A new Critical Infrastructure Subcommittee has been established by the Cyber Council of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). The creation of the delegation was officially announced yesterday along with an overview of the subcommittee’s mission. The main goal of the newly formed assemblage will be to assess cyber-threats to America’s critical infrastructure and examine actions taken by the government and industry to secure the nation’s essential networks.  Privately owned infrastructure across the defense industrial base and telecommunications,…

Now that you have your Pritunl VPN server up and running, Jack Wallen shows you how to connect the client. Image: iStock/Melpomenem In a recent how-to (How to install the Pritunl VPN server on Ubuntu Server 20.04), I walked you through the process of installing the Pritunl VPN server on Ubuntu 20.04. This time around, we’re going to install the Pritunl client on Ubuntu Desktop 21.04 and connect it to the server. Of course, you…

A taskforce of security industry experts has called for tighter regulation of the cryptocurrency sector in a bid to tackle the global ransomware epidemic. Convened by the Institute for Security and Technology and trialled since last December, the Ransomware Task Force (RTF) is a team of over 60 experts from software companies, cybersecurity vendors, government agencies, non-profits, and academic institutions. Its framework document makes five key recommendations to tackle the cyber-threat. The most eye-catching of…

Driven by digital imperatives, more IT leaders have shed their order-taking shackles to become full-fledged business partners. Cybersecurity leaders are increasingly taking the same tack. Joanna Burkey, who rejoined HP one year ago, is one CISO leading the charge. Burkey, who spent nearly 13 years in various roles at HP before exiting to lead cybersecurity at Siemens for 5 years, found a cyber program with a strong operational focus. But Burkey believed HP could benefit…

A misconfigured AWS S3 bucket is leaking personal information on 70,000 customers of a popular paleolithic lifestyle site, security researchers at vpnMentor have revealed. The research team, led by Noam Rotem, discovered the 290MB trove on February 4, and traced it back to Paleohacks, a US health and lifestyle brand that offers content and resources about the paleo diet. “At the time of writing, the company has ignored every attempt we’ve made to help them close the…

The personal safety of Washington DC police officers may be at risk after it emerged that ransomware threat actors had managed to steal personnel files in an attack earlier this month. The acting chief of the US capital’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Robert Contee, said in an email to staff that ‘HR files’ containing personal information were part of the haul, according to CNN. That adds extra jeopardy for officers in the event that the…