CISA’s recommendations to recognize and avoid email scams [E-book]

CISA’s recommendations to recognize and avoid email scams [E-book]

Email has always been a popular tool for business communications. Unfortunately, it is also one of the weakest links in an organization’s security strategy. 94 percent of all cybersecurity incidents originate from ...
Amazon Sidewalk, Federal IoT Security Law, Facebook Messenger Bug

Amazon Sidewalk, Federal IoT Security Law, Facebook Messenger Bug

In episode 149 for November 30th 2020: Police begin to pilot a program to live-stream Amazon Ring cameras, new details about Amazon Sidewalk, Congress unanimously passes a federal Internet of Things security ...
CISA Director Chris Krebs Fired, Common Sense and Section 230

CISA Director Chris Krebs Fired, Common Sense and Section 230

In episode 148 for November 23rd 2020: This week Kevin Johnson joins me to discuss the Twitter firing of Chris Krebs, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and our thoughts ...
Trump

Trump Fires DHS Cybersecurity Agency Over Election Remarks

Chris Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has been fired by President Trump. His crime? Making a “highly inaccurate” statement about the 2020 presidential election. CISA called the election ...
Security Boulevard
Trump Fires Security Chief Christopher Krebs

Trump Fires Security Chief Christopher Krebs

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 he baselessly claims ...

CISA Strategy for 5G Security and Resilience

In August 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its strategy to ensure the security and resilience of 5G infrastructure in the United States. Roughly every 10 years, the next ...
ransomware

U.S. Health Care Under Attack

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS), have issued a cybersecurity advisory to the U.S ...
Security Boulevard
CISA and FBI Observed APT Groups Targeting State Networks Related to US Election Systems

CISA and FBI Observed APT Groups Targeting State Networks Related to US Election Systems

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI issued an advisory after spotting advanced persistent threat (APT) actors exploiting multiple legacy vulnerabilities combined with a newer privilege escalation vulnerability—CVE-2020-1472—in Windows ...
Emotet Is Back and It’s Targeting Local and State Governments, CISA Warns

Emotet Is Back and It’s Targeting Local and State Governments, CISA Warns

The Emotet botnet is picking up steam again, according to an advisory issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The agency directly warns state and local governments because they appear ...
FBI and CISA Warn of Spoofed Website Domains and Emails Exploiting the 2020 Election

FBI and CISA Warn of Spoofed Website Domains and Emails Exploiting the 2020 Election

The FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint warning to help Americans spot spoofed election-related domains and email accounts that subject them to the risks ...