Iran and Russia deepen cyber ties with new agreement
A deal signed last week between Iran and Russia includes commitments to deepen the countries’ military, security and technological ties. The agreement between the world’s two most...
Trump administration dismisses members of all DHS advisory panels, including CSRB
Editor’s Note: Story corrected to specify that all members of DHS advisory committees have been removed and that an unknown number resigned ahead of the acting secretary’s memo....
Questions grow over whether Baltic Sea cable damage was sabotage or accidental
Reports citing anonymous intelligence officials have suggested Western authorities are assessing the recent spate of cable breakages in the Baltic Sea to be accidents rather than acts of...
Russian ransomware hackers increasingly posing as tech support on Microsoft Teams
Russian cybercriminals are adopting a scam in which they pose as tech support on Microsoft Teams to convince victims they have an IT issue before tricking employees into...
Ukraine restores state registers after suspected Russian cyberattack
Ukraine has restored the infrastructure of its state registers, which were disrupted last month by a major cyberattack believed to have been carried out by Russian military intelligence...
Philippines arrests Chinese national suspected of spying on critical infrastructure
Philippine authorities have arrested a Chinese national and two Filipino citizens suspected of conducting surveillance on critical infrastructure, including military facilities, the country’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)...
Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem bashes CISA, says agency must be ‘smaller, more nimble’
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem had harsh criticism for the nation’s leading cybersecurity agency on Friday during her confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security. Appearing before...
Costa Rica refinery cyberattack was first deployment for new US response program, ambassador says
A potentially catastrophic ransomware attack on Costa Rica’s largest oil refinery last year was the first real-world test of the U.S. State Department’s new rapid response tool for...
FTC proposes 5-year ban on GM selling sensitive driver info to data brokers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday announced a proposed settlement agreement with General Motors and its OnStar subsidiary that requires the automaker to stop sharing millions of...
Jailing negligent management boards? EU’s aggressive financial sector regulation goes into force
Financial entities in the European Union and their third-party suppliers are as of Friday required to report major IT incidents to their national regulators, as the bloc’s Digital...
