In May 2021, President Biden established the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) to review major cyber incidents and make recommendations where necessary. The CSRB has recently released their first report, a Review of the December 2021 Log4j Event. According to the report, “Apache Log4j is an open source Java-based logging...
Cyber incidents that pose a great threat to national security, foreign relations, and the U.S. economy are on the rise. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) asked the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) to develop a how-to guide (not available to the general public) to address this issue...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a report to Congress warning about using artificial intelligence (AI) to combat online harms, which include fraud, impersonation scams, fake reviews and accounts, bots, media manipulation, illegal drug sales and other illegal activities, sexual exploitation, hate crimes, harassment and cyberstalking, and misinformation campaigns aimed...
U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has released Use of Cryptocurrency in Ransomware Attacks, Available Data, and National Security Concerns. The report details the threat of ransomware as a result of the increased use of cryptocurrencies. World Economic Forum reports...
Cyber-enabled espionage, a form of cyber attack that steals sensitive data or intellectual property to gain an advantage over a competitive company or government entity, has plagued United States government networks for decades, most notably the SolarWinds attack in 2020. In light of this, researchers at the RAND Corporation sought...
Cybersecurity becomes increasingly challenging as criminal tactics evolve and adapt. American companies are at the forefront as they race to strengthen network security in response to cyber threats. In 2021 the United States experienced the most ransomware threats at 421.5 million— a sharp increase from 2020. To assist companies in...
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released the GAO 2022-2027 Strategic Plan: Goals and Objectives for Serving Congress and the Nation. Published every four years, this report guides the agency’s efforts to help legislators oversee federal operations and address the most important national issues facing our society and government....
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its annual report for 2021. Their 2021 Internet Crime Report outlines information related to the 847,376 complaints of suspected cybercrime, with reported losses at $6.9 billion, that they received throughout the year. According to IC3 data, phishing scams, non-payment/non-delivery scams, and...
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has recently released the Federal Strategy for Moving the U.S. Government Toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles. Adopting a “zero trust” model means moving toward a cyber architecture where “no actor, system, network, or service operating outside or within the security perimeter is...
The Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST), the self-described “UK’s hub for behavioural and social science research into security threats,” has released the latest issue of their quarterly CREST Security Review magazine. This Autumn 2021 issue, titled COVID-19: Behavioural and Social Science Responses to the Pandemic, highlights...
