Dateline: Russia's hybrid war against Ukraine.
Ukraine at D+571: Collection, sabotage, and influence. (CyberWire) Ukraine retakes key villages as Russia seeks to reconstitute an operational reserve.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 572 (Al Jazeera) As the war enters its 572nd day, these are the main developments.
Ukraine Says It Has Retaken Strategic Village Near Bakhmut (New York Times) The small village of Klishchiivka is the second settlement in eastern Ukraine that Kyiv’s forces say they have retaken in three days.
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 570 of the invasion (the Guardian) Ukraine claims to have seized village from Russian forces in Donetsk region; Zelenskiy to meet Biden in Washington next week
Heavy Fighting Reported Around Key Eastern Village That Ukraine Says It Has Liberated (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty) Heavy fighting between Ukrainian soldiers and invading Russian forces was reported early on September 18 in and around Klishchiyivka, a key village in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military said.
Russia Targets Ukrainian Agricultural Facility As Moscow, Other Russian Regions Report Drone Strikes (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty) Ukraine said Russia launched missile and drone attacks early on September 17, targeting mainly the southern parts of the Odesa region as Moscow and other regions of Russia reported Ukrainian drone strikes.
Kyiv Presses Offensive In South, East As Zelenskiy Thanks Allies Latest 'Support Packages' (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty) Kyiv said it was continuing offensive operations against Russian forces in the east and south as alarms sounded throughout Ukraine on September 16, while Russia said it shot down two drones outside Moscow overnight as its full-scale invasion of Ukraine approached its 20th month.
Opinion | A Trip to Ukraine Clarified the Stakes. And They’re Huge. (New York Times) Ukraine is a game-changer for the West, rivaling the importance of German unification, and the European Union is the key.
Live Briefing: Russia Invades Ukraine (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty) RFE/RL's Ukraine Live Briefing gives you the latest developments on Russia's ongoing invasion, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians. The Live Briefing presents the latest developments and analysis, updated throughout the day.
Nearly 500 Russian troops, 13 tanks eliminated over past 24 hours (New Voice) Ukrainian military
eliminate nearly 500 occupiers and 28 Russian artillery systems in a day –
General Staff
Russia's Navy Has A Dry Dock Problem. Again. (Radio Free Europe | Radio Liberty) Five years ago, a massive floating dry dock near the Russian Arctic port of Murmansk accidentally sank and nearly took the flagship of the Russian Navy, the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, with it.
Russian drone destroys Ukraine’s top secret air defence system – but all was not as it seemed (The Telegraph) Replica kit is scattered across the country to fool Kremlin into wasting missiles
U.S. Diplomat Says It's 'Too Early' To Rule Out Significant Gains For Ukraine's Counteroffensive (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty) The U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has said it is “too early” to rule out the possibility that Kyiv's counteroffensive against Russian forces will achieve "significant gains."
Russia’s incompetent air force is one mistake away from sparking war with Nato (The Telegraph) It is no exaggeration to say that the attempt to shoot down a British aircraft could easily have started World War Three
‘A pivotal moment in Putin’s war’ | Ukraine: The Latest special from Washington DC (The Telegraph) The Telegraph speaks to experts at the British Embassy in the US for a special recording of its daily podcast on Russia's war
In U.S. Visit, Zelensky to Make a Case for More Aid, and Say Thank You (New York Times) The Ukrainian leader’s second trip to America comes at a more delicate diplomatic moment, as he tries to navigate political currents while expressing gratitude for Western support.
Zelenskyy warns Putin could cause World War III (CBS) President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says world order is at stake in the Ukraine war.
Russia-Ukraine war live: Nato chief warns nations must prepare ‘for a long war’ (the Guardian) Jens Stoltenberg says ‘we must prepare ourselves for a long war’
Belarus leader proposes three-way partnership with Russia and North Korea (the Guardian) Alexander Lukashenko put forward axis plan during summit with Vladimir Putin in Sochi as rumours of arms deal persist
Belarus's Tsikhanouskaya To Meet With U.S., Other Officials In New York During UN General Assembly (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty) Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya has said she will be in New York this week for high-level meetings with officials from the United States and other countries as delegations converge for the UN General Assembly.
Putin and Kim have launched a global war. Now the West must defend good against evil (The Telegraph) The case for Western liberalism is undeniable – just see the difference between the Koreas. But are we prepared to fight for it?
Russian State TV to Its Citizens: Be More Like North Koreans (The Daily Beast) Amid Kim Jong Un’s barnstorming tour of Russia, the country’s propagandists have begun extolling the virtues of the hermit kingdom’s spartan lifestyle.
Shuffle of Russian military chiefs preceded death of Wagner boss Prigozhin (Washington Post) A day before the airplane disaster that killed Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a Prigozhin ally known as “General Armageddon,” was removed as head of Russia’s air force.
A New Mobilization? It's The Last Thing The Kremlin Wants Ahead Of Next Year's Presidential Election (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty) Nearly 19 months into its war on Ukraine, Russia is struggling to hold back a grinding Ukraine counteroffensive, with soldiers complaining openly of exhaustion and fatigue. Talk of a new wave of mobilization is growing -- and the Kremlin is trying to tamp it down.
In Moscow, the War Is Background Noise, but Ever-Present (New York Times) Muscovites go about their daily lives with little major disruption. But the war’s effects are evident — in the stores, at the movies and in the increasingly repressive environment.
Opinion | Can Samantha Power Win the Battle for Ukraine’s Future? (New York Times) A country’s postwar success would be a rebuke to the idea that the free world is in terminal decline.
More Russian journalists investigating possible spyware infections (Record) After the news that the prominent media figure Galina Timchenko was hacked with Pegasus, three other Russian-speaking journalists said they too received warnings of spyware on their phones.
Ukraine's Fusion of Cyber and Kinetic Warfare: Illia Vitiuk's Stand Against Russian Cyber Operations (AFCEA International) Ukraine thinks outside of the box and merges warfare to counter a Russian digital onslaught.
Russian Schools in a Time of War: A Lesson in Indoctrination (Wilson Center) On September 1, known in Russia as the Day of Knowledge, 18 million students took their seats in Russian classrooms, and—for the second year, already—they did so in a country fundamentally changed by its own aggressive war. Schools could not remain unaffected by the changes in the Russian state and society. In fact, classrooms are turning into an ideological battleground.
Press review: Moscow heads sanctions club and EU neighbors ban entry to Russian cars (TASS) Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, September 18th
Joe Biden will urge UN to expand Security Council (The Telegraph) US president wants to add countries including Germany and Japan to dilute influence of China and Russia
World Court to hear Russian objections to Ukraine genocide case (Reuters) Russia and Ukraine will square off before the International Court of Justice on Monday in a case that centres around claims by Moscow that its invasion of Ukraine was done to prevent genocide.
Imposing Further Sanctions in Response to Russia’s Illegal War Against Ukraine (United States Department of State) The Departments of State and the Treasury are imposing further sanctions on over 150 individuals and entities in connection with Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine. As part of today’s action, the U.S. government is targeting individuals and entities engaged in sanctions evasion and circumvention, those complicit in furthering Russia’s ability to wage its war against […]
Poland Implements EU Ban on Russian-Registered Cars Entering Country Amid Ukraine Conflict (TechStory) Any car with Russian tags, regardless of its point of origin, be it Russia or another nation, will be promptly denied entry even if the driver isn't a Russian citizen.
U.S. Ambassador To Russia Visits Jailed Wall Street Journal Reporter (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty) U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy has met with imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, the envoy's fourth such visit since the American journalist was detained in March on espionage charges he denies.
Elon Musk likes to think he saved us from Armageddon. He’s just brought it closer | Timothy Snyder (the Guardian) Whatever his new biography says, by giving into Russia’s nuclear blackmail the X boss can only encourage more threats from Putin
Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
Sophistication, scope, and scale: Digital threats from East Asia increase in breadth and effectiveness (Microsoft Security Compliance and Identity) Several emerging trends illustrate a quickly changing threat landscape across East Asia, with China conducting both widespread cyber and influence operations (IO), and North Korean cyber threat actors demonstrating increased sophistication.
MS report: North Korea hacked Finnish defence industries (Yle News) The report noted that North Korea's cyber intelligence units have targeted defence companies in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Italy, Norway, Poland, and Finland.
Evidence points to North Korea in CoinEx cryptocurrency hack, analysts say (Record) Experts at the cryptocurrency-tracking company Elliptic say North Korean hackers are the prime suspects in the theft of $31 million in cryptocurrency from the CoinEx exchange reported earlier this week.
CoinEx invites hackers to negotiate after suffering data breach (The Times of India) International Business News: Global cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx, which recently suffered a data breach, has asked hackers to negotiate with the company while also promising a g
Russia-Linked LockBit Gang Attacks an MSP and Two Manufacturers Using the Targets' RMM Tools to Infect Downstream Customers and Employees with Ransomware (eSentire) Learn more about how eSentire's Threat Response Unit (TRU) intercepted and shut down 3 ransomware attacks launched by LockBit, a Russia-linked ransomware gang, and how to protect your organization from this threat.
BlackCat ransomware hits Azure Storage with Sphynx encryptor (BleepingComputer) The BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware gang now uses stolen Microsoft accounts and the recently spotted Sphynx encryptor to encrypt targets' Azure cloud storage.
RedLine Stealer : A new variant surfaces, Deploying using Batch Script (CYFIRMA) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY At Cyfirma, we are committed to providing up-to-date information on the most prevalent threats and tactics used by...
Domain Redirection Attacks: Wrong Turns in Cyberspace (ReliaQuest) “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is absolutely a sentiment observed by cyber-threat actors. Of course, many are capable of incredibly technically sophisticated intrusions, but they also rely on rudimentary techniques. One is domain redirection: forwarding users from a legitimate, benign online domain onto something malicious.
CapraTube | Transparent Tribe’s CapraRAT Mimics YouTube to Hijack Android Phones (SentinelOne) Pakistan-aligned threat actor weaponizes fake YouTube apps on the Android platform to deliver mobile remote access trojan spyware.
Silent Skimmer: Online Payment Scraping Campaign Shifts Targets From APAC to NALA (BlackBerry) BlackBerry has discovered a new campaign we’ve dubbed “Silent Skimmer”, involving a financially motivated threat actor targeting vulnerable online payment businesses in the APAC and NALA regions.
38TB of data accidentally exposed by Microsoft AI researchers (Wiz Blog) Wiz Research found a data exposure incident on Microsoft’s AI GitHub repository, including over 30,000 internal Microsoft Teams messages – all caused by one misconfigured SAS token
Fileless Remote Code Execution on Juniper Firewalls (VulnCheck) Learn about VulnCheck's development of an exploit for CVE-2023-36845, leading to stealthy code execution on Juniper firewalls, while also assessing the prevalence of unpatched systems in the wild.
ORBCOMM ransomware attack causes trucking fleet management outage (BleepingComputer) Trucking and fleet management solutions provider ORBCOMM has confirmed that a ransomware attack is causing recent service outages that prevent trucking companies from managing their fleets.
Microsoft Flushes Out 'Ncurses' Gremlins (Dark Reading) The maintainers of the widely used library recently patched multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities that attackers could have abused to, ahem, curse targets with malicious code and escalate privileges.
Shelter from the storm – lessons learned from the Storm-0558 Microsoft email attacks (CSO Online) Many bad actors act strike quickly, but there are plenty of attackers who can lurk in systems for a long time before striking. Here’s what a recent attack teaches us about a long defense.
MGM websites up, but reservation systems still affected by hack (Las Vegas Review-Journal) MGM Resorts said the “vast majority” of its offerings were operational after five days of cybersecurity issues believed to be a cyberattack by hackers.
Cyberattack Continues to Slow Vegas MGM Casino Hotel Operations (Wall Street Journal) MGM Resorts is continuing to work to resolve issues resulting from a cyberattack that has affected its hotel and casino operations. WSJ columnist Dawn Gilbertso
MGM casinos pay slot winners in cash on Saturday (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Players were being paid out in cash at several casinos, nearly a week after a cyberattack crippled operations at MGM Resort International properties nationwide.
MGM still responding to wide-ranging cyberattack as rumors run rampant (Record) The hospitality giant, facing serious disruptions to its businesses in Las Vegas, says it is continuing to "work diligently to resolve our cybersecurity issue while addressing individual guest needs promptly."
MGM Resorts begins recovery from cyberattack, guests experience fallout (KSNV) Operations at MGM Resorts begin to recover following a cyberattack that impacted several of its systems at properties earlier this week.
Las Vegas mainstay Caesars Palace likely paid off ransomware crew (ComputerWeekly.com) Ceasars Entertainment, owner of the lavish Roman Empire-themed Ceasars Palace casino in Las Vegas, has revealed it also suffered a ransomware attack, and appears to have paid off its hackers.
Casino giant Caesars reports cyberattack (The Hill) Caesars Entertainment, the casino company, reported that it was hit by a cyberattack Thursday, according to The Associated Press.
‘Social engineering’ proves powerful tool in casino cyberattacks, experts say (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Las Vegas casinos have been hit hard by cyberattacks and scammers in recent months.
MGM and Caesars hackers: who are they? (Cybernews) MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment were both reportedly hit by the same hacker group called Scattered Spider. Cybernews asked cybersecurity experts for more details about the gang.
The chaotic and cinematic MGM casino hack, explained (Vox) Are we in the middle of Ocean’s 14 or is this just another ransomware attack?
Massive MGM and Caesars Hacks Epitomize a Vicious Ransomware Cycle (WIRED) Cyberattacks on casinos grab attention, but a steady stream of less publicized attacks leave vulnerable victims struggling to recover.
US-Canada water commission confirms 'cybersecurity incident' (Register) NoEscape promises 'colossal wave of problems' if IJC doesn't pay up
TikTok flooded by 'Elon Musk' cryptocurrency giveaway scams (BleepingComputer) TikTok is flooded by a surge of fake cryptocurrency giveaways posted to the video-sharing platform, with almost all of the videos pretending to be themes based on Elon Musk, Tesla, or SpaceX.
Two New York Hospitals Breached by the LockBit Ransomware Group (IT Security News) The notorious LockBit ransomware group claims to have breached two major hospitals from upstate New York, the Carthage Area Hospital and Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center. The two hospitals serve hundreds of thousands of patients. Details on the Attack: The Hospitals Are Struggling The two hospitals have been suffering greatly as a result of the cyberattack that
Clop gang stolen data from major North Carolina hospitals (Security Affairs) Researchers at healthcare technology firm Nuance blame the Clop gang for a series of cyber thefts at major North Carolina hospitals.
Retool blames breach on Google Authenticator MFA cloud sync feature (BleepingComputer) Software company Retool says the accounts of 27 cloud customers were compromised following a targeted and multi-stage social engineering attack.
ESET Research Podcast: Sextortion, digital usury and SQL brute-force (We Live Security) Closing intrusion vectors forced cybercriminals to revisit old attack avenues in the first half of 2023, but also to look for new ways how to attack their victims.
Security Patches, Mitigations, and Software Updates
Fortinet Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products | CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA) Fortinet has released security updates to address vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-29183 and CVE-2023-34984) affecting FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiWeb. A cyber threat actor can exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
Marketplace
Dragos Raises $74 Million in Series D Extension Round (Wall Street Journal) The new capital raise brings the industrial cybersecurity company’s total funding to roughly $440 million.
Dragos raises $74M to secure industrial control systems from threats (TechCrunch) Dragos, which is developing software to secure industrial control systems, has raised $74 million in an extension to its Series D round.
AvePoint Announces Anchor Investment by 65 Equity Partners (GlobeNewswire News Room) AvePoint (NASDAQ: AVPT), the most advanced platform to optimize SaaS operations and secure...
Cisco undertakes another round of layoffs with 350 jobs targeted in San Jose, Milpitas (Silicon Valley Business Journal) Cisco Systems Inc. is adding to its job loss numbers by laying off a total of 350 employees from both its Milpitas and San Jose offices.
Israel’s Startup Funding Drops As Its Famed Cyber Sector Takes A Hit (Crunchbase News) Israeli startups saw a 67% year-to-year drop in funding, falling from $2.7 billion in Q2 last year to less than $900 million in Q2 this year, according to Crunchbase data.
Cybersecurity risks dampen corporate enthusiasm for tech investments (Help Net Security) IT leaders must be empowered to embrace innovative tech investments such as generative AI to accelerate business-critical transformation.
Four hard cyber truths all business needs to hear (Australian Financial Review) Organisations that tackle the issue head-on are sure to gain a competitive advantage while helping Australia become more resilient amid the rising threats.
Virtru unveils new headquarters and technology hub in Washington, D.C. (GlobeNewswire News Room) The HUB, Virtru’s new headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue, will serve as an innovation center for local cybersecurity leaders...
SAIC hires former Air Force CIO Knausenberger (Washington Technology) Knausenberger will be one of two new executive vice presidents to join Science Applications International Corp. as the company prepares for a new CEO to start.
ex-Bain and Booz Allen Executive to Lead Resecurity's Expansion in Saudi Arabia (StreetInsider.com) Resecurity, Inc. (USA), a global cybersecurity solutions provider protecting Fortune 500 and government agencies worldwide, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mohammed Alghamdi as the Managing Director for its operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Sectigo Strengthens Global Partner and eCommerce Channels with New Executive Hires (GlobeNewswire News Room) Former McAfee and LastPass Executives Join Sectigo to Scale Global Partner and eCommerce Businesses...
Products, Services, and Solutions
New infosec products of the week: September 15, 2023 (Help Net Security) The featured infosec products this week are from: Armis, Cisco, CTERA, Kingston Digital, Purism, and Swissbit.
Focus on Outcomes: Attack Surface Reduction at Scale (Mandiant) New capabilities to Mandiant Attack Surface Management enable an outcome-focused and risk-based approach to security.
Introducing the unified Chronicle Security Operations platform | Google Cloud Blog (Google Cloud Blog) Chronicle’s latest update unifies our SOAR and SIEM solutions, integrates Mandiant’s attack surface management technology, and offers more robust application of threat intelligence.
SentinelOne® and Mandiant Bolster Strategic Partnership, Empowering Organizations to Harden Defenses and Proactively Protect Against the Latest Threats (Business Wire) Cybersecurity leaders will combine the power of the SentinelOne Singularity™ platform with Mandiant-infused industry-leading intelligence through strategic offering
Corelight Expands Partnership with Mandiant to Further Strategic Efforts to Protect and Defend Customers Worldwide (PR Newswire) Corelight, the leader in open network detection and response (NDR), today announced a critical update to their mission-focused, strategic...
BioCatch Scout Delivers Financial Pre-Crime Logistical Intelligence for Targeted Fraud Interdiction & Mule Account Identification (PR Newswire) BioCatchÒ, the global leader in digital fraud and money laundering detection and response powered by behavioral biometric intelligence, today...
Security Journey Launches “The Diligent Developer” Limited Time Free Security Education Program (GlobeNewswire News Room) The Diligent Developer program provides product access and resources on OWASP Top 10 in support of National Coding Week...
Thales Announces Support for External Key Management in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Business Wire) Thales launches CipherTrust Cloud Key Management integration with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to meet growing customer demand
NordPass introduced passkey support for iPhone users (GlobeNewswire News Room) With Apple rolling out its latest operating system, iOS 17, today, NordPass announced that its customers are...
Technologies, Techniques, and Standards
Supply chain impacts from global cyber security regulations (TechHQ) NCC Group experts reveal how cyber security regulations for critical national infrastructure providers propagate down the supply chain.
CISA Releases Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program: Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) Reference Architecture | CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA) Today, CISA released the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program: Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) Reference Architecture to help federal civilian departments and agencies integrate their identity and access management (IDAM) capabilities into their ICAM architectures. Prior to this release, there was no singular, authoritative, and recognized reference for architecting an ICAM capability across an enterprise.
Three ways to overcome cybersecurity staff shortages (IT Brief Australia) Given the shrinking cybersecurity talent pool and surge in cyberattacks, organisations must adjust their approach to managing their cybersecurity programs.
Design and Innovation
'This is the last opportunity for us to wake up': A leading economist warns we're headed for an AI-driven cataclysm (Business Insider) How Daron Acemoglu, one of the world's most respected experts on the economic effects of technology, learned to start worrying and fear AI.
Research and Development
The AI Detection Arms Race Is On—and College Students Are Building the Weapons (WIRED) Gen Alpha is quickly developing tools that identify AI-generated text—and tools to evade detection.
AI just beat a human test for creativity. What does that even mean? (MIT Technology Review) Large language models are getting better at mimicking human creativity. That doesn’t mean they’re actually being creative, though.
A New Proof Moves the Needle on a Sticky Geometry Problem (WIRED) A deceptively simple math proposition known as the Kakeya conjecture underpins a tower of other questions in physics, number theory, and harmonic analysis.
Academia
A Comparative Study of Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Education (UC Berkeley: Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity) Since 2014, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Cyber Initiative has allocated grants to support interdisciplinary cybersecurity education at universities across the United States, as part of a broader goal to develop a field of cyber policy experts and institutions that can “anticipate, analyze, and address [cybersecurity] risks thoughtfully and systematically."
Legislation, Policy, and Regulation
United Nations General Assembly Event “In It Together: Action to Secure Cyberspace for All” (United States Department of State) On September 19, 2023, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma will chair the United States hosted event “In It Together: Action to Secure Cyberspace for All” on the margins of the 78th UN General Assembly, at the Lexington Hotel at 1:30 p.m. The event will be moderated by Ambassador at Large […]
CyberPeace wraps up its inaugural Global CyberPeace Summit in collaboration with Civil 20, G20 India (PR Newswire) CyberPeace, in collaboration with the Civil 20, G20 India, with United Service Institution of India as it's knowledge partner concluded its inaugural CyberPeace Summit on September 1, 2023, at New Delhi...
We Can Prevent AI Disaster Like We Prevented Nuclear Catastrophe (Time) Averting existential risk from AGI is daunting, and leaving this challenge to private companies is a dangerous gamble.
In Risky Hunt for Secrets, U.S. and China Expand Global Spy Operations (New York Times) The nations are taking bold steps in the espionage shadow war to try to collect intelligence on leadership thinking and military capabilities.
America’s potential Achilles’ heel in a cyber battle with China: Guam (POLITICO) Chinese government hacks on the island could damage American military networks and undermine the U.S. response to an invasion of Taiwan.
Poland’s digital army declared sixth in the world (TVP World) Polish cyber army praised.
Australia’s ‘consumer data right’ could make your personal data safer and easier to share (UNSW Newsroom) Australia’s new “consumer data right” leads the world in allowing data to be moved safely and efficiently. So what is it? And how can it help protect you and your personal data against data breaches?
NSA's David Frederick on Technological Competition Between US & China, Plans for 'Innovation Pipeline' (Executive Gov) Looking for the latest Government Contracting News? Read about NSA's David Frederick on Technological Competition Between US & China, Plans for
Cyber Bosses Seek to Exploit Full Capacity of Joint Force (Air & Space Forces Magazine) Cyber leaders from the Air Force and Space Force discussed integrating efforts across the Joint Force based on the 2023 Cyber Strategy.
'Be careful what you wish for:' DoD official warns separate cyber force could pose new challenges (Breaking Defense) “A cyber service might have some benefits in ease of administrative management, but we have a variety of...military services in the Department of Defense who perform a variety of missions," Mieke Eoyang said.
What is DoD Directive 8570 (DoDD 8570)? (CellularNews) Learn the definitions and requirements of DoD Directive 8570 (DoDD 8570), which ensures certified professionals in information security fields to protect sensitive data and networks.
California passes first-in-the-nation data broker deletion tool (CyberScoop) Lawmakers in California are continuing to speed ahead of the federal government in writing legislation to address privacy concerns.
Here's how Texans can check for a data breach (ConchoValleyHomepage.com) The data security breach reports website lists the individual or entity name, the type of information affected, the number of Texans affected, whether notification was provided to consumers and oth…
Litigation, Investigation, and Law Enforcement
HWL Ebsworth hack: 65 Australian government agencies affected by cyber-attack (the Guardian) National cybersecurity coordinator Darren Goldie reveals some clients with personal information exposed in hack on law firm yet to be informed
ASIC to punish slack boards and directors with no cyber-attack protection (Switzer Daily) The cyber-attacks of Optus and Medibank has brought out a ‘mad as hell’ ASIC, threatening to punish company boards and directors who fail to shield customers from online scam thieves.
Inside VP Biden’s linking of a loan to a Ukraine prosecutor’s ouster (Washington Post) As Vice President Biden flew to Ukraine in early December 2015, he read through his briefing materials in preparation for a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and what would be a momentous speech to the Ukrainian parliament. A key goal for the trip was to urge the government to crack down on corruption, starting with the removal of the powerful prosecutor general, viewed by U.S. and European officials as an impediment to reform.
Google settles with California for allegedly lying to users about location data practices (Record) Google has agreed to a $93 million settlement with the California Attorney General’s Office after a multi-year investigation found the company allegedly lied to users by telling them their location data was not collected or stored for targeted advertising.
TikTok fined €345M by Irish DPC for violating children’s privacy (Security Affairs) The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined TikTok €345 million ($368 million) for violating the privacy of children.
‘One of the Most Hated People in the World’: Sam Bankman-Fried’s 250 Pages of Justifications (New York Times) The FTX founder wrote hundreds of pages of reflections and self-justifications while under house arrest, shedding light on how he may defend himself at his criminal trial next month.