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  • "Energy Department Leading White House Interagency Response to Pipeline Attack"

    The White House has formed an interagency task force in response to the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Company, which transports 45% of the US East Coast's supply of diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel. According to the FBI, the attack was executed by…

  • "Scientists Will Protect the Smart City from Cyber Threats"

    St. Petersburg is participating in the development of a Smart City program that will provide new services to increase citizens' safety. This system depends on digital services. The environment adapts to the needs of humanity through the use of …

  • "Amazon: We Blocked 10 Billion Bad Listings in 2020"

    Amazon claims to have blocked billions of “bad” listings before they went live on its e-commerce platform last year in a bid to prevent rampant counterfeiting on the site.  Amazon also thwarted over six million attempts to create new selling…

  • "200K Veterans’ Medical Records Likely Stolen by Ransomware Gang"

    A cybersecurity researcher named Jeremiah Fowler found an exposed database sitting exposed online without even basic password protection on April 18th.  The database was filled with the medical records of nearly 200,000 U.S. military veterans.…

  • "Making Bitcoin More Secure"

    Guan-Hua Tu, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU), and his team are developing ways to protect popular bitcoin applications used for cryptocurrency management. Tu and his team are finding vulnerabilities…

  • "University Cancels Exams After Cyber-Attack"

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) was forced to shut down most of their computer network after unauthorized access was detected on Friday. Student assessments, research, and other academic activities have been impacted.   All final examinations…

  • "An Ambitious Plan to Tackle Ransomware Faces Long Odds"

    A public-private partnership has been formed in support of developing a coordinated response to ransomware attacks. A comprehensive framework, supervised by the Institute for Security and Technology's (IST) Ransomware Task Force (RTF), proposes the use…

  • "An Uncrackable Combination of Invisible Ink and Artificial Intelligence"

    Although electronic records continue to advance, paper is still a common method of preserving data. Invisible ink can be used to hide classified economic, commercial, or military information, but many popular inks have toxic compounds or can be seen with…

  • "Ransomware Takes Down East Coast Fuel Pipeline"

    After a ransomware attack that knocked offline the country's largest fuel pipeline, the US government has been forced to issue emergency legislation.  The government legislation put in place is designed to relax rules restricting the transportation…

  • "US Physics Laboratory Exposed Documents, Credentials"

    A group of security researchers found weaknesses at the Fermilab physics laboratory in the US that could lead to the exposure of documents, proprietary applications, project details, and more. Fermilab is a particle accelerator and physics laboratory in…

  • "Closing Network Pathways to Sensitive Data to Help Secure Medical Devices"

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released ICS Medical Advisory (ICSMA-21-084-01) that covers a specific vulnerability discovered in the Philips Gemini PET/CT family of scanners. These scanners store patient data in detachable…

  • "CaptureRx Data Breach Impacts Healthcare Providers"

    At least three American healthcare providers have suffered a data breach after a cyber-attack on an administrative services company in Texas.  CaptureRx, which is based in San Antonio, fell victim to a ransomware attack on February 6. On February 19…