CISO View – The Week’s Best News – 2021.01.08
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy Latest on the SVR’s SolarWinds Hack (Schneier on Security, Jan 05 2021) “The New York Times has an in-depth article on the latest information about the SolarWinds hack (not a great name, since it’s much more far-reaching than that). Interviews with […]
CISO View – The Week’s Best News – 2020.12.18
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught (Politico, Dec 17 2020) Hackers accessed systems at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. SolarWinds Hack Could Affect 18K Customers (Krebs on Security, Dec 15 2020) “The […]
CISO View – The Week’s Best News – 2020.12.11
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy Nation-State Hackers Breached FireEye, Stole Its Red Team Tools (Dark Reading, Dec 08 2020) "Novel techniques" used by the attackers cheated security tools and forensics, according to FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia. Industry Reactions to FireEye Breach: Feedback Friday (SecurityWeek, Dec 11 […]
CISO View – The Week’s Best News – 2020.12.04
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy Delaware County Pays $500,000 Ransom After Outages (Infosecurity Magazine, Nov 30 2020) Cyber insurance reported to cover the costs Bomb Threat, DDoS Purveyor Gets Eight Years (Krebs on Security, Dec 01 2020) A 22-year-old North Carolina man has been sentenced to […]
CISO View – The Week’s Best News – 2020.11.27
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy More on the Security of the 2020 US Election (Schneier on Security, Nov 23 2020) “Last week I signed on to two joint letters about the security of the 2020 election. The first was as one of 59 election security experts, […]
CISO View – The Week’s Best News – 2020.11.20
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy Trump Fires Security Chief Christopher Krebs (Krebs on Security, Nov 18 2020) President Trump on Tuesday fired his top election security official Christopher Krebs (no relation). The dismissal came via Twitter two weeks to the day after Trump lost an election […]
CISO View – The Week’s Best News – 2020.11.13
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy DHS Says Voting Systems Not Compromised, Amid Departures at CISA (SecurityWeek, Nov 13 2020) Two election committees of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a joint statement on Thursday saying there was no evidence of voting systems being compromised, […]
CISO View – The Week’s Best News – 2020.11.06
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy Why Paying to Delete Stolen Data is Bonkers (Krebs on Security, Nov 04 2020) “Companies hit by ransomware often face a dual threat: Even if they avoid paying the ransom and can restore things from scratch, about half the time the […]
CISO View – The Week’s Best News – 2020.10.30
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy FBI “ransomware warning” for healthcare is a warning for everyone! (Naked Security – Sophos, Oct 29 2020) The US government has warned of a ransomware escalation against the healthcare sector. Compromised CMS Credentials Likely Used to Hack Trump Campaign Website (SecurityWeek, […]
CISO View – The Week’s Best News – 2020.10.23
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Cybersecurity Management & Strategy U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers in Major Cyberattacks (The New York Times, Oct 19 2020) Prosecutors said the suspects hacked elections in France and the 2018 Winter Olympics. 2020 Cyber Threatscape Report (Accenture, Oct 20 2020) There has been a 60% […]