Cybersecurity

Haywood Talcove, CEO of the government business at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, warned that transnational criminals are using new technological scams to commit financial fraud. He told GOBankingRates in an interview posted Wednesday that the U.S. government lost “hundreds of billions of dollars” to pandemic-related fraud due to accessible personally identifiable information on the dark web […] More

Microsoft’s federal business has completed a Defense Contract Management Agency test that examined the company’s cybersecurity capabilities. The company said Tuesday it received a perfect score of 110 from DCMA’s Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center and certified third-party assessment organization Redspin for the Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment Program. Per federal rulemaking, the DIBCAC High Certificate […] More

Viasat has created a Trusted Cybersecurity Services platform that uses classified threat intelligence from the U.S. government to detect malicious cyber activity in companies, critical infrastructure and regional organizations. The company said Thursday its new hosted intrusion technology is developed to provide warning as early as six months ahead of other threat detection indicators on […] More

Riverside Research has partnered with two companies and one university to develop technology under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at disrupting cyber attackers’ exploitation mechanism in computing platforms. The nonprofit scientific research organization on Monday unveiled High Peaks Cyber, BedRock Systems and Boston University as teammates on the Hardening Development Toolchains Against […] More

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has begun seeking information on a potential contract that covers cybersecurity risk management services for the Cybersecurity Division, Vulnerability Management Insights Branch. A notice posted on SAM.gov states that the branch requires support in program and product management, data integration and analysis, risk insights, vulnerability mitigation planning and performance […] More

Some technology sector leaders warn that implementing the National Cybersecurity Strategy could be hindered by workforce, funding and data sharing challenges, FCW reported Thursday. The White House on Thursday published the 35-page strategy in a push to defend U.S. assets in the digital space better while promoting accountability among software vendors. While the experts commended […] More

Cybersecurity threats such as identity- and cloud-based attacks and foreign espionage activity have surged in the past year, according to the 2023 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report. The report released Tuesday showed a 95 percent increase in cloud exploitation and 50 percent rise in interactive intrusions in 2022, the company said Tuesday. For the 2022 report, […] More

SpyCloud has unveiled a platform designed to help organizations reduce the risk of ransomware attacks by enabling them to detect malware infections that provide threat actors with entry points. SpyCloud Compass adopts Post-Infection Remediation, an approach that enables security professionals to mitigate ransomware attacks by invalidating application credentials and session cookies stolen by cyberthreat actors […] More

Alex Whitworth, cybersecurity solutions vertical executive at Carahsoft Technology, said government agencies, companies and other organizations should implement proactive cybersecurity measures to protect and prevent ransomware attacks. Whitworth wrote in a blog post published Thursday that the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework could help organizations mitigate ransomware risk. “Addressing ransomware starts with […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency has cleared security hardening guidelines for a Riverbed technology platform designed to help information technology professionals monitor and analyze traffic flow within a network. DISA said Wednesday the NetProfiler Security Technical Implementation Guide is now available on the Department of Defense Cyber Exchange, a public website that offers cybersecurity guidance, […] More