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The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a joint statement with the Department of Energy (DoE) warning of attacks against internet-connected uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices. UPS devices provide emergency battery backup power during power surges and outages and are routinely attached to networks for power monitoring and routine maintenance. In a warning published Tuesday, CISA and the DoE said threat actors had been gaining access to various UPS devices, often through unchanged…

A new version of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has been published today by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), the global payment security forum. Version 4.0 of the standard, which provides a baseline of technical and operational requirements designed to enhance payment security, will replace version 3.2.1 to help combat emerging threats and technologies. In addition, the updates are designed to enable innovative methods to combat new threats. PCI SCC said that the…

A non-profit community-based healthcare organization based in Northern California is investigating a cyber-attack that has disrupted its computer systems. Partnership HealthPlan of California, which serves more than 618,000 Medi-Cal members in 14 Northern California counties from its base in Fairfield, notified a local community health center on March 21 that its computer systems were down.  The organization’s website has been replaced with a single page, announcing the security incident and listing phone numbers for additional member…

The Australian government has revealed plans to strengthen its offensive and defensive cyber capabilities with an investment of $9.9bn. The significant funding pledge was included in the country’s new 2022-23 budget, which was announced on Tuesday. Dubbed REDSPICE, which stands for ‘Resilience, Effects, Defense, Space, Intelligence, Cyber and Enablers,’ it is the biggest single cybersecurity investment in Australian history. Australia’s foreign signals intelligence and security agency, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), will receive the funding over the next…

By Jeff Henry, head of product strategy – Mainframe, Broadcom Software Time is precious. Think about the importance of a single second in sports. In F1 racing, the average pit stop is just two to three seconds. The driver and crew know that getting the car in and out that quickly is what it takes to beat the competition to the checkered flag. How many basketball games or other sports competitions come down to a…