Cybersecurity

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of the Treasury and the FBI have released a joint advisory on a group of North Korean state-backed advanced persistent threat actors targeting blockchain companies, cryptocurrency exchanges and other businesses in the cryptocurrency industry. Cyberthreat actors launch intrusions by sending spearphishing messages to employees of cryptocurrency companies using […] More

A report released by the National Association of Corporate Directors, Cyber Threat Alliance and SecurityScorecard says the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed cyber risk and incident disclosure requirements for public companies would help improve the ability of such businesses, advisers and funds to counter cybersecurity threats and carry out risk mitigation measures. “The SEC’s actions […] More

Carahsoft Technology will market to its government customers cybersecurity technologies that are designed by Telos to help organizations enhance security postures, manage information technology risks and demonstrate standards compliance. The Telos Ghost virtual obfuscation network-as-a-service and Xacta cyber risk management and compliance software are now available through Carahsoft’s contract vehicles with the public sector and […] More

Stacy Kubicek of Lockheed Martin and Rich Aves of Parsons joined other industry executives in a panel discussion held Wednesday at the annual Space Symposium to give their perspectives on cybersecurity risks to commercial satellite systems that support the national security mission, Via Satellite reports. Stacy Kubicek Kubicek, who serves as vice president and general […] More

CrowdStrike and Mandiant have entered into a strategic partnership to help organizations investigate and respond to breaches and defend against cybersecurity threats. Mandiant will integrate its incident response services and consulting expertise with the CrowdStrike Falcon endpoint protection platform and subscription offerings, according to a joint release published Friday. As part of the partnership, Mandiant […] More

The University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute has launched a government-funded study aimed at safeguarding protect biometrics systems from spoofing attacks, USC reported Thursday. Institute researchers from USC’s Visual Intelligence and Multimedia Analytics group bring computer vision, voice recognition and other artificial intelligence capabilities to support spoofing prevention under the Biometric Authentication with Timeless […] More

James Yeager, vice president of public sector and health care at CrowdStrike, said there are four misconceptions about zero trust that federal agencies need to address and one of them is the view that legacy security technologies can safeguard today’s critical systems and data. “As data and users are spread everywhere, some of the legacy […] More

Axonius‘ Cybersecurity Asset Management 4.0-f technology has secured certification from the National Information Assurance Partnership for meeting the Common Criteria international security standard. The milestone allows government agencies that require NIAP validation from vendors to use Cybersecurity Asset Management for monitoring devices and enforcing automated security policies on their cyber environments, the startup said Thursday. […] More

CounterCraft and Hexagon’s U.S. government-focused business arm have teamed up to offer agencies a combined suite of deception technologies and industrial control systems security capabilities. Cybersecurity platforms from the two companies are designed to detect and engage adversarial behaviors that target federal ICS and operational technologies, CounterCraft said Wednesday. The cyber offerings include threat detection […] More

SpiderOak Mission Systems and Lockheed Martin’s space business have agreed to collaborate to develop and field a cybersecurity platform designed to secure sensitive space data. SpiderOak said Tuesday it will work with Lockheed to explore additional capabilities of its OrbitSecure technology in supporting intelligence and military satellite missions.  OrbitSecure is a software-only technology that secures […] More

A new Veracode study shows that 82 percent of applications in the public sector exhibit security flaws and that 60 percent of vulnerable third-party libraries in the sector remain unresolved after two years. Veracode said Tuesday it analyzed data gathered from 20 million scans across half a million applications for the annual State of Software […] More