An advisory committee to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Friday approved a series of reports to be delivered to the agency aimed at boosting national cyber resilience, increasing public awareness of CISA efforts, and better securing the world’s digital ecosystem. Members of CISA’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee approved...

Members of Congress are pressing federal agencies and telecommunications companies for more information about a reported Chinese government-backed hacking campaign that breached the networks of at least three major U.S. telecoms. Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that a hacking group tied to Beijing successfully broke into...

Russian government hackers are targeting known, unpatched vulnerabilities to victimize specific organizations like governments and defense contractors while also scanning the internet for any susceptible systems to attack, U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies said in a joint alert. The threat actors tied to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service...

The number of malicious packages found in the open-source ecosystem has dramatically grown in the past year, according to a new report from Sonatype. The cybersecurity firm found that the number of malicious packages intentionally uploaded into open-source repositories has jumped by more than 150% compared to last year. Open-source software,...

Marriott International and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels and Resorts have agreed to a settlement with the federal and state authorities over three separate data breaches between 2014 and 2020. In a 16-page proposed consent order with the Federal Trade Commission, the hotel chains agreed to a series of compulsory actions to improve the way...

Of the more than 14,000 IPs of exposed and vulnerable medical devices, health care login portals, and databases throughout the world, nearly half are found in the U.S., according to a report released Thursday. Censys — a search platform that can identify internet-connected devices — scoured the public net and categorized the vast medical...