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President-elect Joe Biden’s nominees to serve as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and as director of national intelligence (DNI) both said Tuesday that if confirmed they will make a priority ou

  The massive SolarWinds hack sent shockwaves throughout the U.S. government and highlights some stark realities for the United States and its cyber-capabilities. With the intelligence community officially attributing the hack to Russia’s foreign intelligence service, the implications are profound. A foreign adversary’s ability to breach networks associated with crucial U.S. agencies, including the Departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security and more, and go unnoticed for nine months,...

Microsoft said more than 40 organizations around the world, including in Canada, were targeted using network-management software from Texas-based SolarWinds

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Get Permission Reacting to news reports claiming hackers may have used Czech software firm JetBrains’ TeamCity tool as an initial infection vector during the attack against SolarWinds, JetBrains CEO Maxim Shafirov says the company has not been contacted by investigators. But he says customer misconfiguration of TeamCity could have enabled a hack. "JetBrains has not taken part or been involved in this attack in any way," the CEO says. He adds, however, that "it’s important to stress that Te...

Get Permission Mounting evidence points to the "serious compromise" of SolarWinds Orion software having been an intelligence gathering operation that was "likely" run by Russia, according to a joint U.S. intelligence assessment. Its the first public attribution to be issued by the Trump administration for the massive supply chain attack against SolarWinds. The attack campaign compromised systems at thousands of organizations for up to nine months. It was discovered not by the National Security...

1 Jan 2021 Throughout 2020 the world saw multiple major hacks and breaches of schools, governments, and private companies as more systems moved online and the world adapted to the coronavirus pandemic — here are five of the most notable hacks and breaches of 2020. In 2020 many services and companies moved online as the coronavirus pandemic made it increasingly hard to operating normally. Hackers saw this as a fantastic opportunity to make some money (and cause mayhem). Soon multiple companies...

National security is the defense industrial base’s responsibility too Les Buday December 30, 2020 The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is so much more than a check-the-box compliance requirement in order to do business with the federal government.(Matej Moderc/Getty Images) “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” – Winston Churchill On Dec. 7, the National Security Agency issued an advisory to the Department of Defense and its defense industrial base (DIB) stating that...

Using a subverted version of the companys software as a makeshift skeleton key, SolarWinds hackers crept into a swathe of US government networks, including the Departments of Treasury, Homeland Security, Commerce, Energy, State and other agencies besides.