PowerSchool, a cloud-based software provider for K-12 schools, confirmed on January 7 that hackers breached its systems late last year, affecting thousands of school districts across the United States...
China is accelerating its efforts to compromise U.S. government systems through cyberattacks. In a letter to Congress on December 30, the Treasury Department revealed that hackers linked to Beijing had...
Russia and Iran Conducted Targeted Disinformation Campaigns: The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on two entities from Iran and Russia on December 31 for their attempts to influence...
New presidents bring new policies. But amid rapidly expanding cyber threats, steady leadership at the federal agencies charged with securing critical infrastructure is, well, critical. David Pekoske,...
A federal appeals court has upheld a law forcing the TikTok social media platform — a conduit for Chinese influence operations and information harvesting — to be sold by its Chinese parent company...
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published a proposed cybersecurity rule on November 6 that would “require the establishment of pipeline and railroad cyber risk management...
The Food and Agriculture Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Food and Ag-ISAC) last week released its first annual Cyber Threat Report. The report, the first of its kind in this sector, represents...
A House committee last month passed a bill to codify in law the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) collaboration initiative. If signed into...
Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, reported on August 23 that it blocked a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts used by Iranian cyber-attackers to target officials...
A malicious email sent to Israeli citizens on August 4 purporting to contain “citizen safety” guidelines drawn up by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has highlighted attempts...
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Fine-tuned sensors let farmers know which fields need more water and which crops need more fertilizer. But today, a hacker halfway around the world, working as a criminal actor or paid by a foreign government,...
As a member of the PCAST Working Group on Cyber-Physical Resilience, I was involved in crafting the recent report outlining crucial steps to fortify the intricate systems that underpin our daily lives....
Supply chain security has undergone a profound transformation after pivotal events such as the SolarWinds compromise in 2020 and the subsequent Log4j incident. Central to this evolution is the emergence...
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced updates to three security directives last week aimed at strengthening the cyber resilience of passenger and freight railroads. The new guidance...
Latest Developments FBI Director Christopher Wray said on October 31 that Iran is likely to pose an increased cyber threat to U.S. critical infrastructure as the war between Israel and Hamas continues....
U.S. officials confirmed on October 10 that Washington is providing cyber support to Israel as Jerusalem battles Hamas terrorists on the ground and criminals in cyberspace. Anne...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Tuesday sanctioned Mikhail Matveev, a key figure in the Russian cybercrime world. In conjunction with a newly unsealed federal indictment of Mateev and a $10 million...
The Office of the National Cyber Director successfully led the development of the new National Cybersecurity Strategy. Now, the office is missing a key ingredient for implementing the strategy’s...
The White House released the President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 last month, just a few days after issuing the much-anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy....