The U.S. government is using eSports, a form of competition using video games, to find innovative new solutions to fight hackers. The idea is to tap the country’s most promising young minds using a model that mirrors competitive video gaming to help shore up the country’s defenses against cyberattacks, The Washington Post reported Friday. Towards […]
The Army is developing a zero trust framework in line with the Biden administration’s effort to modernize the government’s cybersecurity, an official said. Maj. Gen. Matthew Easley, director for cybersecurity and chief information security officer in the office of the Army chief information officer, said the service has already established the foundations required to build […]
Four government agencies have urged water and wastewater treatment facilities to protect their systems against potential cyber threats. The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Environmental Protection Agency and National Security Agency issued a joint advisory on Thursday warning water treatment infrastructure operators about ongoing malicious cyber activities that target information and operational technology networks, […]
The United States and its allies said there must be a greater focus on money laundering to deter ransomware groups’ illicit transactions. The statement comes after a two-day White House summit where 32 countries participated in activities such as intelligence sharing and security-related presentations. The participants focused on the cryptocurrency platform because bad actors use […]
The Office of Management and Budget has ordered government agencies to work with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on endpoint security efforts. The goal of the directive is to improve early detection, response and remediation of cybersecurity incidents. According to an OMB memorandum, CISA was given a three-month deadline to access agencies’ endpoint detection […]
The National Security Agency on Tuesday warned network administrators about the risks of using poorly scoped wildcard Transport Layer Security certificates. In a cybersecurity information sheet, titled, “Avoid Dangers of Wildcard TLS Certificates and the ALPACA Technique,” the agency outlined the risks of falling victim to a web application exploitation method called Application Layer Protocols […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 document addressing how agencies can secure remote working scenarios. The guidance covers employees performing sanctioned business functions outside of physical agency premises and remote user devices not directly connected to network infrastructure that is managed and maintained by agencies. CISA details ways […]
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on Wednesday led the launch of the Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, which will harness the Department of Justice’s expertise in civil fraud enforcement, government procurement and cybersecurity to combat new and emerging cyber threats. The anti-cyber fraud program was born out of a comprehensive review of government contractors’ adherence to cybersecurity […]
The Department of Homeland Security will require organizations across the transportation industry to share cybersecurity information. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the move at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in the midst of the agency’s fourth 60-day cyber sprint focused on transportation security. Under the information sharing requirement, Mayorkas said 2,300 maritime entities will have to […]
The Department of Defense is taking preparatory steps to establish its zero trust program office within the fall, an official said. Kelly Fletcher, a senior official carrying out the duties of the DOD chief information officer, said the department is currently retiring aging systems to reduce its attack surface, Federal News Network reported Thursday. “What […]
