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The Trump administration on Friday moved to fire more than 400 employees at the Department of Homeland Security, the latest effort in a government-wide campaign to dramatically reduce the federal workforce. Officials at DHS said they had fired hundreds of Read More …
“Cyber warriors” are being fast-tracked into the armed forces after Britain faced more than 90,000 online attacks in the last two years. Specialist recruits will see their basic training cut from 10 weeks to a month and be offered starting Read More …
On Tuesday, a day after Donald Trump’s inauguration as the new U.S. president, the Department of Homeland Security told members of several advisory committees that they were effectively fired. Among the committees impacted is the Cyber Safety Review Board, or Read More …
TikTok could be outlawed in the U.S. as soon as Jan. 19 over concerns about its Chinese ownership, unless it gets a reprieve from the Supreme Court or if Beijing-based parent company ByteDance complies with a federal law forcing it Read More …
In the first half of 2024, Nigeria saw 2,721 incidents, with the telecom sector, computer services sector, Data processing and hosting companies, and even local beauty salons having a fair dose of the attacks respectively. At the time, experts attributed Read More …
It was another record-breaking year for ransomware. When file-locking malware wasn’t causing widespread disruption, like downing online services and lasting outages, ransomware was the cause of unprecedented data theft attacks affecting hundreds of millions of people, in some cases for Read More …
The digitalization of the maritime industry is in full flow. Shipowners, ports, cargo owners and many other stakeholders throughout the value chain are increasingly utilizing connected digital technologies to make shipping greener, safer and more efficient. However, DNV’s new Maritime Read More …
The E.U. Cyber Resilience Act was enacted on Dec. 10. This legislation impacts all manufacturers, distributors, and tech importers that connect to other devices or networks operating in the bloc. Examples of applicable products include smart doorbells, baby monitors, alarm systems, Read More …
From 27 November to 6 December 2024, Exercise Cyber Coalition took place from the Cyber Range 14 in Tallinn, Estonia. Operating annually since 2008, Cyber Coalition is NATO’s flagship cyber defence exercise and one of the largest in the world. Read More …
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD’s) Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Canadian Cyber Security Centre (CCCS), and New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ) warn that Read More …
