homeland security

Microsoft Accepts Responsibility for U.S. Government Security Breaches
Microsoft president says the company accepts full responsibility for every cybersecurity issue raised in a recent Cyber Safety Review Board report created by multiple officials from several U.S. government agencies ...
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Teenage Hackers Must be Stopped: US DHS’s CSRB Report
Richi Jennings | | 2 factor auth, 2-factor authentication, 2fa, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA phishing, 2FA policies, 2FA/MFA, cellphone fraud, CSRB, Cyber Safety Review Board, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, DUAL FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, factor auth, homeland security, Homeland Security Presidential Directive, homelandsecurity, Lapsus$, Multi-Factor Authentication, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Multifactor Authentication, SB Blogwatch, SIM swap, sim swap fraud, SIM swap scams, SIM swapping, two factor authentication, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of Homeland Security, US Homeland Security
2FA SMS FAIL: Lapsus$ social engineers exploited weak two-factor authentication. Something must be done! (Well, this is something.) ...
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AI Offers Potential to Enhance The U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Joe Ariganello | | AI, AI Cybersecurity, AI Cybersecurity News, Blog, Federal, federal cybersecurity, generative AI, government, homeland security, Infrastructure, Self-Supervised AI, Third Wave AI
The establishment of the AI Task Force by the DHS demonstrates a commitment to harnessing the potential of AI in addressing emerging threats and safeguarding national security. By leveraging AI technology in ...

Innovation at the Expense of Cybersecurity? No More!
Earlier this month, Jen Easterly and Eric Goldstein of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at the Department of Homeland Security signaled a major shift in the federal government’s approach to ...
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Zoom Hacked Accounts, North Korean Hackers, Facebook Senior Pictures
Tom Eston | | 0day, credential stuffing, Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data Privacy, DHS, DPRK, facebook, Hackers, Hacking, homeland security, North Korea, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Privacy, Weekly Blaze Podcast, zero-day, Zoom
In episode 117 for April 20th 2020: More problems for Zoom with tens of thousands of compromised credentials and zero-day exploits, the $5 million dollar reward for information on North Korean hackers, ...

US Cybersecurity Agency Warns of Possible Iranian-Backed Cyberattacks
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning the cybersecurity community, companies and the public that it expects an increase in the near future in the number of incidents emanating ...

Free Security Awareness Training – Part 3 of 5
Steve | | Emergency Management, homeland security, Hurricane Irene, Janet Napolitano, online training, security, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, Web Design and Development
Image via Wikipedia This week I'm passing on to you links to 25 free security awareness training sites. Why is security awareness training important? Fundamentally, security is about people. Having worked within ...

DHS incorrectly associates 84,000 web sites with child pornography
On February 15th a joint project of the Department of Homeland Security Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Justice termed “Operation Protect Our Children” confidently announced the seizure of ...