The investigation could take years, lead to recommendations for building code and safety improvements.
July 8, 2021
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced it would launch a full technical investigation into what caused the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium in Surfside, Florida, on June 24, 2021.
Well-meaning but negligent users are the biggest data loss risk: More than 70 percent of organizations say the biggest data loss risk is the well-meaning but negligent employee.
After a four-year campaign from community activists, the Pomona Unified School District announced that it would end on-campus police presence and patrols.
Stephen F. Austin (SFA) State University Police Department recently received accreditation from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.
Lookout, Inc. announced the discovery of major crypto mining scams using hundreds of Android apps. In total, security researchers at the Lookout Threat Lab identified more than 170 apps that are estimated to have scammed more than 93,000 victims.
The U.S. Secret Service hosted a virtual Cyber Incident Response Simulation with business leaders, law enforcement and other private sector partners focused on ransomware and cryptocurrency attacks and mitigation strategies.
The FBI has designated 40 shootings in 2020 as active shooter incidents. The FBI defines an active shooter as one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.
Kaseya’s VSA product has been the victim of a sophisticated ransomware attack, affecting 60 Kaseya customers and an estimated 1,500 downstream businesses. Attackers are allegedly demanding $70 million in return for a universal decryptor software key that would unscramble all affected machines.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the Department’s largest cybersecurity hiring initiative in its history with the onboarding of nearly 300 cybersecurity professionals and the extension of an additional 500 tentative job offers.
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