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GovInfoSecurity Twitter Image: Pixabay A bipartisan group of lawmakers is backing a legislative proposal that would create a program, similar to the National Guard, to deploy those with tech and security skills during significant cyberthreats, such as the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack and exploits of vulnerabilities in on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers. The Civilian Cyber Security Reserve Act would create a pilot program that would provide the departments of Defense and Homeland Security with additional skilled personnel during large-scale cyberthreats. Sens. Jacky Rosen (left) ...

BankInfoSecurity DougOlenick) • April 29, 2021     Get Permission Some security experts are questioning whether Experian is doing enough to ensure security after a researcher discovered that an API the credit reporting firm uses to allow lenders to check the credit score of prospective borrowers could expose customer's scores. While visiting one lender's website, Bill Demirkapi, a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology who's a threat researcher, discovered the API issue, he told Krebs on Security. The vu...

Cyber Extortion Thriving Thanks to Accellion FTA Hits May 20, 2021 May 3, 2021 Compliance euroinfosec) • April 27, 2021     Average and median ransom payments per quarter, based on thousands of cases investigated (Source: Coveware) The zero-day attacks against Accellion File Transfer Appliance users have rewritten the rules of the cyber extortion game, adding a new supply chain trick to ransomware gangs' arsenal that they're sure to repeat. Proof of success comes in the form of illicit revenue. In the first quarter of this year, the aver...

Cybersecurity Community Remembers Researcher Dan Kaminsky May 20, 2021 May 3, 2021 May 5, 2021 euroinfosec) • April 27, 2021     Get Permission Dan Kaminsky in an interview conducted at the 2016 RSA Conference in San Francisco (Photo: ISMG) The information security community is mourning the loss of Dan Kaminsky, the renowned security researcher who died last week at age 42. Tributes to Kaminsky have been flooding social media, praising not just his keen intellect and passion for technology and security, but also his generous nature, app...

FBI, CISA Warn of Ongoing Russian Cyberthreats May 20, 2021 Compliance Twitter Get Permission The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning of continued cyberthreats stemming from Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR, which the Biden administration accused of carrying out the SolarWinds supply chain attack. In a joint alert issued Monday, the agencies warn that despite economic and other sanctions against Russia announced by the White House on April 15, attackers associated with the SVR likely will continue to target government networks, think tanks a...