Security Issues, Vulnerabilities, Exploits & Government Alerts
WASHINGTON –The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today released the inaugural set of National Critical Functions. These are functions used or supported by government and the private sector that are…
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) hosted a tabletop exercise in collaboration with the Secure Community Network (SCN). The exercise brought together Jewish community leaders from across the nation, along with…
WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and government and industry members of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force gathered in Washington this week and last week…
WASHINGTON – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Christopher C. Krebs released the following statement today on the agency’s election security work: “The facts speak for themselves, our election efforts are as much as…
National Protection and Programs Directorate WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hosted the inaugural meeting of the nation’s first Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force. The…
National Protection and Programs Directorate Washington – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the formation and chartering of the nation’s first Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force,…
National Protection and Programs Directorate Washington – Senior officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) met today with members of the Sector Coordinating Council (SCC) for the Election Infrastructure Subsector and conducted a classified…
DHS has made significant progress since 9/11 in enhancing the security of the nation’s critical physical infrastructure as well as its cyber infrastructure and networks. Today’s threats to cybersecurity require the engagement of the entire…
Overview This ICS-CERT Advisory is a follow-up to ICS-ALERT-11-080-01. An independent researcher has identified six vulnerabilities in the Siemens Tecnomatix FactoryLink supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) product. The researcher has also publicly released exploit…
Overview The sun generates solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) events in an approximate 11-year cycle. The plasma clouds generated from these events have the potential to cause geomagnetic storms that can interfere with…