2021 was the most active year in federal cybersecurity policy. Ever. The Biden administration used executive orders, new regulations, public/private partnerships and novel law enforcement strategies to shore up federal systems and engage with industry. Meanwhile, an otherwise active year in Congress took a hit when several major pieces of legislati...
This week in the Security News: Attacking RDP (from the inside), NetUSB exposed, the old mailing USB drives trick, a persistent DoS in your doorLock, Signal gets a new CEO, attacking the patching software, where does that QR code go, we heard you liked cryptominers, Pluton will fix that and retiring from a jarring career, & more!
This week in the Security Weekly News: Toilet snakes, CES, CISA, Supply Chain Library Hijinx, QNAP, colors and fakers, and the first episode of 2022 for the Security Weekly News! All this and the returning Expert Commentary of Jason Wood!
In the leadership and communications section, no, we're not discussing log4j, 2021 recaps or lessons learned, or 2022 new year's resolutions or predictions!
The engagements will be structured around four lines of effort that will “serve as an investment in creating a robust and accessible pool of qualified cyber professionals, including future workforce issues, applied cyber research, applied analytics and strategic issues."
Security awareness training ramped up among FSIs large and small, as a means to prevent cyber-intrusion — particularly as many struggle with infrequent customers access and hold very critical financial data. For this final piece in a three-part series examining the threats and challenges facing financial advisers, SC Media looked at such tactics as a means to improve the state of play.
Mac security expert and former NSA hacker Patrick Wardle hopes the change will demonstrate a second path for security companies besides turning to venture capital.
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