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2024-03-30 Post a Comment

Australian Government Doubles Down On Cybersecurity in Wake of Major Attacks

John Leyden, Contributing Writer Government proposes more modern and comprehensive cybersecurity regulations for businesses, government, and critical infrastructures providers Down Under. The Australian government is carving out plans to revamp cybersecurity laws and regulations in the wake of a series of damaging high-profile data breaches that rocked the country. Government officials recently released what it called a consultation paper that outlined specific proposals and solicited input from the private sector […]

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2024-03-28 Post a Comment

CISA publishes 447-page draft of cyber incident reporting rule

By-Jonathan Greig: The nationâ€™s top cybersecurity agency has unveiled the initial draft of a new rule detailing how critical infrastructure organizations need to report cyberattacks to the federal government. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)Â postedÂ the 447-page set of regulations under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act to the Federal Register, allowing the public to comment on it. The law mandating the rulesÂ was passed in 2022Â and is intended […]

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Cyber security

2024-03-26 Post a Comment

GEPF concerned about pension fund data leak in ransomware attack

By Ernest Mabuza: Notorious cybercrime gang LockBit was behind the attempt-GEPF concerned The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) said on Tuesday it was concerned that data purportedly from its administrator, the Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA), has been released by ransomware group LockBit. â€œThe GEPF concerned with this alleged security breach, as it was informed by GPAA that no data breach had occurred when it was notified of an attempt […]

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2024-03-13 Post a Comment

NSA Releases Top Ten Best Practices For Cloud Environments

ByTushar Subhra Dutta: Threat actors aim at Cloud environmentsÂ because of their wide acceptance and one-stop storage of important information. Exploiting shortcomings in cloud security may enable unauthorized access to sensitive data, interruptions in infrastructure, or earning money. The fact that the systems are highly scalable and interconnected makes them good targets for cyber-attacks. Cybersecurity analysts at the NSA recently released the top ten best security practices for cloud environments. […]

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2024-03-10 Post a Comment

Top US cybersecurity agency hacked and forced to take some systems offline

ByÂ Sean Lyngaas, CNN Â 2 minute read Published 7:37 PM EST, Fri March 8, 2024 A federal agency in charge of cybersecurity discovered it was hacked last month and was forced to take two key computer systems offline, an agency spokesperson and US officials familiar with the incident told CNN. One of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agencyâ€™s affected systems runs a program that allows federal, state and local officials […]