Browsing the "governments" Tag

Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data

November 11th, 2019 📆 | 4657 Views ⚑

In recent weeks, Johannesburg’s computer network was held for ransom by a hacker group called Shadow Kill Hackers. This was

Tagged with: citizen • councils • governments • hackers • targeting • threatening

Bipartisan bill would have local governments use .gov to strengthen cybersecurity defenses

November 1st, 2019 📆 | 1596 Views ⚑

Home > Security News Aiming to help local governments bolster their cybersecurity posture, a bipartisan quartet of senators have introduced

Tagged with: bipartisan • cybersecurity • defenses • governments • local • strengthen • would

Despite enthusiasm for AI adoption, governments are experiencing challenges

October 28th, 2019 📆 | 6598 Views ⚑

Public-service executives in Europe are optimistic and enthusiastic about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on government operations and services

Tagged with: adoption • challenges • despite • enthusiasm • experiencing • governments

Bipartisan Bill Seeks To Hold Foreign Governments Accountable For Hacking Americans

October 26th, 2019 📆 | 4644 Views ⚑

A new bipartisan piece of legislation, the Homeland and Cyber Threat Act, seeks to amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

Tagged with: accountable • americans • bipartisan • foreign • governments • hacking • seeks

Ed Snowden: Governments Can’t Make The Public ‘Safer’ By Undermining The Encryption Essential To The Public’s Security

October 21st, 2019 📆 | 5873 Views ⚑

from the DOES-NOT-COMPUTE dept With the DOJ uniting with the UK and Australian governments to decry the use of end-to-end

Tagged with: encryption • essential • governments • public • safer • snowden • undermining

Commentary: Hackers strike again in SC. Are local governments prepared? | Commentary

October 21st, 2019 📆 | 4612 Views ⚑

In the past year, nearly 150 local government agencies, police departments and hospitals have fallen victim to a ransomware attack.

Tagged with: again • commentary • governments • hackers • local • prepared • strike

“Smart city” governments should also be smart about security

October 15th, 2019 📆 | 2627 Views ⚑

While the definition of “smart city” is still under debate, one thing is indisputable: the technologies used to make smart

Tagged with: about • governments • security • should • smart

Ransomware attacks on US local governments and healthcare providers are on the rise

October 9th, 2019 📆 | 6744 Views ⚑

Computers at the school, hospital, or city government are locked, and the only way for employees to get back in

Tagged with: attacks • governments • healthcare • local • providers • ransomware

U.S. And U.K. Governments Issue Update Now Warning For Windows, macOS And Linux Users

October 8th, 2019 📆 | 8230 Views ⚑

Tagged with: governments • issue • linux • macos • update • warning • windows

Chinese hacking group targets Southeast Asian governments with data-stealing malware

October 7th, 2019 📆 | 2277 Views ⚑

A threat group responsible for a series of malware-based espionage attacks in Singapore and Cambodia has been increasingly targeting the

Tagged with: asian • chinese • governments • group • hacking • southeast • targets

Schumer: Upstate schools and governments face cyber hacking threat – Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

September 19th, 2019 📆 | 7463 Views ⚑

Schumer: Upstate schools and governments face cyber hacking threat Lockport Union-Sun & Journal ALBANY — Upstate governments and school districts

Tagged with: cyber • governments • hacking • schools • schumer • threat • upstate

FUSD cyber attack highlights risk for municipal governments | News

September 14th, 2019 📆 | 6145 Views ⚑

We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including

Tagged with: attack • cyber • governments • highlights • municipal

Interacting with governments in the digital age: What do citizens think?

September 13th, 2019 📆 | 5939 Views ⚑

Most U.S. citizens acknowledge and accept that state and local government agencies share their personal data, even when it comes

Tagged with: citizens • digital • governments • interacting • think

Ransomware attacks are hitting local governments. Here’s how they can fight back. – The Philadelphia Inquirer

September 9th, 2019 📆 | 4836 Views ⚑

Ransomware attacks are hitting local governments. Here’s how they can fight back. The Philadelphia Inquirer Cyberattacks that hold data hostage

Tagged with: attacks • fight • governments • hitting • local • philadelphia • ransomware

Most citizens are against local governments paying ransomware attackers

September 6th, 2019 📆 | 5741 Views ⚑

Nearly 80% of US citizens are increasingly worried about ransomware attacks on cities – yet more than half are still

Tagged with: against • attackers • citizens • governments • local • paying • ransomware

Cyberattacks on Texas cities put other governments on guard

August 23rd, 2019 📆 | 2061 Views ⚑

CHICAGO (AP) — Cyberattacks that recently crippled nearly two dozen Texas cities have put other local governments on guard, offering

Tagged with: cities • cyberattacks • governments • guard • other • texas

Over 20 Texas local governments hit in ‘coordinated ransomware attack’

August 18th, 2019 📆 | 5187 Views ⚑

Twenty-three local Texas governments have been infected with ransomware last week in what Texas officials have described as a coordinated

Tagged with: attack • coordinated • governments • local • ransomware • texas

Ransomware Attack Hits Local Governments In Texas

August 17th, 2019 📆 | 1787 Views ⚑

A coordinated ransomware attack has affected at least 20 local government entities in Texas, the Texas Department of Information Resources said.

Tagged with: attack • governments • local • ransomware • texas

Coding practice flaw exposes banks, governments to large-scale cyberattacks

August 10th, 2019 📆 | 7784 Views ⚑

A security researcher has discovered that certain coding practices make it possible for attackers to compromise F5 Networks’ BIG-IP load

Tagged with: banks • coding • exposes • governments • large • practice • scale

Selling zero-days to governments takes some business savvy, says former bug broker

August 9th, 2019 📆 | 3123 Views ⚑

Not all researchers are comfortable with the ethics of selling the zero-day vulnerabilities they’ve discovered to governments and offensive security

Tagged with: broker • business • former • governments • savvy • selling • takes

Selling zero-days to governments takes some business savvy, says former bug broker

August 8th, 2019 📆 | 5619 Views ⚑

Home > Security News > Vulnerabilities Not all researchers are comfortable with the ethics of selling the zero-day vulnerabilities they’ve

Tagged with: broker • business • former • governments • savvy • selling • takes

Local governments are still woefully unprepared to fight ransomware

July 26th, 2019 📆 | 6829 Views ⚑

A string of high-profile attacks over the past six years have brought the threat of encountering ransomware to the forefront

Tagged with: fight • governments • local • ransomware • still • unprepared • woefully

As Authoritarian Governments Surveil the Internet, Open Source Projects Decide How to Respond

July 23rd, 2019 📆 | 5907 Views ⚑

Mozilla, the non-profit behind the Firefox browser, is debating whether to block a cryptographic certificate Kazakhstan’s government is telling its

Tagged with: authoritarian • decide • governments • internet • projects • source • surveil

Recovery from cyberattacks a slow process for local governments

July 23rd, 2019 📆 | 2633 Views ⚑

Websites for various departments such as state court, tax assessor and board of commissioners continued Monday to be inaccessible and

Tagged with: cyberattacks • governments • local • process • recovery