The Securities and Exchange Commission announced amendments to a 24-year regulation that will require certain financial firms including broker-dealers, funding portals, registered investment advisers, transfer agents, and investment companies to create well-defined response plans for data breach incidents, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Cybersecurity experts convened at Google's Boulder, Colorado, campus to address election threats, particularly the challenges posed by advanced technologies like deepfakes, CBS News reports.
HP's latest Wolf Security Threat Insights Report reveals that cybercriminals are employing "cat-phishing" techniques to deceive victims and using overdue invoice lures and Living-off-the-Land tactics to bypass security defenses, reports SiliconAngle.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has urged Congress to allocate $32 billion for artificial intelligence research to maintain U.S. leadership over China in this crucial technology, Reuters reports.
U.S. cybersecurity agencies warn that Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are increasingly targeting civil society organizations worldwide, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Chris DeRusha is stepping down as federal chief information security officer after more than three years in the role, during which he significantly contributed to the Biden administration's cybersecurity initiatives, FedScoop reports.
Numerous cybersecurity enhancements will be adopted by Microsoft to address the woeful security failures driven by poor cybersecurity practices and lax corporate culture identified in a report issued by the Cyber Safety Review Board last month, SecurityWeek reports.
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