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India's Cybersecurity Initiative: Safeguarding Digital Infrastructure

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India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is preparing for a digital revolution that includes strategies to improve cybersecurity for a digital India; however, as the divide between users and nonusers of the internet narrows, the risk for cyber-attacks increases, according to Prem Behl, Chairman of Exhibitions India Group. As a result, defending India’s critical infrastructure, financial institutions and data security from hackers is critical as the nation advances into the digital age.

Brittany Day
Jul 06, 2018

CCPA: Enhanced Data Control and Security Measures for Californians

California's newly enacted Consumer Privacy Act should have little impact for US organizations that have already implemented measures for complying with the requirements of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation. But for most others the mandate will likely necessitate a thorough review of their data security controls and in many cases potential updates to them.

Brittany Day
Jul 04, 2018

HMRC Reports 29% Rise in Cyber Threats and Malicious Site Removals

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) demanded the removal of more than 20,000 malicious sites over the past year, as its efforts to protect taxpayers from scams gained momentum.

Brittany Day
Jul 02, 2018

California Legislation: Unprecedented Data Control and User Rights

Lawmakers in California have introduced a sweeping privacy bill to the state legislature that would give Californians unprecedented control over their data and rein in the power of their Silicon Valley neighbors.

Brittany Day
Jun 25, 2018

Surge In Cyber Attacks Following Trump-Kim Meeting In Singapore

The recent meeting in Singapore between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un appears to have attracted an inordinate amount of interest in US activities from threat actors based in Russia.

Brittany Day
Jun 16, 2018

DoD Defense Travel System: High-Risk Bugs Found in Security Audit

White-hat hackers participating in a US Department of Defense bug bounty initiative recently rooted out 65 unique security vulnerabilities in the Defense Travel System (DTS), an enterprise application used by millions of DoD workers worldwide.

Brittany Day
May 31, 2018

UK Attorney General Jeremy Wright: Responding to State Cyber Threats

The UK’s attorney general has clarified the government’s position on state-sponsored cyber-attacks, saying the country will fight back against any nation seeking to cause it harm and continue to attribute serious online threats.

Brittany Day
May 24, 2018

DHS Announces New National Cybersecurity Strategy For Risk Mitigation

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled on Tuesday, 14 May, a new national strategy to be implemented to address evolving cybersecurity risks. The DHS strategy outlines strategic and operational goals and priorities to successfully execute the full range of the DHS secretary’s cybersecurity responsibilities.

Brittany Day
May 17, 2018

US Government Cybersecurity Struggles Amid White House Role Reductions

Amid a report today that the Trump White House plans to cut the administration's cybersecurity coordinator position altogether, new data shows how US federal government agencies continue to struggle to close security holes in their software.

Brittany Day
May 16, 2018

Tennessee Election Tracking Site Downtime Due To Cyberattack

On May 1st, a website in Tennessee tracking county election results suffered a cyberattack and subsequent incursions before it went down, a security firm concluded.

Brittany Day
May 12, 2018

Dr. Vanessa Teague: Online Voting Security Insights and Challenges

Dr. Vanessa Teague is one frustrated cryptographer. A researcher at the University of Melbourne in Australia, Teague has twice demonstrated massive security flaws in the online voting systems used in state elections in Australia — including one of the largest deployments of online voting ever, the 2015 New South Wales (NSW) state election, with 280,000 votes cast online.

Brittany Day
May 09, 2018

Georgia Cybersecurity Bill Sparks National Debate on Digital Boundaries

In March, the Georgia State General Assembly passed a bill that would make it illegal to access a computer or network "without authority." Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has until Tuesday to decide whether to sign it into law or veto it.

Brittany Day
May 05, 2018

Exploring Security Benefits of Open Source Election Software

Late last year, R. James Woolsey and Brian Fox wrote an op-ed piece about the security benefits of open sourcing election software. Woolsey is a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Fox is the creator of several open source components, including the GNU Bash shell, and a board member of the National Association of Voting Officials.

Brittany Day
Apr 28, 2018

Germany Partners With Nextcloud For Federal Cloud Security Enhancement

It’s not hidden that apart from costing tons of money, the use of proprietary software also brings along hidden security caveats. These are the two primary reasons why the usage of open source software is being pushed in public agencies all around the world, especially in European countries.

Brittany Day
Apr 18, 2018

Exploring Open Source Policies for Enhanced Government Collaboration

The government is now a little more open. This week, the White House released its first official federal source code policy, detailing a pilot program that requires government agencies to release 20 percent of any new code they commission as open source software, meaning the code will be available for anyone to examine, modify, and reuse in their own projects.

Brittany Day
Apr 06, 2018

CTS Labs: AMD Zero-Day Exposures Highlight Severe Security Risks

Last week, the Israeli security company CTS Labs published a series of exploits against AMD chips. The publication came with the flashy website, detailed whitepaper, cool vulnerability names -- RYZENFALL, MASTERKEY, FALLOUT, and CHIMERA -- and logos we've come to expect from these sorts of things.

Brittany Day
Mar 22, 2018

FBI's Encryption Access Stance: Balancing Security And Privacy

“We’re not looking for a ‘back door'” that breaks encryption, the FBI said on Wednesday. Don’t even know what that is, really, said director Christopher Wray: He thinks it’s some type of “secret, insecure means of access” – is that right?

Alex
Mar 13, 2018

FBI Director Discusses Encryption Access Challenges For Investigations

FBI Director Christopher Wray again has called for a solution to what the bureau calls the "Going Dark" problem, the idea that the prevalence of default strong encryption on digital devices makes it more difficult for law enforcement to extract data during an investigation.

Anthony Pell
Mar 09, 2018

DHS Information Security Program: Critical Flaws And Patch Delays

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its “Evaluation of DHS' Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2017” (pdf). In short, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is running outdated software, has unpatched critical vulnerabilities — including the flaw to allow WannaCry ransomware — and some workstation security patches haven’t been deployed for years.

Anthony Pell
Mar 09, 2018

UK Police Trial DDoS Techniques For Disruption Of Drug Dealers' Phones

UK police have trialed a new tactic designed to disrupt the drug trade by remotely disabling dealers’ phones, according to comments made by law enforcement officials during a recent police conference.

Dave Wreski
Mar 06, 2018

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