up for sale a 160GB database of what’s claimed to be the Taiwanese PC maker’s confidential information. “We have recently detected an incident of unauthorized access to one of our document servers for repair technicians,” Security Week quotes an Acer spokesperson saying… Read more
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Zoom Bomb Forces Cancelation of a Large Federal Reserve Briefing
A Federal Reserve Zoom call/event with more than 220 people was canceled after a user hijacked proceedings and displayed pornographic content. The hijack left Fed Governor Christopher Waller unable to deliver his opening remarks because graphic images from a call participant named “Dan” began to pop up on the screen. The Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America… Read more
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Helix22 Y2Q – Quantum Ready Encryption
Quantum computing threatens all information currently protected by 2048-bit RSA encryption. This means everything you are d0ing now, and consider to be secure, will eventually be hacked. When it comes to transmissions, almost all data is secured by distributing a shared key to the sender and receiver, and then using this common key to encrypt… Read more
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Chick-Fil-A Suffers a Data Breach
Chick-fil-A confirmed that an entity had successfully launched an “automated attack” against the company’s website and app over the course of more than two months, stealing customers’ sensitive information. The disclosure came in a security notice filed on the California Attorney General’s website. The attack, using log-ins obtained from a third party to access member reward… Read more
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The U.S. National Cybersecurity Strategy
The Biden-Harris Administration today released a new National Cybersecurity Strategy(Opens in a new window) which aims to “secure the full benefits of a safe and secure digital ecosystem for all Americans.” President Biden intends to use “all the tools of national power” to protect national security and public safety while allowing for economic prosperity. And it seems… Read more
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DISH Network Suffers A Cyber Attack
Dish Network confirmed it was hit by a massive cyberattack tied to a multiday outage that downed internal billing systems, broke consumer apps and shut down several consumer-facing websites. The outage began Thursday. On Tuesday the company made its first public statement regarding the cyberattack. In an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange… Read more