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WH National Cyber Director Finalizing Software Liability Proposals

The outgoing White House national cyber director is highlighting the progress his office made over the last four years, while also queuing up key issues, like regulatory harmonization and software liability, for the incoming Trump administration.

White House National Cyber Director Harry Coker, speaking at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington on Tuesday, ran down his office’s signature efforts, including the 2023 national cyber strategy and the push to establish minimum cyber standards for critical industries.

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Federal News Network’s Industry Exchange Cyber 2025

Jan 27, 2025 1:00 p.m. ET

Webinar

Cybersecurity requires constant vigilance but also continual evolution. Are you staying safe today and staying out front of threats on the horizon? Join Federal News Network to learn about the latest tactics and technologies to help agencies meet their cyber-readiness demands, from threat detection and response to keeping employees aware and endpoints secure.

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Defend Against Ransomware Attacks Cyber Range Training

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Time: 9:00 AM EST – 1:00 PM EST

Location type: Virtual/Online

Format: Webinar

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is proud to offer Incident Response Training event, Defend Against Ransomware Attacks Cyber Range Training (IR209). The 200-level training events are open to government employees and contractors across federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government, educational partners, and critical infrastructure partners.

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FBI, CISA say Chinese hackers are still lurking in US telecom systems

Leading U.S. cybersecurity agencies on Tuesday said that Chinese hackers likely still have access to critical telecommunications systems, and published guidance to help engineers and network defenders identify and remove the threat actors. In a call with reporters, senior officials at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI said the agencies have been investigating the incident since late spring, and have uncovered an expansive campaign that some lawmakers are calling the worst telecom hack in the nation’s history. 

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Homeland Security Committee reveals Cyber Threat Snapshot on rising cyber threats from nation-states, hacker networks

The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security published a new ‘Cyber Threat Snapshot’ examining growing threats posed by malign nation-states and criminal networks to the homeland and American data. Identifying some of the recent notable attacks, the report zeroed in on the Salt Typhoon attack by Chinese hackers, who reportedly infiltrated backdoors in major U.S. internet service providers; and activities by the Volt Typhoon adversaries, who compromised U.S. critical infrastructure for at least five years, targeting the transportation, telecommunications, and energy sectors.

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Cybersecurity in the cloud: Visibility, monitoring and compliance

Join us for a panel discussion on advancing cloud security where we’ll explore how agencies are strengthening their cybersecurity posture through advanced monitoring, compliance and automation strategies. Our panel of government and industry experts will delve into the importance of continuous monitoring, security in application development and the move toward continuous authorization.

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LastPass warns of fake support centers trying to steal customer data

LastPass is warning about an ongoing campaign where scammers are writing reviews for its Chrome extension to promote a fake customer support phone number. However, this phone number is part of a much larger campaign to trick callers into giving scammers remote access to their computers, as discovered by BleepingComputer.

LastPass is a popular password manager that utilizes a LastPass Chrome extension to generate, save, manage, and autofill website passwords.

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Cloud-enabled government: Seamless & secure data access

Join us for a webinar on enterprise cloud adoption in federal agencies, where we’ll explore the factors driving cloud adoption and the challenges agencies face in successfully leveraging cloud technologies.

Key topics include:

  • Factors influencing cloud adoption decisions from an enterprise perspective
  • Key challenges affecting successful cloud adoption
  • The progress and challenges federal agencies face in adopting zero trust solutions
  • How cloud adoption is accelerating agency missions
  • Key industry changes in the cloud landscape
  • Support agencies need to integrate cloud with physical enterprise data centers and sensitive workloads

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