Nuclear power reactors are facing new cybersecurity requirements to guard against 21st century terrorist attacks. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a new round of security requirements Friday to confront the growing threat of cyber intrusions from terrorists and foreign countries....
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Attackers are taking aim at critical infrastructure in multiple countries by exploiting a software flaw in some Cisco switches that has been a point of concern for more than a year. According to a blog post issued April 5 by Cisco’s Talos security unit, the cyber-attacks are exploiting what Cisco officials are calling a “protocol misuse” situation in Cisco’s Smart Install Client, which is designed to enable the no-touch installation and deployment of new Cisco hardware, i...
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The government has launched a cyber security research scheme that brings together the expertise and resources of businesses, academia and government departments.GCHQ and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport are behind the project, which aims to help businesses benefit from expertise the of GCHQ, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and academics....
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After years of requesting a seat at the table, cybersecurity professionals are starting to feel that they see eye to eye with their stakeholders, according to a new report. The AT&T cybersecurity report surveyed 733 security experts at the RSA 2019 conference and found that the vast majority of respondents feel mostly or somewhat in sync with their executive boards when it comes to cybersecurity. However, the report noted, “When splitting the results out by company size, a slightly dif...
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Firms supplying essential services, e.g. for energy, transport, banking and health, or digital ones, such as search engines and cloud computing, will have to take action to improve their ability to withstand cyber-attacks under new rules approved by Internal Market MEPs on Thursday. These rules, informally agreed by MEPs and Council negotiators on 7 December, were approved by 34 votes to 2. They now need to be endorsed by the Council and the full Parliament....
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Publicly-traded network services company Infoblox today announced a $45 million acquisition of Tacoma-based cybersecurity company IID.The deal will help Bay Area-based Infoblox expand its product offering to include IID’s services that have helped organizations mitigate cyberattacks for the past 19 years.“For a long time, we have worked with organizations that struggle to make threat intelligence operational,” IID co-founder and CEO Lars Harvey wrote in a blog post. “This...
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