Situation Report: US and allied cyber forces strike back against Russian ransomware hackers
A recent report by Reuters reveals good news: that there is an organized government/industry effort to address ransomware, at least...
Infrastructure Security
Houston has a problem: Chinese backdoor threatens next Texas blackout
American security experts have long worried about the threat of hackers targeting the U.S. critical infrastructure. American citizens have increasingly...
Utility line workers were America’s unsung heroes this Labor Day
Local and regional utility line workers are vital to community resilience and should be recognized as the emergency responders they...
Situation Report: State Department assertions on cyber breach at odds with history of weakness
A recent media report from Fox News indicates that U.S. Cyber Command notified the U.S. State Department of a serious...
Dr. Stephen Bryen: Technology security and cyber insecurity
Center Senior Fellow Stephen Bryen spoke to the Westminster Institute and discussed technology security and cyber insecurity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfduSUtjkS0&t=2410s
Biden needs to get tough on Russia over cyberattacks
While America was celebrating its Independence Day on July 4, a group of Russian-speaking hackers launched a massive ransomware attack...
Can America expand “civil defense” to cyberspace?
The Biden Administration met this week behind closed doors to discuss the most recent ransomware attack affecting thousands of businesses,...
Will Texas fail to lead on grid resilience?
After suffering one of the nation’s most costly blackouts in February of this year, the citizens the Lone Star State...
Situation Report: Safety issues at Chinese nuclear plant highlight the need for transparency
On Monday, CNN reported the prospect of an “imminent radiological threat” at the site of the Taishan nuclear power plant...
Situation Report: Cyberattack on world’s largest meat processor highlights food system vulnerabilities
A cyberattack against the world’s largest meat producer has severely limited meat production around the globe. Headquartered in San São...
Bipartisan congressional leadership seeks critical care for victims of directed energy attacks
On May 28, 2021, just before the Memorial Day weekend, Senators Tom Cotton, Susan Collins, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Jeanne Shaheen...
Know this: Hack attacks are acts of ‘unrestricted warfare’
The U.S. government must slash bureaucracy, foster improved cooperation, and treat hacking attacks as acts of war rather than isolated...
Hoekstra and Fleitz discuss new ransomware attacks on Newsmax TV
Center for Security Policy Advisory Board Chairman Pete Hoekstra and Center President Fred Fleitz joined John Bachman on Newsmax TV...
John Rossomando: Hack attacks could take down america
Let’s hope Biden’s trillions proposed infrastructure comes with digital safeguards because right now, we’re vulnerable, America. The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack...
Colonial Pipeline attack – what’s the rest of the story? Urgent answers needed
Is this President Putin testing the resolve of the Biden administration? Breaking events on the international scene are always confusing and complicated....
Situation Report: Pipeline security in focus as nearly half of fuel bound for Northeast held hostage by hackers
On Thursday, May 6, 2021 the operator of the Colonial Pipeline – one of the nation’s largest and most important...