(Getty Images) FBI takes down dark web marketplace for U.S. citizen personal data The crime operation may have been connected to Joker's Stash. Jun 7, 2022 By Tonya Riley
Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco speaks during the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Police Executives Forum on May 6, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger-Pool/Getty Images) DOJ changes to CFAA guidance are overhyped, lawyers say The Department of Justice's guidance on when and how to charge defendants for violating CFAA remains ambiguous, lawyers say. Jun 7, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia speaks May 31, 2018, at the Cyber Threat Intelligence Forum presented by FireEye and produced by CyberScoop and FedScoop. (Scoop News Group) LockBit 2.0 gang claims Mandiant as latest victim; Mandiant sees no evidence of it The group took issue with a recent Mandiant analysis, it said. Jun 6, 2022
Jen Easterly (L), director of the Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Chris Inglis, the National Cyber Director, testify during their confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 10, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) ‘Shields Up’: the new normal in cyberspace The director of CISA and the national cyber director co-wrote this op-ed on what comes next for "Shields Up." Jun 6, 2022 By Jen Easterly Chris Inglis
(Getty Images) CISA issues vulnerability advisory for select Dominion voting equipment, urges updates The company insists its equipment is safe, and nobody has proof of the vulnerabilities having been used, CISA says. Jun 3, 2022
Ranking member Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., (L) speaks as Committee Chairman Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., looks on during a hearing before Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Congress reaches compromise on draft privacy legislation The newly proposed federal privacy framework comes with protections for biometric data and against discrimination. Jun 3, 2022 By Tonya Riley
(Photo by NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images) Losses to cryptocurrency scams top $1B, FTC reports Nearly half of the scams originated on social media. Jun 3, 2022 By Tonya Riley
A healthcare worker tends to a patient on a ventilator in the Intensive Care Unit of Baptist Health Floyd on September 7, 2021 in New Albany, Indiana. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) Senators push for more frequent medical device cybersecurity guidance from FDA Cybersecurity threats against health care have skyrocketed in recent years. Jun 3, 2022 By Tonya Riley
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens to North Macedonia Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov speak during a meeting at the department June 2, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Fick would bring much-needed energy jolt to State’s new cyber bureau, observers say National Cyber Director Chris Inglis said he has worked with Fick many times over the years and believes he would excel. Jun 2, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
The flag of Iran is seen in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on May 24, 2021 in Vienna, Austria. (Photo by Michael Gruber/Getty Images) Previously unreported Lebanon-based hacking group targeting Israel, Microsoft says The new group is suspected of collaborating with "multiple" Iranian-linked hacking efforts. Jun 2, 2022