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DHS Orders U.S. Federal Agencies to Audit DNS Security for Their Domains
2019-01-23 07:48

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has today issued an "emergency directive" to all federal agencies ordering IT staff to audit DNS records for their respective website domains, or...

DHS Says SamSam Ransomware is Targeting Critical Infrastructure Entities
2018-12-05 15:45

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week issued an alert on activity related to SamSam, one of the most prevalent ransomware families at...

Congress Passes Bill Creating Cybersecurity Agency at DHS
2018-11-15 09:10

The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a bill that creates a new cybersecurity agency at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). read more

Congress Approves New DHS Cybersecurity Agency
2018-11-14 20:18

Bill Creating Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Awaits President's SignatureThe United States will soon officially have a single agency that takes the lead role for cybersecurity....

DHS Warns of Threats to Precision Agriculture
2018-10-05 15:53

Relying on various embedded and connected technologies to improve agricultural and livestock management, precise agriculture is exposed to vulnerabilities and cyber-threats, a new report from the...

DHS Warns of Attacks on Managed Service Providers
2018-10-04 14:45

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week issued an alert on ongoing activity from an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor targeting global managed service providers...

WATCH Live: DHS National Cybersecurity Summit
2018-07-31 15:36

The DHS National Cybersecurity Summit will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders across government, industry, and academia to reinforce DHS’s collective defense mission and its commitment...

Russian hackers are ready to disrupt US energy utilities, says DHS
2018-07-25 10:53

Jonathan Homer says Russian hackers have snared “hundreds of victims” in the utilities and equipment sectors and "got to the point where they could have thrown switches” in a way that could have...

DHS, FBI Share Details of North Korea's 'Typeframe' Malware
2018-06-18 13:00

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have published another report on the US-CERT website detailing a piece of malware allegedly used by the...