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drone
The fight to lock down drones and their supply chains

Drones have already shown their impact in military operations, and their influence is spreading across the agricultural and industrial sectors. Given their technological …

USA
U.S. Secret Service takes down network of devices threatening government officials

The U.S. Secret Service has broken up a network of electronic devices spread across the New York tristate area that officials say posed an imminent threat to national …

CVE
CISA looks to partners to shore up the future of the CVE Program

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has affirmed its continuing support for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program. “If we …

deepfake
Deepfakes are rewriting the rules of geopolitics

Deception and media manipulation have always been part of warfare, but AI has taken them to a new level. Entrust reports that deepfakes were created every five minutes in …

critical infrastructure
Local governments struggle to defend critical infrastructure as threats grow

A small-town water system, a county hospital, and a local school district may not seem like front-line targets in global conflict, but they are. These organizations face daily …

Commvault
Commvault plugs holes in backup suite that allow remote code execution

Commvault has fixed four security vulnerabilities that may allow unauthenticated attackers to compromise on-premises deployments of its flagship backup and replication suite. …

email
For $40, you can buy stolen police and government email accounts

Active police and government email accounts are being sold on the dark web for as little as $40, giving cybercriminals a direct line into systems and services that rely on …

NIST
NIST finalizes lightweight cryptography standard for small devices

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized a lightweight cryptography standard to protect even the smallest networked devices from cyberattacks. …

agri-food sector
The food supply chain has a cybersecurity problem

It’s unsettling to think that our food supply chain could be targeted or that the safety of our food could be compromised. But this is exactly the challenge the agri-food …

EU
Six months into DORA, most financial firms are still not ready

It’s been six months since the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) came into effect, but a new Censuswide survey shows that nearly all financial services …

phishing
Phishing campaign targets U.S. Department of Education’s G5 portal

A new phishing campaign is targeting users of the U.S. Department of Education’s G5 portal, a site used by educational institutions and vendors to manage grants and federal …

maritime
Ports are getting smarter and more hackable

A new policy brief from NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) warns that critical port infrastructure, responsible for 80 percent of global trade, is …

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