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Attackers target exposed API endpoints to facilitate DDoS attacks and mine cryptocurrencies

June 26, 2020

Malicious actors are taking advantage of the opportunity to target exposed API endpoints and craft malware-infested images to facilitate distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and mine cryptocurrencies.

GAO issues considerations for agencies returning employees to workplaces during pandemics

June 26, 2020

The rapidly escalating challenges from the COVID-19 global outbreak present critical workforce issues for federal agencies to assess and address, says the US Government Accountability Office (GAO).

California Rep. Josh Harder to introduce bill to harden school cybersecurity

June 26, 2020

Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) will introduce the Protecting Students from Cybercrimes Act, a bill which would provide grants to help local school districts harden their cybersecurity infrastructure.

Northern Kentucky University launches undergraduate cybersecurity program

June 26, 2020

Northern Kentucky University now offers the only undergraduate cybersecurity program in the Great Cincinnati region.

ISC West 2020 in-person event has been canceled

June 25, 2020

ISC West 2020, scheduled for October 5-8 in Las Vegas, Nev., has been canceled due to industry and market circumstances.

Revised NIST Cyber Security Framework - Security Magazine

Information Security Forum explores the risks and challenges of open source software

June 25, 2020

The Information Security Forum has announced the release of Deploying Open Source Software: Challenges and Rewards, helping security professionals recognize the benefits and perceived challenges of using OSS and set up a program of protective measures to effectively manage OSS.

Most Americans willing to forego personal data privacy to combat spread of COVID-19 and return to work faster

Survey also found Baby Boomers more likely to say they would allow employers to take their temperature, compared to Gen X and Millennials.

June 25, 2020

Three in four Americans (75 percent) are thinking more about data privacy issues amid COVID-19, yet most are willing to share their personal information to keep others safe and to return to work faster, a pulse survey of 1,000 workers by KPMG found.

Jason Lee named CISO at Zoom

June 25, 2020

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. announced that Jason Lee will join the company as its Chief Information Security Officer.

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut announce joint travel advisory

June 25, 2020

Visitors from coronavirus hot spots will have to quarantine for 14 days if they travel to New York, New Jersey or Connecticut

New IHME COVID-19 model projects nearly 180,000 US deaths

June 25, 2020

In its first projections comparing different actions to control COVID-19 transmission, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington is forecasting nearly 180,000 in the United States will die by October 1.