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New research shows that Russia used click-fraud malware to enhance the visibility of its troll farm content in the 2016 US presidential campaign, and the practice likely continues in this big election year globally.
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology released the 2.0 version of its Cybersecurity Framework, focusing more on governance and supply chain issues and offering resources to speed the framework’s implementation.
The White House announced a new executive order and other actions to strengthen the cybersecurity of the maritime industry and ports while seeking to revive a domestic crane industry and wean America off Chinese-made port cranes.
Recent warnings about advanced persistent threats from China against critical infrastructure suggest a shift in goals, but other nation-state adversaries have their own agendas.
Lawmakers and experts fear that the use of Chinese storage batteries could threaten the power grid, but few alternatives are in the offing, at least in the short term.
CISOs should consider a more values-oriented, socially informed approach to cyber risk as global conflict grows and many governments could change in key elections.
Regional inspectors will help bolster US election security ahead of 2024 presidential voting.
Smart cities, power grids, and other distributed critical infrastructure could learn from how the US Navy protects the mission-readiness of its deployed fleet.
Volunteer cybersecurity reserve workforces are growing in the face of infosec worker shortages, with US CyberCommand recently authorized in the 2024 NDAA to create its own civilian cybersecurity reserve corps.
Attackers used more than 300 samples of the malicious tool and more than 100 domains to evade detection.