News in the Government category

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
SEC wants public companies to report breaches within four days

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed rule amendments to require publicly traded companies to report data breaches and other cybersecurity incidents within four days after they're determined as being a material incident (one that shareholders would likely consider important).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 10, 2022
- 01:03 PM
- 2
US Treasury: Russia may bypass sanctions using ransomware payments

The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) warned U.S. financial institutions this week to keep an eye out for attempts to evade sanctions and US-imposed restrictions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 09, 2022
- 11:41 AM
- 0
Russian government sites hacked in supply chain attack

Russia says some of its federal agencies' websites were compromised on Tuesday after unknown attackers hacked the stats widget used to track the number of visitors by multiple government agencies.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 09, 2022
- 09:52 AM
- 0
Piracy OK: Russia to ease software licensing rules after sanctions

The Russian authorities are drafting a set of measures to support the country's economy against the pressure of foreign sanctions, and when it comes to software licensing, the proposal greenlights a form of piracy.
- Bill Toulas
- March 07, 2022
- 11:19 AM
- 0
Ukraine to join NATO intel-sharing cyberdefense hub

While Ukraine is yet to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the country has been accepted as a contributing participant to the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 04, 2022
- 05:59 PM
- 1
Russia blocks access to Facebook, Twitter, foreign news outlets

Russia has blocked access to the Facebook social network after Meta, Facebook's parent company, deactivated or restricted access to accounts belonging pro-Kremlin media outlets and news agencies, including RIA Novosti, Sputnik, and Russia Today.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 04, 2022
- 02:10 PM
- 2
US indicts multiple call centers for IRS, Social Security scams

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the indictment of several India-based call centers and their directors for targeting Americans with Social Security, IRS, and loan phone call scams.
- Bill Toulas
- February 04, 2022
- 12:02 PM
- 0