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Cyber experts applaud the new White House cybersecurity plan

4 min read - First, there was a strategy. Now, there’s a plan. The Biden Administration recently released its plan for implementing the highly anticipated national cybersecurity strategy published in March. The new National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (NCSIP) lays out specific deadlines and…

September 19, 2023

How the FBI Fights Back Against Worldwide Cyberattacks

5 min read - In the worldwide battle against malicious cyberattacks, there is no organization more central to the fight than the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). And recent years have proven that the bureau still has some surprises up its sleeve. In early…

September 18, 2023

How NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Tackles Risk Management

4 min read - The NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 (CSF) is moving into its final stages before its 2024 implementation. After the public discussion period to inform decisions for the framework closed in May, it’s time to learn more about what to expect from…

September 11, 2023

Why keep Cybercom and the NSA’s dual-hat arrangement?

4 min read - The dual-hat arrangement, where one person leads both the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command (Cybercom), has been in place since Cybercom’s creation in 2010. What was once touted as temporary 13 years ago now seems established. Will…

September 7, 2023

New Hive0117 phishing campaign imitates conscription summons to deliver DarkWatchman malware

8 min read - IBM X-Force uncovered a new phishing campaign likely conducted by Hive0117 delivering the fileless malware DarkWatchman, directed at individuals associated with major energy, finance, transport, and software security industries based in Russia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Estonia. DarkWatchman malware is capable…

The Pentagon’s 2023 cyber strategy: What you need to know

5 min read - In May 2023, the Department of Defense (DoD) released an unclassified fact sheet detailing its latest cyber strategy. This latest update is another indication of the Pentagon’s intent to combat threat actors, coming fast on the heels of the 2022 National Security Strategy and the 2022 National Defense Strategy. A more complete summary of the strategy will follow in a few months. For now, let’s unpack what we know so far about the Department of Defense’s 2023 cybersecurity strategy. Reinforcing…

ITG10 likely targeting South Korean entities of interest to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)

7 min read - In late April 2023, IBM Security X-Force uncovered documents that are most likely part of a phishing campaign mimicking credible senders, orchestrated by a group X-Force refers to as ITG10, and aimed at delivering RokRAT malware, similar to what has been observed by others. ITG10's tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) overlap with APT37 and ScarCruft. The initial delivery method is conducted via a LNK file, which drops two Windows shortcut files containing obfuscated PowerShell scripts in charge of downloading a…

Will commercial spyware survive Biden’s executive order?

4 min read - On March 27, 2023, reports surfaced that 50 U.S. government employees had been targeted by phone spyware overseas. On the day of that report, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to restrict federal agencies’ use of commercial spyware. The timing of the order was linked to this specific phone-targeting exploit. But spyware infiltration of government officials — and by government officials — has been a recurring problem globally. Commercial spyware has long been entwined with statecraft and spycraft, both…

The Biden administration’s 2023 cybersecurity strategy

4 min read - The Biden Administration recently introduced a new national cybersecurity strategy, expected to aggressively address an increasingly complex and dangerous threat landscape. Improving cybersecurity may not be the top priority for the Biden Administration, but it is an issue that the White House has been focused on since the earliest days of President Biden’s tenure. For example, in May 2021, Biden issued an executive order that emphasized sharing information about threats and modernizing cybersecurity across the federal government. In 2022, President…

The Biden administration’s 2023 cybersecurity strategy

What’s going into NIST’s new digital identity guidelines?

4 min read - One of this year’s biggest positive cybersecurity events comes from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). For the first time since 2017, NIST is updating its digital identity guidelines. These new guidelines will help set the course for…

Who will be the next national cyber director?

4 min read - After Congress approved his nomination in 2021, Chris Inglis served as the first-ever National Cyber Director for the White House. Now, he plans to retire. So who’s next? As of this writing in January of 2023, there remains uncertainty around…

How much is the U.S. investing in cyber (and is it enough)?

3 min read - It’s no secret that cyberattacks in the U.S. are increasing in frequency and sophistication. Since cyber crime impacts millions of businesses and individuals, many look to the government to see what it’s doing to anticipate, prevent and deal with these…

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Cyber experts applaud the new White House cybersecurity plan

How the FBI Fights Back Against Worldwide Cyberattacks

How NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Tackles Risk Management

Why keep Cybercom and the NSA’s dual-hat arrangement?

New Hive0117 phishing campaign imitates conscription summons to deliver DarkWatchman malware

The Pentagon’s 2023 cyber strategy: What you need to know

ITG10 likely targeting South Korean entities of interest to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)

Will commercial spyware survive Biden’s executive order?

The Biden administration’s 2023 cybersecurity strategy

The Biden administration’s 2023 cybersecurity strategy

What’s going into NIST’s new digital identity guidelines?

Who will be the next national cyber director?

How much is the U.S. investing in cyber (and is it enough)?

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