Reuters.com reported that “The United States and 55 other nations on Thursday signed a political commitment to push rules for the internet that are underpinned by democratic values, at a time when the U.S. has accused Russia of wielding internet disruptions as a part of its escalating attacks on Ukraine.”…
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Darkreading.com reported that “While cybersecurity experts have been reticent to attribute the attacks to Russia, the links between their targeted and the current Russian invasion of Ukraine have suggested that the nation is the most likely sponsor. While the country might be hesitant to attack critical infrastructure, Russia has not…
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DataBreachToday.com reported that “commonly negotiated issues between healthcare delivery organizations and medical device vendors often involve expectations regarding notification of and patches for newly identified software security vulnerabilities, and those timelines.” The April 18, 2022 article entitled “Medical Devices: Negotiating Cybersecurity Contract Terms” included these comments from Jim…
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BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “Extended Detection and Response vendors face “an existential crisis” as the endpoint becomes less important now that businesses are typically storing their data in the cloud rather than on the endpoint. This has forced EDR providers to build out full-fledged EDR platforms that incorporate different telemetry sources…
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Darkreading.com reported that “When President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill Tuesday, he also put the bipartisan Cyber Incident Reporting Act into effect, which requires critical infrastructure companies in the 16 industry sectors identified by the federal government to report to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within 72…
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BusinessInsurance.com reported that “Blockchain project Ronin said Tuesday that hackers stole cryptocurrency now worth almost $615 million from its systems, in what would be one of the largest cryptocurrency heists on record.” The March 30, 2022 report entitled “Blockchain project Ronin hit by $615 million crypto heist” included…
BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “The U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau voted unanimously to ban Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) Corp., and China Mobile International USA Inc., stating the companies posed a national security threat. In addition, the bug bounty platform HackerOne suspended Kaspersky’s access to the…
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NIST issued a Request for Information (RFI) “seeking information to assist in evaluating and improving its cybersecurity resources, including the “Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” (the “NIST Cybersecurity Framework,” “CSF” or “Framework”) and a variety of existing and potential standards, guidelines, and other information, including those relating to improving…
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The European Investment Bank and the European Commission, provided a report that “shows that Europe needs to address an investment gap of up to €10 billion that is holding back development and deployment of artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies in the EU. It puts forward recommendations how the EU…
Computerworld.com reported that “More than 120,000 cryptoasset donations totaling about $63.8 million have been funneled to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, according to according to Elliptic, a blockchain analysis company.” The March 16, 2022 report entitled “How cryptocurrency is being used to funnel money to…
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