Steven Mnuchin speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference on October 19, 2021 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) Mobile security firm Zimperium to be acquired by Steven Mnuchin’s private equity group The former Treasury Secretary's Liberty Strategic Capital has made a string of investments in cybersecurity businesses. Mar 29, 2022 By Joe Warminsky
(audriusmerfeldas/Getty Images) Ukrainian telecom, government blame cyberattack for most severe disruption since Russian invasion The disruption targeted a large service provider in what might be the latest in a string of ongoing intentional internet disruptions. Mar 28, 2022 By Tonya Riley
President Joe Biden is joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, Office of Management and Budget acting Director Shalanda Young and Congressional leaders as he signs the “Consolidated Appropriations Act” in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on March 15, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) Biden budget requests big increase for cybersecurity DHS would get the biggest slice of the federal civilian cybersecurity budget request at $2.6 billion. Mar 28, 2022 By Tim Starks
(Okta) Lack of speedy notification was ‘a mistake,’ Okta says Okta says it should have acted sooner to explain what it knew, and when, about an incident at customer service contractor Sitel. Mar 28, 2022 By Joe Warminsky
Eugene Kaspersky speaks at the Kaspersky Lab Global Partner Conference in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images for Kaspersky Lab) Kaspersky added to FCC list that bans Huawei, ZTE from US networks Kaspersky is the first cybersecurity company and first Russian entity on the FCC's "Covered List," which so far has focused on China. Mar 25, 2022 By Joe Warminsky
Prosecutors say Berezan bought a Ducati with money he made off of ransomware targets. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP via Getty Images) Estonian man sentenced to prison for role in cyber intrusions, ransomware attacks Prosecutors say Maksim Berezan made millions in bitcoin from ransomware targets and other cybercrimes. Mar 25, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
(Okta / Scoop News Group) Okta breach leads to questions on disclosure, reliance on third-party vendors Security experts questioned how long it took Okta to disclose the Lapsus$ breach and worried about a domino effect. Mar 24, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
(Photo by CAROLYN KASTER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) DOJ unseals charges against Russians in attempted hacks of infrastructure, including Trisis case One indictment refers to infamous hacking attempts on industrial control systems in 2017, and the other involves a separate spree from 2012-17. Mar 24, 2022 By Joe Warminsky
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Joe Biden, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and France’s President Emmanuel Macron pose for a G7 leaders’ family photo during a NATO summit on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Henry Nicholls – Pool/Getty Images) NATO, G-7 leaders promise bulwark against retaliatory Russian cyberattacks The pledges follow the Biden administration saying that Russia's calculus on digital assaults had changed. Mar 24, 2022 By Tim Starks
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