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Supply chains, 13M jobs and $649B a year at risk, so Uncle Sam is fighting back - with a request for info

The US Department of Homeland Security is seeking help to assess the security of tech at maritime ports, to safeguard the 13 million jobs and $649 billion of economic activity generated by the nation’s docks.…

Now do your patriotic duty and fill one of those 500k open roles, please?

The White House has unveiled a new strategy to fill some of the hundreds of thousands of critical cybersecurity vacancies across the US: Pitch cyber as a national service.…

Feds post $10 million bounty for each of the six's whereabouts

The US today charged five Russian military intelligence officers and one civilian for their involvement with the data-wiping WhisperGate campaign conducted against Ukraine in January 2022 before the ground invasion began.…

Two critical holes including hardcoded admin credential

If you're running Cisco's supposedly Smart Licensing Utility, there are two flaws you ought to patch right now.…

Are you prepared for the day that quantum computing breaks today’s encryption?

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Good news? Security is still getting a growing part of IT budget

It looks like security budgets are coming up against belt-tightening policies, with chief security officers reporting budgets rising more slowly than ever and over a third saying their spending this year will be flat or even reduced.…

Network admins take a ride on the Fright Bus

The Transport for London (TfL) "cyber incident" is heading into its third day amid claims that a popular appliance might have been the gateway for criminals to gain access to the organization's network.…

Allowed access to 150k cameras, some in sensitive spots, but has been done for spamming

Physical security biz Verkada has agreed to cough up $2.95 million following an investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – but the payment won’t make good its past security failings, including a blunder that led to CCTV footage of Tesla, Cloudflare, and others being snooped on. Instead, the fine is about spam.…

Russia has seemingly decided who it wants Putin the Oval Office

The Biden administration on Wednesday seized 32 websites and charged two employees of a state-owned media outlet connected to a $10 million scheme to distribute pro-Kremlin propaganda, and claimed the actions were necessary to counter Russia’s attempts to influence the upcoming US presidential election.…

Feds warn of 'highly tailored, difficult-to-detect social engineering campaigns'

The FBI has warned that North Korean operatives are plotting "complex and elaborate" social engineering attacks against employees of decentralized finance (DeFi) organizations, as part of ongoing efforts to steal cryptocurrency.…

Big Blue also shift to Prisma SASE to secure its 250,000 workforce

Palo Alto Networks has completed its purchase of IBM's QRadar SaaS service, spending $500 million to buy up customer share for PAN's next-gen AI security Cortex platform.…

Loads of governance issues to worry about, and the chance it might spout utter garbage

Microsoft has published a Transparency Note for Copilot for Microsoft 365, warning enterprises to ensure user access rights are correctly managed before rolling out the technology.…

93GB of info feared pilfered in Montana by heartless crooks

Planned Parenthood of Montana's chief exec says the org is responding to a cyber-attack on its systems, and has drafted in federal law enforcement and infosec professionals to help investigate and rebuild its IT environment.…

Researchers find many similarities, and nasty new customizations such as embedded compromised user credentials

The Cicada3301 ransomware, which has claimed at least 20 victims since it was spotted in June, shares "striking similarities" with the notorious BlackCat ransomware, according to security researchers at Israeli outfit endpoint security outfit Morphisec.…

Unclear if this is a sign controversial service is cleaning up its act everywhere

Controversial social network Telegram has co-operated with South Korean authorities and taken down 25 videos depicting sex crimes.…

Bagging two posh properties, three luxury cars on a govt salary a bit of a giveaway – allegedly

The US Department of Justice has accused a now-former senior official of the New York State government of illegally advancing the interests of the Chinese government and communist party.…

Better late than never

The White House on Tuesday indicated it hopes to shore up the weak security of internet routing, specifically the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).…

The group bragged they could steal one-time passwords from Apply Pay and 30+ sites

A trio of men have pleaded guilty to running a multifactor authentication (MFA) bypass ring in the UK, which authorities estimate has raked in millions in less than two years. …

No, Abbey is not really a "pure patriotic girl"

Spamouflage, the Beijing-linked trolls known for spreading fake news about American politics, is back with new accounts on X and TikTok that claim to be frustrated US voters in "more aggressive" attempts to influence the upcoming presidential election.…

Selfie-scraper again claims European law does not apply to it

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI €30.5 million ($33 million) over the "illegal" collation of images.…