CISA urges vendors to get rid of default passwords
Cybersecurity officials also issued new guidance on open source software through secure-by-design practices.
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Harry Coker Jr., President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next National Cyber Director, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on November 02, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Government Harry Coker confirmed to be the next National Cyber Director
The former National Security Agency executive director will oversee federal cyber policy as the first Senate-confirmed NCD in 10 months.
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A police car goes past the headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor agency to the KGB, and Lubyanka Square in front of it in central Moscow on March 3, 2023. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images) Geopolitics US and British authorities sanction, indict Russian hackers
Andrey Korinets and Ruslan Peretyatko are alleged to have played a key role in the FSB’s efforts to meddle in U.S. and British politics.
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The North Korean flag files over the North Korean embassy in Beijing, 18 July 2007. (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images) Geopolitics U.S. government sanctions prolific North Korean cyber espionage unit
The veteran hacking crew has been at the heart of Pyongyang’s efforts to gather intelligence by breaching computer systems.
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Harry Coker, the White House’s nominee for national cyber director, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Cybersecurity Senate panel advances Coker’s nomination to head ONCD
Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee advances former NSA executive director’s nomination as the nation’s cyber chief.
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CyberScoop50 Announcing the winners of the 2023 CyberScoop 50
In 2023, Scoop News Group received more than 800,000 votes to select this list of cybersecurity leaders in both the public and private sectors.
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AI Russian cyberattack cut power in Ukraine, Michigan secretary of state talks election security
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
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From left, the NSA’s Darren Turner, OMB’s Nick Polk and CISA’s Michael Duffy participate in a cybersecurity governance panel at ACT-IAC’s Imagine Nation ELC conference in Hershey, Pa., on Oct. 30, 2023. (Scoop News Group photo) Threats CISA sees increase in zero-day exploitation, official says
Michael Duffy, associate director for capacity building in CISA’s cybersecurity division, says that global zero-day exploits are “really affecting the federal government networks.”
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Harry Coker testifies during his confirmation hearing to become the national cyber director before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Government Coker tells Senate committee that he’d follow ONCD’s current path if confirmed to top cyber position
Former NSA executive director says that as national cyber director, he would “continue the good work ONCD has done with its partners.”
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The headquarters of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, DC, January 28, 2021. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Policy SEC sues SolarWinds and CISO for fraud
The SEC alleges SolarWinds defrauded investors by failing to disclose gaps in their security practices later exploited by Russian hackers.