Cybersecurity
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Bryce Bailey, deputy state CISO, has been tapped to be interim CISO in the Cornhusker State following the departure of Abby Eccher-Young. The state is also looking to hire a new chief data officer. -
Tulsa International Airport recently suffered a ransomware attack, a spokeswoman confirmed. The facility is independent of the city of Tulsa, which suffered its own such incident in early 2019.
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City officials are trying to determine the full extent of systems impacted by a ransomware attack, which paralyzed phone and computer systems in multiple departments beginning early Wednesday.
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The malware replaces a legitimate application by tricking users into installing it and downloads automatically when the user opens a text message, email or a link.
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The malware is designed to target critical energy infrastructure and is believed to have originated with Russian government-sponsored hackers.
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In this year's Digital Cities Survey, top cities recognize the value of technology, empower their tech leaders and use new ideas to make life better for everyone who lives there.
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Despite citizen mistrust, FBI director calls for legislation to widen authority on agency surveillance efforts.
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A directive from Gov. Brian Sandoval allowed the state's IT department to gain control of an escalating problem with information security, which led to a reduction in security incidents -- from 155 to 30 per month.
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Though rare, the attacks are severe, often pulling a user’s bank records or targeting the account's contact list through phishing.
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The department that runs the server that the website is on took the page down until it could be fixed.
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Experts warned that hackers have gone from big targets and corporate victims like those named in recent criminal indictments to smaller companies, which make up the core of the economy.
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A new ranking of popular encrypted messaging programs finds the ones that are most effective at protecting users’ privacy.
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Consortium organizers have a $2 million commitment from an undisclosed industry source toward the estimated $8 million to $10 million needed for the first four years of operation.
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The state Office of Technology sent out two mass emails to state employees – one that explained the malware attack and another that gave tips for preventing similar incidents in the future.
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Anonymous operatives have outed at least 18 police officers, officials and residents over the past three months.
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Local officials have been incensed over leaked information appearing in media reports, including what witnesses said in front of the grand jury, whose workings are supposed to be confidential.
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Private industry experts said they believe hackers in Eastern Europe devised the malware, and they said it seems ready to blow up across computer networks.
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State CIOs voted on their top priorities for the coming year, reflecting little change from the past few years.
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A majority of Internet experts think that by 2025, a major cyberattack will have caused widespread harm to a nation's security and capacity to defend itself and its people.
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The California Data Breach Report underscores the difficulties faced by companies who are constantly racing to secure sensitive information.
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The process hackers follow to infiltrate an organization has been called a Kill Chain, and security teams must find a way to detect and break this sequence of events.
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