On October 12, after interviewing US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, USA TODAY’s editorial board warned its readers about a…
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Ransom Disclosure Act would mandate ransomware payment reporting
In an effort to better understand and clamp down on the ransomware economy and its related use of cryptocurrencies, US Senator…
Colonial Pipeline attack spurs new rules for critical infrastructure
Following a devastating cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline, the Transportation Security Administration—which sits within the government’s Department of Homeland Security—will issue…
Chris Krebs, director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, fired by President
On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump fired Chris Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), just days after…
Report: Organizations remain vulnerable to increasing insider threats
The latest data breach at Capital One is a noteworthy incident not because it affected over 100 million customer records, 140,000…
Fake DHS email – “Give us $350 in the next 24 hours”
Who likes threats? Nobody, as it turns out. That hasn’t stopped scammers from jumping on the menacing email train – next…