That Homeland Security alert may be a scam The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a notification June 18 about a phishing email. By: Andrew Eversden June 20
A Customs subcontractor was compromised. Was your info? A “malicious cyberattack” on an unidentified U.S. Customs and Border Protection subcontractor compromised a number of traveler and license plate photos. By: Andrew Eversden June 10
DHS cyber deficiencies are improving, says watchdog While deficiencies in the department’s overall patch management process and shortfalls with weakness remediation and security awareness training activities were reported, these are being addressed alongside a FEMA data breach. By: Andrew Eversden June 6
Is the DHS budget too stagnant for cyber growth? The White House proposed cutting budgets for the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. By: Jessie Bur May 3
Former DHS head took up cyber despite White House aversion The potential for foreign cyberattacks to shape U.S. elections has been in the spotlight as special counsel Robert Mueller's report outlined efforts made by Russia to steal thousands of emails and internal documents from the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign in 2016. By: Colleen Long, The Associated Press April 25
Emerging online threats changing Homeland Security’s role "It's not just U.S. troops and government agents on the front lines anymore," Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said. "It's U.S. companies. It's our schools and gathering places. It's ordinary Americans." By: Colleen Long, The Associated Press March 18
Department of Homeland Security warns of cyberattacks on third-party companies by China Infiltrating third-party companies that store confidential details about swathes of other businesses is more efficient than targeting those firms individually, according to the Department of Homeland Security and information security analysts. By: Justin Lynch February 7
DHS orders ‘emergency directive’ to guard against hacks The Department of Homeland Security said in Jan. 22 emergency directive that multiple executive agency websites have been impacted by a hacking campaign that has been linked to Iran. By: Justin Lynch January 23
Nielsen says cyber is a conflict, not an IT challenge Kirstjen Nielsen, head of the Department of Homeland Security told the RSA conference "we are all on the front lines of a digital battlefield.” By: Kelsey D. Atherton April 17, 2018
DHS wants a custom cyberthreat warning network The agency said it wanted to develop a software to help medium and small businesses communicate with each other and identify hacking attempts. By: Justin Lynch December 4, 2018
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