Iran: Supreme Leader Expresses His Concerns Over Cyberspace (Iran Focus) Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
EU Council Adopts New Cybersecurity Strategy (GovInfo Security) The Council of the European Union has adopted a new cybersecurity strategy aimed at protecting EU citizens and businesses from cyberthreats by promoting best
Intensifying Negotiations on transatlantic Data Privacy Flows: A Joint Press Statement by European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo (European Commission - European Commission) Today, EU Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, made the following statement regarding the negotiations on transatlantic data privacy flows:
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council ready for any scenario of conflict with Russia (Ukrinform) The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine is ready for any scenario of conflict with the Russian Federation.
Senate Armed Services Committee: United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command (Lawfare) On Thursday March 25, 2021 at 9:30 a.m., the Senate Committee on Armed Services will hold a hearing on the U.S. Special Operations Command and the U.S. Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program. The committee will hear testimony from Christopher Maier, acting assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict; Gen. Richard Clarke, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command; and Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency.
US military conducted 2 dozen cyber operations to head off 2020 election meddling (C4ISRNET) Defending elections has become an enduring mission for the Department of Defense.
US Cyber Experts Conducted Operations to Safeguard Election (SecurityWeek) The U.S. Cyber Command conducted more than two dozen operations aimed at preventing interference in last November’s presidential election, Gen. Paul Nakasone said.
NSA Chief Says Recent Hacks Expose Limits of U.S. Cyber Protections (Wall Street Journal) Recent hacks that affected thousands of companies should prompt the U.S. to rethink how it responds to cyberattacks, the head of the country’s top digital spy agency said Thursday before a Senate committee.
Nakasone Warns Adversaries Hack Unseen In US (Breaking Defense) "We should understand what our adversaries are doing," Gen. Nakasone told Congress. "They are no longer launching attacks from different parts in the world. They understand that they can come into the US, use our infrastructure, and there's a blind spot for us not being able to see them."
NSA director says U.S. has a ‘blind spot’ for detecting attacks like SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange (The Record by Recorded Future) General Nakasone told lawmakers on Thursday that the common failing with recent high-profile cyber attacks boils down to U.S. government agencies having a gap in visibility.
The Cybersecurity 202: NSA director says intelligence has a big blind spot: domestic Internet activity (Washington Post) National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone stressed that foreign hackers are taking advantage of the intelligence community's “blind spot” – domestic Internet activity.
Cybercom's Partnership With NSA Helped Secure U.S. Elections, General Says (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE) Being both the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency improves the ability to provide the nation with speed, agility and flexible responses to adversaries, the
Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs grilled by US Congress over spread of disinformation (Computing) All three executives have declined to take responsibility for spreading misinformation that resulted in the Capitol riots earlier this year
Disinformation Nation: Social Media's Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation (YouTube) The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold ...
Jack Dorsey is leaving Mark Zuckerberg to fight Section 230 alone (Quartz) The Facebook CEO has a plan to reform a key internet law, but the heads of Google and Twitter want no part of it.
Groups Call for Ethical Guidelines on Location-Tracking Tech (Wired) The Locus Charter asks companies to commit to 10 principles, including minimizing data collection and actively seeking consent from users.
Exclusive: Software vendors would have to disclose breaches to U.S. government users under new order: draft (Reuters) A planned Biden administration executive order will require many software vendors to notify their federal government customers when the companies have a cybersecurity breach, according to a draft seen by Reuters.
Fed Breach Disclosure Rule Planned After SolarWinds Hack: Report (CRN) Software vendors and service providers will be required to notify their U.S. government clients if they experience a security breach, according to a Reuters report.
On Cyber Disclosures, Take 'Voluntary' Out of the Equation (The Cipher Brief) Rob Knake is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a non-resident fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is also an advisor to SecurityScorecard. Knake served from 2011 to 2015 as Director for Cybersecurity Policy at the National Security Council. EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – Senator Mark Warner, the … Continue reading "On Cyber Disclosures, Take ‘Voluntary’ Out of the Equation"
Cybersecurity Compliance Bill Advances (CBIA) The Commerce Committee approved a measure incentivizing businesses to adopt recognized cybersecurity standards.
Why Is U.S. National Security Run by a Bunch of Benchwarmers? (Foreign Policy) Biden has named nominees for only 16 of over 300 top posts.
Facebook sued in France over hate speech (Computing) The lawsuit is based on the French consumer code, which protects consumers from deceptive commercial practices
Judge Rejects Ex-CIA Worker's Try to Dismiss Hacking Charges (SecurityWeek) A judge says former CIA employee Joshua Schulte cannot get espionage charges against him dismissed on the grounds that there weren't enough Hispanic or Black individuals on the grand jury that indicted him.
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Georgia Institute of Technology professor charged with Visa and wire fraud (US Department of Justice) Gee-Kung Chang has been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy to commit visa fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and wire fraud. Chang and Jianjun Yu were indicted on March 18, 2021.
FBI Paid Anti-Child Predator Charity $250,000 for Hacking Tools (Vice) The records viewed by Motherboard provide more insight into how the FBI obtains at least some of its hacking tools, or network investigative techniques.
Engineer reports data leak to nonprofit, hears from the police (BleepingComputer) A security engineer and ex-contributor to the open systems non-profit organization, Apperta Foundation, recently reported a data leak to them. In return, he gets contacted by their lawyers and eventually the police.