Dating back to SolarWinds — the fallout to which started a few months before his administration — and continuing through the Microsoft Exchange hacking and the Colonial Pipeline shutdown, the Biden administration has been beset with wall to wall cybersecurity crises. Today, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to fight back. The long-awaited executive […]
A ransomware attack led one of the nation’s biggest fuel pipeline operators to shut down its entire network on Friday, according to the company and two U.S. officials familiar with the matter. While it is not expected to have an immediate impact on fuel supply or prices, the attack on Colonial Pipeline, which carries almost […]
The early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic had a positive impact on the cybersecurity profession, raising the profile of chief information security officers and others within their organizations, and giving them a new sense that their work and expertise were appreciated. “The overall implication will be that cybersecurity is valued at a higher level and has a better […]
TSFactory Wins Trust Award for Best Computer Forensic Solution at SC Awards 2021 We are delighted to announce that TSFactory’s RecordTS has won the Best Computer Forensic Solution Award from SC Media, the leading source of specialist information and intelligence for those working in IT security. The award highlighted the solid functionality of the RecordTS […]
Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police Department has said its computer network has been breached in a targeted cyber-attack, US media report. A ransomware group called Babuk is reportedly threatening to release sensitive data on police informants if it is not contacted within three days. The FBI is investigating the extent of the breach, US media reported, […]
Britain and its allies face a “moment of reckoning” in which secure encryption and other future technologies may no longer be “shaped and controlled by the west”, according to the head of the spy agency GCHQ. In a speech on Friday, Jeremy Fleming will say the UK has to “develop sovereign technologies” and work with […]
The Biden administration kicked off a 100-day effort on Tuesday to beef up cybersecurity in the nation’s power grid, calling for industry leaders to install technologies that could thwart attacks on the electricity supply. The move follows a high-profile, if unsuccessful, cyberattack in Florida that sought to compromise a water treatment plant, which highlighted some […]
Nearly 70% of employees polled in a new survey said they recently received cybersecurity training from their employers, yet 61% nevertheless failed when asked to take a basic quiz on the topic. This was one of the leading findings of a research study – conducted by TalentLMS on behalf of Kenna Security – that sought […]
In recent years, small towns and municipalities have been increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, not only just for monetary profit, but also to disrupt infrastructure and even threaten citizens. Most recently, we saw a hacker try to compromise internal systems to effectively poison the entire town’s water supply in Oldsmar, Florida. While ultimately unsuccessful, this incident […]
A data leak involving personal details of hundreds of millions of Facebook users is being reviewed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC). The database is believed to contain a mix of Facebook profile names, phone numbers, locations and other facts about more than 530 million people. Facebook says the data is “old”, from a previously-reported […]