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Head of the U.S. government's cybersecurity agency Jen Easterly introduced herself to the hacking community Thursday with a pledge to pursue transparent data sharing with the private sector and a call for "An ambitious national effort" to solve the cybersecurity skills shortage. In a carefully crafted video keynote at the annual Black Hat conference, the CISA director announced a new Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative to bring together federal agencies with big-tech players to manage the barrage of ransomware and supply chain attacks.
US cybersecurity officials on Thursday said Amazon, Google and Microsoft have enlisted to help them fight ransomware and defend cloud computing systems from hackers. The tech giants are among firms signed on to be part of a Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative intended to combine government and private skills and resources to fight hackers, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Second quarter blocked DDoS attack volumes were up more than 40% compared to the same period in 2020, a Radware report reveals. The report provides an overview of DDoS attack trends by industry, as well as across applications and attack types.
UK data watchdog sees its approach to government health tech during COVID-19 outbreak as 'pragmatic'
The UK's data watchdog has defended its approach to regulating government health technologies during the pandemic as "Pragmatic." In its annual report, the Information Commissioner's Office said it had supported public health innovation, reflecting the flexibility of data protection law.
Intrinsic ID announced a partnership with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to make its digital authentication and security technology accessible to DARPA researchers. The...
SolarWinds released a report which examines how technology professionals perceive their organizations’ risk management and mitigation readiness after a year of rapid transformation fueled by the...
On Thursday, Cisco published two blog posts outlining its hybrid work strategy and company tech enabling distributed workforces. While the articles provide a specific glimpse into the strategy and approach for one tech titan, the underlying concepts of enabling remote and on-site teams are front and center for companies worldwide in the age of hybrid work.
The Tech Support Scams YouTube channel has been erased from existence in a blaze of irony as host and creator Jim Browning fell victim to a tech support scam that convinced him to secure his account - by deleting it. "So to prove that anyone can be scammed," Browning announced via Twitter following the attack, "I was convinced to delete my YouTube channel because I was convinced I was talking [to YouTube] support. I never lost control of the channel, but the sneaky s**t managed to get me to delete the channel. Hope to recover soon."
The British government wants to make Amazon, Google, and other digital service providers report cybersecurity breaches to the Information Commissioner, according to newly published plans. Due to Brexit, the government can amend the UK's Network and Information Security Regulations to let the Information Commissioner's Office, the local data watchdog, dictate what kind of cybersecurity breaches must be reported to it.
If you want people to trust the photos and videos your business puts out, it might be time to start learning how to prove they haven't been tampered with. Microsoft has a quiz you can take to see if you can spot deepfakes yourself; that's less a training tool and more an attempt to increase awareness and media literacy.