Boston — Today, State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office released an audit of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS), which reviewed the period January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021. Our audit determined that CPCS did not ensure their interns complied with the required cybersecurity training that must be completed within 30 days of hire....Read More
The state of Illinois was among the victims of a global ransomware attack late last month that is believed to have exploited a vulnerability in a popular file transfer program, the state’s information technology agency announced Friday. The FBI and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have attributed the attack, which hit Illinois state...Read More
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Insight #1 ”Treat AI-generated code as inaccurate and insecure from the start and make sure it goes through all the same security reviews as manually generated code.” Insight #2 ”CISOs are moving to boards as most are realizing having both business acumen and technical expertise are needed to accurately articulate risk.” Insight #3 ”MOVEIt file...Read More
Authorities said the two Russians, Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner, were charged with conspiring to launder about 647,000 bitcoin from the Mt. Gox hack. Bilyuchenko is also charged with conspiring with another alleged co-conspirator in operating BTC-e, an illicit cryptocurrency exchange that was shut down by U.S. law enforcement in 2017. “For years,...Read More
Todd Fitzgerald has built information Fortune 500/large company security programs for 20 years. Todd serves as VP, Cybersecurity Strategy and Chairman of the Cybersecurity Collaborative Executive Committee, was named 2016–17 Chicago CISO of the Year, ranked Top 50 Information Security Executive, authored 4 books including #1 Best Selling and 2020 CANON Hall of Fame Winner...Read More
Courts As of this moment, Trump’s criminal case for mishandling a bunch of classified documents, refusing to turn them over, sending his lawyers to lie about turning them over, maybe flooding his house, and then going on tape to admit that he knew these were not declassified documents has initially landed on Judge Aileen Cannon’s...Read More
The state’s cybersecurity team “(evicted) the attacker within three hours and (verified) that the vulnerability could no longer be exploited in our system,” said Sanjay Gupta, the newly hired chief information officer and head of the Department of Innovation & Technology. However, it also said the “investigation is ongoing and the full extent of this...Read More
The City of Dallas is expected to release a report detailing the ransomware attack that crippled city services in early May. The attack affected city websites and systems from police and fire to city courts and the library. Friday is the scheduled release of the city’s monthly Technology Accountability Report, or TAR, for May. The...Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two Russian nationals for hacking Mt Gox and laundering the stolen crypto. The two Russians have been accused of stealing some 647,000 BTC between 2011 and 2014. The Russians are facing two charges, conspiracy to commit money laundering and operating an unlicensed money service business. If convicted, the...Read More
