U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (right), D-Mich., speaks to the media as Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., look on following the weekly Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 1, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Senate report criticizes feds’ approach to ransomware investigations The federal government is not responding effectively to the ransomware crisis, according to a report from the Senate Homeland Security panel. May 24, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
A young girl passes by a destroyed apartment building in Bakhmut in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas on May 22, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The city is now occupied by Russian forces, and a target of the Russian disinformation operations. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images) Network of hyperlocal Russian Telegram channels spew disinformation in occupied Ukraine Research published by a Ukrainian think tank shows a network of at least 88 local Telegram channels. May 23, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
A year after report, task force urges U.S. to keep ransomware on front burner The Ransomware Task Force said that a year after its initial report, the U.S. has made progress on some of its recommendations. May 20, 2022 By Tonya Riley
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – APRIL 15: Ivy Goodall (11) meets with her teacher and her classmates at Mahurangi College in Google Classroom. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images) FTC warns it will go after ed tech companies misusing children’s data The crackdown comes as lawmakers look to update children's privacy protections. May 19, 2022 By Tonya Riley
The Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2022. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) DOJ revises computer fraud prosecution standards to ease off ‘good-faith’ research The policy revision instructs prosecutors not to target good-faith security research under the historically fraught law. May 19, 2022
Alessio Evangelista, associate director of FinCEN. (courtesy of Chainalysis) FinCEN associate director says his agency has its eyes on DeFi projects The Ronin Bridge attack has drawn attention to how DeFi projects can be weaponized in national security threats. May 19, 2022 By Tonya Riley
A Ukrainian serviceman looks at a self-propelled howitzer on a road in Kharkiv region on May 17, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images) Mandiant: Belarusian disinformation operation pushes phony organ harvesting tale The operation is just one of many information operations multiple nations have conducted in relation to Russia's war in Ukraine. May 19, 2022
(Getty images) FSB’s Fronton DDoS tool was actually designed for ‘massive’ fake info campaigns, researchers say The analysis shows that what was thought of as a straightforward DDoS tool was so much more. May 19, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill on May 04, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) DHS halts Disinformation Governance Board amid strong backlash Former government officials will lead a review of DHS's disinformation work and help Secretary Mayorkas determine how to continue. May 18, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
People fish along the dam at the Castaic Lake reservoir in Los Angeles County on May 3, 2022 in Castaic, California. (PHOTO: Mario Tama/Getty Images) Water companies are increasingly uninsurable due to ransomware, industry execs say The scope of what insurers are covering is also narrowing as costs go up, said an association representative. May 18, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley