Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Fairfax-based 91st Cyber Brigade participate in Cyber Shield 21, the Defat of Defense’s largest unclassified cyber defense exercise, July 15, 2021, in Fairfax, Virginia. During the exercise, VNG cyber Soldiers ran a help desk and helped conduct validations for several Cyber Protection Teams. […]
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Cyber Ninjas are Sarasota’s link to craziest meeting of Trump presidency
It was described as the craziest meeting of Donald Trump’s pro-wrestling presidency, six combative hours of sheer conspiratorial lunacy that may help explain how millions of dollars wound up in the hands of an indiscernible Sarasota computer company named after ninjas. The almost-fantastical summit took place inside the Oval Office […]
US Cyber Incident Notification Act 2021: a late arrival to a growing party
Corporate and public America has been the victim of more than its fair share of major cyber attacks in recent months – from the high profile ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline in May, to the hack targeting Kaseya (and ultimately spreading through thousands of corporate networks using its software) […]
Lawmakers roll out bipartisan bill to help track cyber crimes
A group of bipartisan House and Senate lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation intended to help the federal government better track and analyze cyber crime following a sharp increase in cyberattacks over the past year. The Better Cybercrime Metrics Act would kick off the process of improving how the government and […]
Top lawyer for U.S. cyberwarriors calls for military cyber response to global criminal hackers
WASHINGTON — A top lawyer for America’s cyberwarrior force is calling publicly for military operations against transnational criminal hackers, shedding light on a debate inside and outside the government about how best to deal with ransomware and other virtual threats. Kurt Sanger, a Marine lieutenant colonel serving as general counsel […]
Mexico ranks 52 on the list of countries most vulnerable to cyber attacks
September 1, 2021 6 min read This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Mexico has become one of the main victims of cyberattacks in recent years. According to the recent analysis […]