Coker: We can’t have economic prosperity or national security without cybersecurity

Coker spoke to Recorded Future News about his time as National Cyber Director, what he considers his biggest successes and what he would tell his replacement – who is currently going through the confirmation process.

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The cloud broke Thursday and it’ll happen again – how to protect your business before then

Simply using a multi-cloud or hybrid cloud isn’t enough.

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Government offices in North Carolina, Georgia disrupted by cyberattacks

The city government of Thomasville, North Carolina, and a court district in eastern Georgia are responding to recent intrusions into their networks.

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CBP’s Predator Drone Flights Over LA Are a Dangerous Escalation

Custom and Border Protection flying powerful Predator B drones over Los Angeles further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters typically handled by state or local authorities.

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Threat Actor Abuses TeamFiltration for Entra ID Account Takeovers

Proofpoint researchers discovered a large-scale campaign using the open source penetration-testing framework that has targeted more than 80,000 Microsoft accounts.

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Over 269,000 Websites Infected with JSFireTruck JavaScript Malware in One Month

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a “large-scale campaign” that has been observed compromising legitimate websites with malicious JavaScript injections.
According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, these malicious injects are obfuscated using JSFuck, which refers to an “esoteric and educational programming style” that uses only a limited set of characters to write and execute code.

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CISA warns of SimpleHelp ransomware compromises after string of retail attacks

Ransomware gangs leveraged a vulnerability to access unpatched versions of SimpleHelp’s remote monitoring and management tool to disrupt services in double extortion compromises.

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Here’s What Marines and the National Guard Can (and Can’t) Do at LA Protests

Pentagon rules sharply limit US Marines and National Guard activity in Los Angeles, prohibiting arrests, surveillance, and other customary police work.

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In Other News: Cloudflare Outage, Cracked.io Users Identified, Victoria’s Secret Cyberattack Cost

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Cloudflare outage not caused by cyberattack, Dutch police identified 126 users of Cracked.io, the Victoria’s Secret cyberattack has cost $10 million. 

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Why CISOs Must Align Business Objectives & Cybersecurity

This alignment makes a successful CISO, but creating the same sentiment across business leadership creates a culture of commitment and greatly contributes to achieving goals.

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