Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

CISA unleashes Untitled Goose Tool to honk at danger in Microsoft's cloud

Not a headline we expected to write today

CSO24 Mar 2023 | 11

Critical infrastructure gear is full of flaws, but hey, at least it's certified

Security researchers find bugs, big and small, in every industrial box probed

CSO23 Mar 2023 | 20

CISA joins forces with Women in CyberSecurity to break up the boy's club

in brief Also, the FBI just admitted to bypassing warrants by buying cellphone location data, and this week's actionable items

Security13 Mar 2023 | 17

EPA orders US states to check cyber security of public water supplies

Don’t let miscreants poison the wells

Security06 Mar 2023 | 8

US cybersecurity chief: Software makers shouldn't lawyer their way out of security responsibilities

SCSW Who apart from Microsoft is happy with the ship now, oh just fix it later approach?

Security28 Feb 2023 | 30

ESXiArgs ransomware fights off Team America's data recovery script

Want a clue to what you’re dealing with? Check the ransom note

Security16 Feb 2023 | 1

Among the thousands of ESXiArgs ransomware victims? FBI and CISA to the rescue

Evil code hits more than 3,800 servers globally, according to the Feds

Security08 Feb 2023 | 1

CISA sends schools back to the classroom on security

Oy, teacher, protect those kids online

Government Tech Week25 Jan 2023 | 1

Homeland Security, CISA builds AI-based cybersecurity analytics sandbox

High-spec system is crucial to defending against the latest threats

Government Tech Week10 Jan 2023 | 5

FBI warns about Cuba, no, not that one — the ransomware gang

Critical infrastructure attacks ramping up

Security02 Dec 2022 | 1

US military goes zero-trust on software and government gets busy

CISA updates security framework, tech industry calls it 'confusing'

Software23 Nov 2022 | 13

LockBit suspect cuffed after ransomware forces emergency services to use pen and paper

In Brief Plus: CISA has a flowchart for patching, privacy campaign goes after face search engine

Cyber-crime12 Nov 2022 | 13

Biden now wants to toughen up chemical sector's cybersecurity

Control panels facing the internet? Data stolen? You gotta keep an ion this stuff

CSO27 Oct 2022 | 6

Alert: This ransomware preys on healthcare orgs via weak-ass VPN servers

FBI, CISA warn of Daixin gang after OakBend Medical Center hit

Cyber-crime24 Oct 2022 | 1

CISA warns of security holes in industrial Advantech, Hitachi kit

When we concede that everything has bugs, we wish it wasn't quite everything

Patches20 Oct 2022 | 2

It’s 2022 and netizens are only now getting serious about cybersecurity

US folks start to get the message about protecting themselves online

Security10 Oct 2022 | 12

Foreign spies hijacking US mid-terms? FBI, CISA are cool as cucumbers about it

I think we can handle one little Russia. We sent two units, they're bringing any attempts down now

Security06 Oct 2022 | 40

Cyber-snoops broke into US military contractor, stole data, hid for months

Tell us it’s Russia without telling us it’s Russia

Security05 Oct 2022 | 14

Uncle Sam orders federal agencies to step up scans for govt IT security holes

Good time to be selling automation tools

Security04 Oct 2022 | 2

Atlassian, Microsoft bugs on CISA’s must-patch list after exploitation spree

Some days, security just feels like a total illusion. OK, most days...

Patches04 Oct 2022 | 7

National Cybersecurity Awareness program 18 years on: Don't click that

Technology is addressing many of the cyberthreats, but the human element will always be a factor

Security03 Oct 2022 | 3

US school year opens with reading, writing, and ransomware

FBI warns that Vice Society threat group is ramping up attacks on the education sector

Cyber-crime07 Sep 2022 | 8

Microsoft: The deadline to get off Basic Auth is approaching

Exchange Online face Halloween deadline

OSes05 Sep 2022 | 50

80,000 internet-connected cameras still vulnerable after critical patch offered

Just more IoT conscripts for the botnet armies

Patches24 Aug 2022 | 15

If you haven't patched Zimbra holes by now, assume you're toast

Here's how to detect an intrusion via vulnerable email systems

Patches23 Aug 2022 |

US reveals 'Target' pic of Conti man with $10m reward offer

Fashion Police chipping in on the bounty related to costliest strain of ransomware on record

Security12 Aug 2022 | 6

Maui ransomware linked to North Korean group Andariel

Attack origins point to April 2021 first strike on Japanese target

Security10 Aug 2022 | 1

DuckDuckGo says Hell, Hell, No to those Microsoft trackers after web revolt

In brief Plus: That Twitter privacy leak, scammers send Ubers for victims, critical flaw in Cisco gear, and more

Security06 Aug 2022 | 38

US puts $10 million bounty on North Korean cyber-crews

Kim will be shaking in his shoes

Security27 Jul 2022 | 7

Security flaws in GPS trackers can be abused to cut off fuel to vehicles, CISA warns

About '1.5 million' folks and organizations use these gadgets

Security19 Jul 2022 | 29

Start using Modern Auth now for Exchange Online

Before Microsoft shutters basic logins in a few months

CSO29 Jun 2022 | 28

Don't ditch PowerShell to improve security, say infosec agencies from UK, US, and NZ

Use it sensibly instead – which means turning on the useful bits Microsoft doesn't enable by default

Security23 Jun 2022 | 20

OpenInfra Foundation talks about Directed Funding model for open source projects

OpenInfra Berlin Notes rise of 'pay to play' where companies try to buy way into governance – and says this is not that

PaaS + IaaS14 Jun 2022 |

Beijing-backed baddies target unpatched networking kit to attack telcos

NSA, FBI and CISA issue joint advisory that suggests China hardly has to work for this – flaws revealed in 2017 are among their entry points

Security08 Jun 2022 | 3

US cyber chiefs: Moving to Shields Down isn't gonna happen

RSA Conference Promises new alert notices but warn 'we can sometimes predict thunderstorms but not lightning strikes'

CSO08 Jun 2022 | 6

FBI, CISA: Don't get caught in Karakurt's extortion web

Is this gang some sort of Conti side hustle? The answer may be yes

CSO03 Jun 2022 | 7

Talos names eight deadly sins in widely used industrial software

Entire swaths of gear relies on vulnerability-laden Open Automation Software (OAS)

Patches27 May 2022 | 6

Patch your VMware gear now – or yank it out, Uncle Sam tells federal agencies

Critical authentication bypass revealed, older flaws under active attack

CSO19 May 2022 | 6

Software patching must work like car safety recalls, says US cyber boss

Black Hat Asia Adds infosec regulation coming to more industries but with a light touch, more collaboration

CSO13 May 2022 | 30

Data-wiper malware strains surge as Ukraine battles ongoing invasion

Besides files being erased, another thing being deleted: Any sense this is a coincidence

Research29 Apr 2022 | 11

Five Eyes nations reveal 2021's fifteen most-exploited flaws

Malicious cyber actors go after 2021's biggest misses, spend less time on the classics

Security28 Apr 2022 | 10

Five Eyes nations fear wave of Russian attacks against critical infrastructure

If this is surprising to operators, we are doomed

Cyber-crime21 Apr 2022 | 25

US warns North Korean Lazarus gang rising against cryptocurrency outfits

Malware-laced recruitment emails are more Kim job ill than Kim Jong-un

Security20 Apr 2022 | 5

Threat group builds custom malware to attack industrial systems

US security agencies say the tools can give hackers control of ICS and SCADA devices

Security14 Apr 2022 | 8

Microsoft dogs Strontium domains to stop attacks on Ukraine

Software giant sinkholes systems used by Russian gang

Security08 Apr 2022 | 33

China accused of cyberattacks on Indian power grid

Beijing may have had a hand in attacks in Ukraine, too

Security08 Apr 2022 | 24

Russia-linked attackers breach NGO by exploiting MFA, PrintNightmare vuln

Patch flaws and enforce authentication policies, CISA and FBI warn

Security16 Mar 2022 | 3

Analysis of leaked Conti files blows lid off ransomware gang

Not only is this payback sweet, it gives network defenders valuable intelligence

Security11 Mar 2022 | 21

China-linked malware targeted secure networks in 'multiple governments'

'Daxin' malware creates backdoors and may have been used since 2013

Security01 Mar 2022 | 3

CISA publishes list of free security tools for business protection

Agency quiet on the selection criteria but at least the price is right

Security18 Feb 2022 | 6

Russia 'stole US defense data' from IT systems

Clearly no need for leet zero-day hax when you can spearphish and exploit months-old vulnerabilities

Security17 Feb 2022 | 35

US govt: Here are another 15 security bugs under attack right now

Best plug HiveNightmare if you haven't already, unless you like new admins

Security11 Feb 2022 | 10

Sniff those Ukrainian emails a little more carefully, advises Uncle Sam in wake of Belarusian digital vandalism

NotPetya started over there, don't forget

Security19 Jan 2022 | 4

As CISA tells US govt agencies to squash Log4j bug by Dec 24, fingers start pointing at China, Iran, others

Microsoft says cyber-spies linked to Beijing, Tehran are getting busy with security flaw along with world + dog

Security15 Dec 2021 | 11

BlackMatter ransomware gang will target agriculture for its next harvest – Uncle Sam

What was that about hackable tractors?

Security19 Oct 2021 | 3

America enlists Big Tech to help it develop and execute cyber security plans

Players in ‘Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative’ include Microsoft, AWS, and Google

Security06 Aug 2021 | 14