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CISA warns of ransomware gang, issues indicators of compromise
March 09, 2022 | News, CybersecurityProcesses spurred by the Ragnar Locker Ransomware have affected at least 52 critical infrastructure organizations since January, but will terminate if it encounters systems in certain Russian and near-Russian locations.
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Insurance policies may tighten amid U.S.-Russia tensions, cyber pros warn
March 08, 2022 | News, CybersecurityWhat a recent court decision means for insurers’ attempts to avoid payouts associated with “acts of war” and breaches where nation-state actors may have played a role.
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Layered defenses, segmented networks key in shoring up infrastructure, NSA says
March 07, 2022 | News, CybersecurityA new report from the NSA details why layered defenses are especially important in environments incorporating industrial control systems, which have been targeted in Russian state-sponsored operations.
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NIST refreshing voluntary Cybersecurity Framework amid push for mandates
February 23, 2022 | News, CybersecurityThe agency is soliciting comments to update a core document that lets entities pick and choose which technical standards they want to apply to their systems based on their own risk assessment.
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FBI: Ransomware attackers have code to halt critical infrastructure
February 10, 2022 | News, CybersecurityMonitoring remote access technology will be especially important for limiting the reach of malicious actors, allied cybersecurity agencies said in a report on trends they’ve observed over the last year in a booming ransomware industry.
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NIST suggests agencies accept the word of software producers per executive order
February 07, 2022 | News, CybersecurityThe standards agency said an attestation from vendors themselves would be sufficient when screening for cybersecurity, unless an agency's risk calculus suggests otherwise.
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EPA leading White House effort to secure the water sector against cyberattacks
January 28, 2022 | News, CybersecurityThis is the third in a series of 100-day sprints to shore up industrial control systems used in critical infrastructure.
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Treasury considering state and local grants to implement digital ID systems
January 27, 2022 | News, CybersecurityThe effort to stimulate widespread use of digital identification is aligned with a White House order on cybersecurity and could help defend against ransomware attacks, officials said.