In testimony before Congress about Chinese cyberattacks, Rob Joyce, former cybersecurity director at the NSA, told Congress that he had “grave concerns that the aggressive threats to cut U.S. government probationary employees will have a devastating impact on cybersecurity and national security.” The government already has a LOT of trouble hiring competent cybersecurity staff because […]
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Conceptually, that is hard to argue with. But, as businesses of all sizes and government agencies at all levels are being hacked daily, is the ‘less is more’ philosophy correct. One thing she went after is CISA’s work on misinformation and disinformation. This is a frequent complaint of some right wingers and to some extent, […]
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Now North Korea Using Fake IT Workers to Extort Employers Scams evolve. Now that the scam concept is public, North Korea is pivoting. They are extorting the companies that hire these North Koreans as IT employees after the employees steal corporate secrets. Read the details here. SURPRISE! (Not) – OpenAI Confirms Attackers use ChatGPT to […]
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Cyber Insurance Prices Trending Down After insurance rates soared between 2020 and 2022, prices went down a little bit (15 percent) in 2023 due to increased competition, better vetting on the part of insurance companies and better company cybersecurity practices. It will be interesting to see where this trend goes, but we will take this […]
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CISA issued a Binding Operational Directive. BODs only are “binding” on federal executive branch agencies, but this is one time where if it is good for the feds, it is good for you. The directive tells agencies to keep track of assets and vulnerabilities. They have six months to comply. Specifically, they want agencies to […]
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Old Scams Never Die, They Just Get a Fresh Coat of Paint Scammers have been posing, according to a warning by DHS, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents in San Antonio. The scammers call the mark, pretending to be HSI and tell them there is a problem with their passport […]
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