Federal cybersecurity authorities have warned that hackers are still exploiting Log4Shell in unpatched VMware software. In a joint advisory, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command said that the vulnerability affects VMware Horizon and Unified Access Gateway servers that have not been updated. VMware released its first Log4Shell fix […]
Reserve Marines participated in the recent Cyber Yankee exercise, where they worked with other service members on cyber defense capabilities. During the June 13-17 exercise, the Marines acted as red teams while other participating servicemen acted as blue teams. Red teams are responsible for carrying out simulated cyberattacks while blue teams are responsible for defending […]
Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee want to amend legislation that authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to share information with foreign law enforcement agencies. Enacted in 2006, the Undertaking Spam, Spyware and Fraud Enforcement with Enforcers Beyond Borders—or U.S. SAFE WEB—Act allows the FTC to support foreign proceedings involving the violation of a […]
The National Guard focused on protecting the Department of Defense‘s networks during the annual Cyber Shield exercise. The move is a change-up for the National Guard because, for the past few years, it applied its cyber expertise to state networks. Lt. Col. Seth Barun, the deputy officer in charge of Cyber Shield, said the National […]
Ron Green, executive vice president and chief security officer at financial services company Mastercard, called on lawmakers to facilitate greater cooperation between the public and private sectors in dealing with emerging cybersecurity threats. He said concerned government agencies should be incentivized to share threat intelligence with companies so that both sectors can mitigate cybersecurity risks […]
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a measure that allows federal cyber professionals to try out working at different agencies on a rotational basis. Dubbed the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act, the bill was enacted amid a serious shortage of qualified cybersecurity workers in government service, FCW reported Tuesday. The measure was […]
The House of Representatives’ version of the annual defense bill would create a new avenue for the private and public sectors to share cyber threat information. If enacted, the bill would direct the heads of the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community to develop a Cyber Threat Information Collaboration Environment […]
Laura Galante, a veteran cybersecurity intelligence analyst and the former director of global intelligence at cybersecurity company Mandiant, was appointed as the director of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. She started working in this position in May. Galante was the CEO of her own cyber […]
Perspecta Enterprise Services, a Peraton company, has secured a potential $562.9 million task order to support the Department of Defense’s Cyber Crime Center. DC3 is a designated federal cyber center that provides specialized training for DOD mission areas such as cybersecurity, critical infrastructure security, law enforcement and counterintelligence, according to its website. The General Services […]
Kshemendra Paul, the chief data officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, said collaboration and data interoperability could benefit cybersecurity efforts, but it would take a whole-of-government approach to get the best results. Speaking at the 2022 ACT-IAC Cybersecurity Forum, Paul posited that working with the Chief Information Security Officer community, the CDO Council and […]
