The US defence agency accountable for protected White House communications stated Social Security numbers and other private data in its own network might have been endangered...
The bureau offers immediate telecommunications and IT service for President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, the employees, along with the US Secret Service, based on its own site. The News Pocket | February 24, 2020
Four years ago, Lexmark International Inc. was hit with a stubborn computer virus that tied up some members of its cybersecurity team for months.
The Kwampirs malware had 'run rampant'
Lexmark had people working in offices, out of their homes and at coffee shops around the world.
New devices were constantly being added to the network, sometimes without the knowledge of the information technology organization.
Clamping down on employees wasn't an option, since competition for skills and the pace of a global business demanded a malleable IT infrastructure that adapted to the way people wanted to use it. siliconAngle - Paul Gillin | February 23, 2020
The US Transportation Security Administration said Sunday it was barring employees from using the Chinese-owned video app TikTok to post on the agency's website.
The TSA did not respond to follow-up emails seeking clarification on what practice was suspended and whether agency employees are barred from using the app on their personal devices as well. New York Post - Rosemary Misdary & Jorge Fitz-Gibbon | February 23, 2020
The United States joined several countries on Thursday in accusing Russia of a major cyberattack in the Republic of Georgia, pledging to hold the Kremlin accountable.
The Oct. 28 attack knocked thousands of government and private websites offline and interrupted television broadcasts. Washington Post - Dan Lamothe | February 20, 2020
Two more major Japanese defense contractors admitted to experiencing a data breach in recent years, bringing to a close a story that began in January when Japanese defense minister Taro Kono revealed that several partner organizations had been attacked.
The Ministry of Defense stated that the other defense contractors, Mitsubishi Electric and NEC, were hacked between 2016 and 2019. CPO Magazine - Scott Ikeda | February 20, 2020
A U.S. defense agency charged with providing information technology and communications support to the U.S. government, including the president and other senior officials, says its network may have been 'compromised.'
DISA, a division of the Dept. of Defense., has about 8,000 military staff and contractors. TechCrunch - Zack Whittaker | February 20, 2020
Attention to cybersecurity and the risk it brings to companies...leads to more stress on those chief information security officers (CISOs) who must either stop these attacks before they happen or reckon as effectively as possible with the aftermath and fallout.
88 percent of CISOs consider themselves under moderate or high levels of stress, only a slight decrease from the 91 percent of executives who reported similar results in 2018.
This level of stress is one reason why the average tenure of CISOs is only 26 months. Dice | February 17, 2020
According to a cybersecurity expert, Israeliâs ruling conservative party has found a security breach in an app that has potentially exposed the personal non-public information of nearly 6.5 million Israeli citizens.
The app in question is used for managing campaigns by the Likud party, which is headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. CloudWedge | February 12, 2020
