The FBI and the U.K.’s National Crime Agency seized Lockbit ransomware group servers on Monday as part of ongoing efforts to diminish the infrastructure of cybercriminal entities. A senior FBI official revealed that the international operation took control of a website LockBit used to leak victims’ data, the group’s file-sharing service and communications server and […]
Rob Joyce, the director of cybersecurity at the National Space Agency, is set to retire on March 31, ending his three-decade-long NSA service. David Luber, the deputy director of the Cybersecurity Directorate and former executive director of the U.S. Cyber Command, was selected to succeed Joyce, the NSA said. As cyber director, Joyce emphasized the […]
Automation and data analytics are expected to help protect the U.S. Navy’s unclassified networks from cyberattacks. Speaking at the WEST 2024, an annual Navy information technology conference, Vice Adm. Craig Clapperton, head of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and the 10th Fleet, said the technology enables easy identification of commonalities, activities happening in one part of […]
The U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command has awarded Perdigita joint venture, which is led by cyber solutions and intelligence services provider Analygence, the $80 million Air Force Cyber Operational Test Evaluation and Range Support II prime contract. Analygence announced Thursday that Perdigita is set to provide high-level cyber test and range engineering and administrative […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched the Zero Trust Initiative Office, which will help federal agencies implement zero trust security principles. Speaking Thursday at CyberScoop’s Zero Trust Summit, Sean Connelly, senior cybersecurity architect and trusted internet connection program manager at CISA, shared that the office will provide comprehensive training materials and resources to […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s 2024 Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative priorities include defending against advanced persistent threats, particularly countering the cyberattacks of groups linked with China. Clayton Romans, CISA associate director, wrote in a blog post that the agency’s focus on APT campaigns supports the JCDC’s efforts to thwart threats targeting critical U.S. infrastructures. […]
CGI Federal said the data breach that affected the Government Accountability Office was caused by a vulnerability in the Atlassian Confluence suite. According to Mercedes Marx, a spokesperson for CGI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency singled out the Atlassian Confluence vulnerability in October. The company said it took immediate remediation upon receiving CISA’s warning […]
Threat intelligence company OpenText has announced its entry into the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, a public-private group founded by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The JCDC is tasked with strengthening the cybersecurity posture of the United States and its international allies, OpenText said. The group aims to protect the government’s sensitive data by promoting […]
The Department of Justice’s Office of Public Affairs has announced the seizure of internet domains selling the Warzone remote access trojan malware, which enables covert intrusions into computers to steal credentials, take screenshots and watch users through their webcams. Investigations by the FBI’s Boston and Atlanta field offices led to the indictment of two individuals […]
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and John Thune, R-S.D., introduced on Wednesday the Drone Evaluation to Eliminate Cyber Threats Act, a bill that will require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create a guidebook on the use and management of civilian-made unmanned aircraft systems owned or controlled by an agency and regularly used to […]
