News in the Government category

IRS data leak exposes personal info of 120,000 taxpayers

The Internal Revenue Service has accidentally leaked confidential information for approximately 120,000 taxpayers who filed a form 990-T as part of their tax returns.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 03, 2022
- 04:39 PM
- 1
Windows zero-day exploited in US local govt phishing attacks

European governments and US local governments were the targets of a phishing campaign using malicious Rich Text Format (RTF) documents designed to exploit a critical Windows zero-day vulnerability known as Follina.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 06, 2022
- 12:09 PM
- 0
US Senate: Govt’s ransomware fight hindered by limited reporting

A report published today by U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, says law enforcement and regulatory agencies lack insight into ransomware attacks to fight against them effectively.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 24, 2022
- 01:34 PM
- 0
Canada bans Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks over security concerns

The Government of Canada announced its intention to ban the use of Huawei and ZTE telecommunications equipment and services across the country's 5G and 4G networks.
- Bill Toulas
- May 20, 2022
- 06:35 AM
- 0
FBI, CISA, and NSA warn of hackers increasingly targeting MSPs

Members of the Five Eyes (FVEY) intelligence alliance today warned managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers that they're increasingly targeted by supply chain attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 11, 2022
- 08:29 AM
- 1
Dell, Apple, Netflix face lawsuits for pulling services out of Russia

A Moscow Arbitration Court has reportedly seized almost $11 million belonging to Dell LLC after the company failed to provide paid-for services to a local system integrator.
- Bill Toulas
- May 09, 2022
- 02:59 PM
- 1
Costa Rica declares national emergency after Conti ransomware attacks

The Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has declared a national emergency following cyber attacks from Conti ransomware group. BleepingComputer also observed Conti published most of the 672 GB dump that appears to contain data belonging to the Costa Rican government agencies.
- Ax Sharma
- May 09, 2022
- 03:53 AM
- 0
White House: Prepare for cryptography-cracking quantum computers

President Joe Biden signed a national security memorandum (NSM) on Thursday asking government agencies to implement a set of measures that would mitigate risks posed by quantum computers to US national cyber security.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 05, 2022
- 04:01 PM
- 0
SEC ramps up fight on cryptocurrency fraud by doubling cyber unit

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that it will almost double the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit to ramp up the fight against cryptocurrency fraud to protect investors from "cyber-related threats."
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 03, 2022
- 03:23 PM
- 0
India to require cybersecurity incident reporting within six hours

The Indian government has issued new directives requiring organizations to report cybersecurity incidents to CERT-IN within six hours, even if those incidents are port or vulnerability scans of computer systems.
- Bill Toulas
- April 29, 2022
- 11:07 AM
- 2
US eases sanctions that may lead to Russia's Internet isolation

Today, the U.S. has announced exemptions on previously imposed sanctions on Russia related to telecommunications and internet-based communications, likely to prevent Russians from being isolated from Western news sources.
- Bill Toulas
- April 08, 2022
- 09:43 AM
- 3
Intel shuts down all business operations in Russia

US chipmaker Intel announced Tuesday night that it had suspended all business operations in Russia, joining tech other companies who pulled out of the country due to the invasion of Ukraine.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 05, 2022
- 11:57 PM
- 1
Russians bypass website blocks to access Western news sources

Cloudflare sees signs of Russians increasingly turning to Western news sources to get accurate information about the situation in Ukraine.
- Bill Toulas
- April 04, 2022
- 01:06 PM
- 22
US national emergency extended due to elevated malicious cyber activity

US President Joe Biden today has extended the state of national emergency declared to deal with increasingly prevalent and severe malicious cyber threats to the United States national security, foreign policy, and economy.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 30, 2022
- 04:34 PM
- 0
US says Kaspersky poses unacceptable risk to national security

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to its Covered List, saying it poses unacceptable risks to U.S. national security.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 25, 2022
- 05:17 PM
- 7
White House shares checklist to counter Russian cyberattacks

The White House is urging U.S. organizations to shore up their cybersecurity defenses after new intelligence suggests that Russia is preparing to conduct cyberattacks in the near future.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 22, 2022
- 07:03 PM
- 0
Google: Chinese state hackers target Ukraine’s government

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) says the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and other Chinese intelligence agencies are trying to get more info on the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 18, 2022
- 09:58 AM
- 0
Russia gets triggered by Ukraine joining NATO cyberdefense hub

Russia's ambassador to Estonia today compared Ukraine's participation in NATO's Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) intel-sharing cyberdefense hub to an attempt at blackmail.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 17, 2022
- 05:53 PM
- 4
Russia faces IT crisis with just two months of data storage left

Russia faces a critical IT storage crisis after Western cloud providers pulled out of the country, leaving Russia with only two more months before they run out of data storage.
- Bill Toulas
- March 15, 2022
- 12:52 PM
- 4
REvil ransomware member extradited to U.S. to stand trial for Kaseya attack

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that alleged REvil ransomware affiliate, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, was extradited to the United States last week to stand trial for the Kaseya cyberattack.
- Bill Toulas
- March 10, 2022
- 01:23 PM
- 0