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International Women's Day and need for more diversity in Cyber Security Workforce<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Rule of Steve is that in a… -
Russians targeting US Power Grid<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Russian hackers have targeted the US… -
50% of apps in many industry have major vulnerabilty issues<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A recent WhiteHat Security study… -
Valentine's Day Phishing attack<p> </p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This… -
IBM offers Education Security Grants to 6 school systems<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To help public school districts… -
Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP) Webinars<h2>Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP) Webinars</h2> <hr> <p>February 16, 2021 11:00 AM to <br> February 17, 2021 6:45 PM<br> Virtual Workshop</p> <p><…
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NSF 21-044 Dear Colleague Letter: Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships<p><strong>NSF 21-044</strong></p> <h2>Dear Colleague Letter: Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US)</h2> <hr> <p><strong>February 2, 2021</strong…
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Cybersecurity researchers are the target of North Korean hackers<p> </p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">… -
FreakOut Bot exploits Linux systems<p> A new Internet Relay Chat (IRC) called FreakOut exploited vulnerabilities to attack denial of service and cryptomining attacks on Linux systems. The bot was activated in November 2020 and already has 300 users and five channels. Once… -
$10 Billion in new funding proposed for CISA and GSA for cybersecurity<p> </p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The… -
Anne Neuberger named as Deputy National Security Advisor for Cybersecurity in Biden administration<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Anne Neuberger current director of… -
CISE announces collaboration of joint proposals to NSF and Academy of Finland<p>CISE has announced a collaboration program for joint proposals to NSF and the Academy of Finland. See <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21035/nsf21035.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click">https://www.…
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Computing Community Consortium (CCC) report on Assured Autonomy released<p>The <span style="color:#e74c3c;">Computing Community Consortium</span> (CCC) released a report on assured autonomy, titled <span style="color:#e74c3c;"><em>Assured Autonomy: Path Toward Living With…
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Challenges for Digital Proximity Detection in Pandemics: Privacy, Accuracy, and Impact<p>NIST is holding a virtual workshop on Challenges for Digital Proximity Detection in Pandemics: Privacy, Accuracy, and Impact, during January 26, 2021 - January 28, 2021, 10:00am - 3:30pm EST.</p> <p>To learn more and register,…
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Worst Hacks of 2020<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Start 2021 with a review of the worst… -
How to Defend Against Malware, Phishing, and Scams during Covid-19 Crisis<p> </p> <p>2020 saw a big rise in Malware, Phishing, Ramsomeware, and scams especially during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Suggestions to defend against future attacks in 2021 include to educating your staff with cybersecurity…