Last week, the US government released an alert regarding Russian
government cyber activity relating to energy and other critical infrastructure.
Not exact matches
Penalties also would be slapped on those responsible for malicious
cyber activity on behalf of the Russian
government.
The U.S. Treasury handed down the penalties on seven Russian oligarchs, 12 businesses and 17 Russian
government officials, in response to what it described as their involvement in Russia's «malign»
activities, ranging from military involvement in Ukraine and Syria to
cyber crimes and alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
Electronic communications with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service may be scanned by
government - owned or contractor equipment to look for network traffic indicating known or suspected malicious
cyber activity, including malicious content or communications.
On April 16, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United Kingdom's (UK) National
Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a joint Technical Alert (TA) about malicious
cyber activity carried out by the Russian
Government.
-- Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Defense to develop, prepare, coordinate, or, when authorized by the President to do so, conduct a military
cyber operation in response to a malicious
cyber activity carried out against the United States or a United States person by a foreign
government or an organization sponsored by a foreign
government or a terrorist organization.
The US Ambassador to Ghana, Andrew Jackson, said following the signing of the deal Thursday, the US
government will begin to develop
activities to support the development of Ghana's maritime, border and
cyber security.
The report, into which Intellect had input, discusses the MoD's own
activities to protect itself from the threat, the development of capabilities to meet the future threat, and the role and responsibilities of the MoD within the wider
government's
cyber security
activity.
The
government must not lose its focus on
cyber security — it is a sufficiently urgent, significant and complex
activity to warrant a continuing high level of ministerial attention.
Revelations that the National Security Agency has secretly broken into Google and Yahoo data centers outside the U.S. worsen the crisis the U.S.
government faces over its
cyber espionage
activities and undermine confidence in Google and Yahoo as global communication businesses, an Indiana University cybersecurity expert says.
«DHS and FBI characterize this
activity as a multi-stage intrusion campaign by Russian
government cyber actors who targeted small commercial facilities» networks where they staged malware, conducted spear phishing, and gained remote access into energy sector networks.
The US - CERT report explains that the «DHS and FBI characterize this
activity as a multi-stage intrusion campaign by Russian
government cyber actors who targeted small commercial facilities» networks where they staged malware, conducted spear phishing, and gained remote access into energy sector networks.»
To date, the Treasury has sanctioned more than 100 individuals and entities connected with Russia as part of the US
government's efforts to counter Russia's «malign
cyber activity.»
Until 2015, Lazarus Group
cyber activities primarily focused on South Korean and U.S.
governments and financial organizations, including destructive attacks on South Korean banking and media sectors in 2013 and the highly publicized attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014.