Cybersecurity
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The technology director of Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District in Texas says AI will make phishing campaigns and deepfake videos more sophisticated, requiring more vigilance on the part of network users.
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Some school district IT teams have been experimenting with using generative AI tools for cybersecurity, for example to analyze data logs on help desk tickets to improve incident response plans, or to troubleshoot code.
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Including local government partners in the larger cybersecurity conversation is extremely important, federal and state officials said.
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A panel of subject matter experts took to the problems of legislating in the cybersecurity realm and what can happen when lawmakers don't properly understand the tech.
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Danger: Conventional cyberdefense technologies not capable of securing the Internet of Things.
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The department did not provide additional information about the computer outage, which affected a variety of online databases used by the public, but an official said the computer system downtime “was not the result of hacking.”
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Following the attack, ransom demands were made for over $25,000.
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The chairman of the Assembly's Banking and Finance Committee is proposing that in the event of a breach of government data, California state and local agencies would be required to provide identity theft protection or mitigation services at no cost to constituents whose personal data may have been compromised.
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Digital forensics on mobile devices has become an even more essential part of the FBI’s daily crime-fighting mission.
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Data loss specialists did a study that ranked states on their number of health-care data breaches in 2016, and California did not fare well.
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One city CIO surveyed his peers to come up with the list.
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The federal government has released data on how states will spend $380 million set aside for election infrastructure. But questions remain about how much it will help secure the 2018 election.
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The pushback comes after claims Russian agents had breached some county election systems.
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Interference during the 2016 presidential elections left many states rushing to shore up systems, but commonwealth officials say they are in a “good position.”
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The tech giant said its digital crimes unit executed a court order to “disrupt and transfer control of six Internet domains created by a group widely associated with the Russian government.”
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The cybersecurity upgrades come after reports that Russian-linked hackers have increased attacks on federal lawmakers.
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Vint Cerf, the Internet's founding father, has issued a challenge for security researchers to safeguard devices connecting to the Web.
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Security pros urge the public sector to focus on mobile access control, not mobile device lockdown.
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A German website maps details of millions of cyberattacks around the globe.
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Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. warns Senate committee that a large-scale cyberattack could cause major service disruption in the next two years.
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