Showing posts with label cybersecurity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cybersecurity. Show all posts

Monday, March 17, 2025

America Cybersecurity is Failing Us Badly | FBI Warning—Gmail, Outlook And VPN Users Need To Act Now

Article Title: FBI Warning—Gmail, Outlook And VPN Users Need To Act Now
Snippet of Article: "...The Federal Bureau of Investigation has recently warned of weird ransomware attack threats delivered by the United States Postal Service, yes really, alongside a dangerous ransowmare campaign from so-called Ghost attackers, and some of the most sophisticated threats against Gmail users ever. Having previously also advised users to use two-factor authentication to mitigate such attacks, a newly published FBI industry alert has rolled the mitigation advice into one as ongoing attacks by the Medusa ransomware gang continue. Enable 2FA for webmail services such as Gmail and Outlook, as well as for VPNs, the FBI has warned. And enable it now. Here’s what you need to know...."


Source: www.forbes.com

[tag] Medusa ransomware attacks, Ransomware,cybersecurity,FBI,Gmail,Virtual private network (VPN),Outlook, [/tag]

Sunday, March 14, 2021

Workforce shortages are ‘significant’ to agencies’ high-risk problems

Article Title: Workforce shortages are ‘significant’ to agencies’ high-risk problems
Snippet of Article: "...OPM has placed special focus on closing skills gaps in cybersecurity across the federal government, but has not given similar attention to the other science, technology, math and engineering fields that are in equally high demand at many agencies..."


Source: www.armytimes.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, [/tag]