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Phishing Attacks against Commercial Vessels on the Rise, Alerts US Coast Guard

10

Jul

2019

US coastal and maritime defense is at risk, warns the Coast Guard. An alert released on Monday cautions that hackers have actively been targeting the networks of commercial vessels with phishing attacks. This is not a one-time hit. In 2018, the FBI, DHS and US Coast Guard worked together on investigating a major ransomware attack […]

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What is the CISA? How the new federal agency protects critical infrastructure from cyber threats

01

Jul

2019

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a new federal agency, created to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure. It was created through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018, which was signed into law on November 16, 2018. That legislation “rebranded” the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) National Protection and Programs Directorate […]

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DHS Issues Alert for Windows ‘BlueKeep’ Vulnerability

17

Jun

2019

CISA says it has tested BlueKeep on a machine running Windows 2000 and achieved remote code execution. The agency has advised users and administrators to install available patches, upgrade their operating system, disable unnecessary services, enable Network Level Authentication (NLA) if available, and block TCP port 3389 at the perimeter firewall. CISA’s alert comes less […]

Category Threats & Malware Vulnerabilities Written by Feedproxy 0 Comments

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