The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Tuesday issued new cybersecurity requirements for airports and aircraft operators as part of an “emergency action” to address persistent threats to the aviation industry. The TSA, as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s …
The Biden administration is set to release an aggressive new national cybersecurity strategy on Thursday that seeks to shift the blame from companies that get hacked to software manufacturers and device makers, putting it on a potential collision course with …
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a memorandum on Friday requiring states to analyze cyber defenses at public water systems during periodic audits. The audits, called sanitary surveys, are already required by the EPA to detect harmful chemicals. Water utilities are …
In a major breach of a U.S. Marshals Service computer system this month with ransomware, hackers stole sensitive and personally identifiable data about agency employees and targets of investigations, an agency spokesman said Tuesday. The hacked system was disconnected from …
The White House announced a new national cybersecurity strategy meant to make the digital ecosystem more resilient, including a more aggressive stance against malicious cyber actors and shifting responsibility to “organizations that are most capable and best-positioned to reduce risks …
A senior US cybersecurity official described adoption of some of Microsoft Corp. and Twitter Inc.’s security protocols as “disappointing” as part of a broadside against large technology companies’ approach to protecting user accounts. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and …
Ohio and Pennsylvania have negotiated agreements with DNA Diagnostics Center – a Fairfield, Ohio, company that provides paternity and other DNA testing – over a 2021 data breach that compromised the personal information of more than 45,000 consumers in the …
A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by Reuters and five cybersecurity experts. Between August and September, as President Vladimir Putin indicated …
Indiana has blocked the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from state devices, its technology office said. The Indiana Office of Technology “blocked TikTok from being used in our state system and on our state devices” as of Dec. 7, office …
The US’s first national cyber director, Chris Inglis, is planning to step down in the coming months, according to a person familiar with the matter. Inglis has worked as one of President Joe Biden’s top cybersecurity advisers at a time …
