Government House Passes Reauthorization of Key US Surveillance Program After Days of Upheaval Over Changes The bill was approved on a bipartisan basis, 273-147, though it will still have to clear the Senate to become law. Associated PressApril 13, 2024
Government House Will Try Again on Reauthorization of US Spy Program After Republican Upheaval Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to bring forward a Plan B that would reform and extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act... Associated PressApril 12, 2024
Data Breaches Sisense Data Breach Triggers CISA Alert and Urgent Calls for Credential Resets The US government issues a red-alert for what appears to be a massive supply chain breach at Sisense, a company that sells big-data analytics... Ryan NaraineApril 11, 2024
Government US Cyber Force Assisted Foreign Governments 22 Times in 2023 USCYBERCOM’s Cyber National Mission Force participated in 22 foreign hunt forward operations in 2023. Eduard KovacsApril 11, 2024
Government Conservative Revolt in the House Blocks Effort to Reauthorize a Key US Spy Tool A bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was blocked by a conservative revolt. Associated PressApril 11, 2024
Government CISA Releases Malware Next-Gen Analysis System for Public Use CISA's Malware Next-Gen system is now available for any organization to submit malware samples and other suspicious artifacts for analysis. Ryan NaraineApril 10, 2024
Government NSA Appoints Dave Luber as Cybersecurity Director US National Security Agency appoints Dave Luber as its new cybersecurity director following the retirement of Rob Joyce. Eduard KovacsApril 8, 2024
Government In Other News: 100,000 Affected by CISA Breach, Microsoft AI Copilot Ban, Nuclear Site Prosecution Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: the CISA hack could impact 100,000 people, Microsoft AI Copilot banned by US House, UK... SecurityWeek NewsApril 5, 2024
Data Breaches Acuity Responds to US Government Data Theft Claims, Says Hackers Obtained Non-Sensitive Info Acuity, the tech firm from which hackers claimed to have stolen State Department and other government data, confirms hack, but says stolen info is... Eduard KovacsApril 5, 2024
Government Ivanti CEO Vows Cybersecurity Makeover After Zero-Day Blitz Ivanti releases a carefully scripted YouTube video and an open letter from chief executive Jeff Abbott vowing to fix the entire security organization. Ryan NaraineApril 4, 2024
Cloud Security Microsoft’s Security Chickens Have Come Home to Roost News analysis: SecurityWeek editor-at-large Ryan Naraine reads the CSRB report on China's audacious Microsoft’s Exchange Online hack and isn't at all surprised by the findings. Ryan NaraineApril 4, 2024
Government Pentagon Outlines Cybersecurity Strategy for Defense Industrial Base US Defense Department releases defense industrial base cybersecurity strategy with a focus on four key goals. Eduard KovacsMarch 29, 2024