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The story behind the Health Infrastructure Security and Accountability Act
2024-10-29 16:00

Health care breaches lead to legislation Partner Content Breaches breed regulation; which hopefully in turn breeds meaningful change.…

U.S. and Allies Warn of Iranian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure in Year-Long Campaign
2024-10-18 11:00

Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. have warned about a year-long campaign undertaken by Iranian cyber actors to infiltrate critical infrastructure...

Iranian hackers act as brokers selling critical infrastructure access
2024-10-16 23:16

Iranian hackers are breaching critical infrastructure organizations to collect credentials and network data that can be sold on cybercriminal forums to enable cyberattacks from other threat actors. [...]

Microsoft and DOJ disrupt Russian FSB hackers' attack infrastructure
2024-10-03 17:58

Microsoft and the Justice Department have seized over 100 domains used by the Russian ColdRiver hacking group to target United States government employees and nonprofit organizations from Russia...

CISA: Network switch RCE flaw impacts critical infrastructure
2024-10-02 15:02

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA is warning about two critical vulnerabilities that allow authentication bypass and remote code execution in Optigo Networks ONS-S8 Aggregation Switch products used...

Despite Russia warnings, Western critical infrastructure remains unprepared
2024-09-18 09:15

'Lives will be lost' as Moscow ramps up offensive cyber military units Feature As Russian special forces push more overtly into online operations, network defenders should be on the hunt for...

80% of Critical National Infrastructure Companies Experienced an Email Security Breach in Last Year
2024-09-17 18:04

The scale of the potential disruption from a successful attack on CNI is all too tempting for cyber attackers.

How to make Infrastructure as Code secure by default
2024-09-13 04:45

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become a widely adopted practice in modern DevOps, automating the management and provisioning of technology infrastructure through machine-readable definition...

Top priorities for federal cybersecurity: Infrastructure, zero trust, and AI-driven defense
2024-09-12 04:00

In this Help Net Security, Erica Banks, VP and a leader in Booz Allen’s civilian services business, discusses the Federal Cybersecurity Strategy’s role in safeguarding national assets. Banks...

Russian military hackers linked to critical infrastructure attacks
2024-09-05 17:59

The United States and its allies have linked a group of Russian military intelligence hackers (tracked as Cadet Blizzard and Ember Bear) to Unit 29155 of Russia's Main Directorate of the General...