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Signalgate: Pentagon watchdog probes Defense Sec Hegseth
2025-04-04 00:36

Classification compliance? Records retention requirements? How quaint A US Department of Defense watchdog has opened an investigation into its own Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, over his use...

AI Threats Are Evolving Fast — Learn Practical Defense Tactics in this Expert Webinar
2025-04-03 11:25

The rules have changed. Again. Artificial intelligence is bringing powerful new tools to businesses. But it's also giving cybercriminals smarter ways to attack. They’re moving quicker, targeting...

Building a reasonable cyber defense program
2025-04-01 13:00

If you do business in the United States, especially across state lines, you probably know how difficult it is to comply with U.S. state data privacy laws. The federal government and many U.S....

US defense contractor cops to sloppy security, settles after infosec lead blows whistle
2025-03-26 20:07

MORSE to pay -- .. .-.. .-.. .. --- -. ... for failing to meet cyber-grade A US defense contractor will cough up $4.6 million to settle complaints it failed to meet cybersecurity requirements on...

Dept of Defense engineer took home top-secret docs, booked a fishing trip to Mexico – then the FBI showed up
2025-03-20 23:02

So much for that vacation A US Department of Defense electrical engineer has turned his world upside down after printing 155 pages from 20 documents, all of which were marked top secret and...

Too many software supply chain defense bibles? Boffins distill advice
2025-03-20 13:31

How to avoid another SolarWinds, Log4j, and XZ Utils situation Organizations concerned about software supply chain attacks should focus on role-based access control, system monitoring, and...

CERT-UA Warns: Dark Crystal RAT Targets Ukrainian Defense via Malicious Signal Messages
2025-03-20 06:08

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of a new campaign that targets the defense sectors with Dark Crystal RAT (aka DCRat). The campaign, detected earlier this...

Data Theft Drove 94% of Global Cyberattacks in 2024 & Ransomware Defenses are “Increasingly Complex”
2025-02-26 14:00

Ransomware groups now steal, encrypt, and threaten to leak company data on the dark web, forcing victims to pay or risk exposing sensitive information.

Becoming Ransomware Ready: Why Continuous Validation Is Your Best Defense
2025-02-24 11:17

Ransomware doesn’t hit all at once—it slowly floods your defenses in stages. Like a ship subsumed with water, the attack starts quietly, below the surface, with subtle warning signs that are easy...

Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like progress to shore up IT defenses
2025-01-29 07:24

Think government cybersecurity is bad? Guess again. It’s alarmingly so The UK government is significantly behind on its 2022 target to harden systems against cyberattacks by 2025, with a new...