The U.S. coordinates sanctions against Alexander Ermakov with Australia and UK. The Department of the Treasury sanctioned Russian national Alexander Ermakov on Tuesday in coordination with similar sanctions…
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FDA to Update CISA Protocols on Medical Devices
GAO reports the agency’s cyber security agreement is five years old. The Government Accountability Office has reported that the Food and Drug Administration needs to work with the…
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CISA Raises Concerns about Water Infrastructure Hacks
In recent months, a number of water facilities experienced computer breaches. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) briefed congressional staffers on the breach of the computers of…
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DOJ Seizes Ransomware Websites
The department’s decryption tool dismantles a digital hostage program. The Department of Justice announced that they have disrupted multiple extortion websites used by the Blackcat hackers, a digital…
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FCC Warns of Hackers Taking Over Cell Phone Accounts
The agency informed all cell phone service providers of the increased threat. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a warning to cell service providers, informing them of…
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HHS Reaches First Cybersecurity Settlement
Medical group agrees to pay a $480,000 fine for sub-par security. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reached its first cybersecurity settlement this month, fining Lafourche…
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Two Russian Nationals Charged with Hacking
They attempted to gain access to computers in the U.S., UK, and other countries. A federal grand jury has indicted two Russian nationals with charges of conspiracy to…
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NSA Establishes New AI Security Center
The focus is on the safe development of artificial intelligence systems. The National Security Agency (NSA) Director General Paul Nakasone announced that the agency is establishing an Artificial…
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DOJ Unseals Charges Against Users of Trickbot Malware
Fourteen Russian nationals were indicted for fraud and fraud conspiracy. The Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed three separate federal jurisdictions, revealing that 14 Russian nationals have been indicted…
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CISA Finds Hackers Exploited SMS Authentication Weakness
The review board’s report recommends phishing-resistant multifactor authentication. The Cyber Safety Review Board released a report, requested by Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly, on…
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