Newscan: FirstNet releases cybersecurity public notice, seeks comments by Oct. 16

It has come to light that hackers cleverly utilized two off-the-shelf remote monitoring and management systems (RMMs) to breach multiple Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agency networks in the US last summer. On Jan. 25, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released […]

The rollout of self-driving cars could mean an increased threat of terrorist attacks. That was the alarming warning delivered during a discussion on national security at the World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland. While the safety benefits of autonomous vehicles (AVs) have long been touted, the need for caution was highlighted by Federal Bureau […]

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Police software vendor breach exposes personal data, raid plans Is China about to destroy encryption as we know it? Maybe RapidSOS delivers its public safety location tech to Grubhub Monitoring and funding concerns could undermine DoD’s secure unclassified network, IG says LAUSD hackers started probing a month before […]

In another sign that the tide may be finally turning against ransomware actors, ransom payments declined substantially in 2022 as more victims refused to pay their attackers — for a variety of reasons. If the trend continues, analysts expect ransomware actors will start demanding bigger ransoms from larger victims to try and compensate for falling […]