TransUnion Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 4.4 Million U.S. Consumers in Salesforce Attack
TransUnion, one of the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies, has confirmed a data breach impacting over 4.4 million people in the United States....
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NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a new draft project description, Capabilities Assessment for Securing Manufacturing Industrial Control Systems.
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Industry Group Urges Senate to Act on IT Modernization Bill
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DOE Awards Funding to RTI to Research Smart Grid Security Utilizing DDS Standard
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TransUnion Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 4.4 Million U.S. Consumers in Salesforce Attack
TransUnion, one of the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies, has confirmed a data breach impacting over 4.4 million people in the United States....
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EU Begins Enforcement of Landmark AI Law, Imposing Tough Restrictions and Fines
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Bipartisan Bill Would Bolster Security Defenses Against Open-Source Software Vulnerabilities
Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, have proposed a bill to help protect federal and critical infrastructure systems by strengthening the security...
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IoT Security 101: Researchers Demonstrate How to Launch a Citywide Bricking Attack
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FBI Suggests Precautionary Measures to Mitigate DDoS Threats and IoT Compromise
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“The exploitation of the...