Cybersecurity
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The New Jersey Institute of Technology's Security Operations Center will allow students to gain professional experience while monitoring and addressing cybersecurity threats with help from a cybersecurity firm. -
Personal data from more than a quarter-million Texas Department of Transportation reports was accessed improperly through a compromised account. It originated in Crash Records Information System documents.
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Collectively, U.S. transportation services have cyber preparedness work to do, according to a recent study. Individually, they are hardening their postures; an Illinois state pilot offers locals consulting and training.
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It has been nearly three weeks since an unexplained security incident shuttered Kansas’ online court system, blocking public and internal access to an untold number of court cases and records.
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A new report finds America’s cybersecurity workforce grew 11 percent year over year. At the same time, the gap between available workers and organization needs also grew 17.6 percent in the same period.
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A new framework for improving K-12 cybersecurity, based on standards from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, stands on five pillars: identify, protect, detect, respond and recover.
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On Monday, the county issued a response to a cyber hacking group’s post on the dark web that said it had stolen county data. Officials have since reported that IT staff interrupted the attempt to steal data.
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A week before Election Day, state elections officials say they haven't been able to convince three Washington counties to install a security device that monitors county network traffic for threats.
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Dallas County, Texas, may be the latest victim in a string of local cyber attacks after a ransomware group claimed on the dark web over the weekend that it has obtained county information.
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Clark County is the fifth largest school district in the country, and hackers claim to still have access to its network as they seek a monetary payout in exchange for deleting stolen student data.
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Colorado House Republicans want to investigate why the state Department of Higher Education did not disclose a major data breach it discovered on June 14 until Aug. 4, beyond the legally required 30-day window.
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Stanford University is looking into which of its systems and data were impacted by a cyber attack last week after the ransomware group Akira threatened to post 430 gigabytes of its internal data to the dark web.
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The Colorado Department of Higher Education discovered a massive data breach June 14 and did not report it to the attorney general until early August, past the 30-day window required by state law.
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A matter of weeks after an unspecified cybersecurity incident impacted the email network of Clark County School District in Washington, some parents received emails with their children's photos and private information.
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CISA and partners announced a toolkit bringing together advice and other resources to help health care and public health organizations improve their cyber postures.
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Allen Park Public Schools in Michigan shut down portions of its network and canceled classes Monday after discovering a cybersecurity threat. The district is working with a third party to ascertain if data was compromised.
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Long the front line of digital security, the humble password may be on its way out. Or maybe not. In a landscape packed with alternatives — and increasingly destructive cyberattacks — it’s complicated.
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Orange County District Attorney’s Office Hacked
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office information technology system was hacked over the weekend and portions of the system have been shut down while the agency investigates the damage, a spokesperson said Monday, Oct. 23. -
Companies are embracing cyber defenses based on generative AI hoping to outpace attackers’ use of tools like FraudGPT, the “villain avatar of ChatGPT.” But more effort is needed, experts warn.
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Clark County's Information Technology department is investigating suspicious activity detected Saturday on the county's computer network, and some parts of the county website are currently still unavailable.
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