A new report by the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) highlighted that up to 70% of security vulnerabilities are due to memory safety issues in certain programming languages.
National Cyber Director Harry Coker this week reiterated prior warnings that hackers linked to the People’s Republic of China are actively working to gain access to critical infrastructure in the U.S. to potentially launch malicious attacks. Coker, in his first major speech in Washington since he was confirmed in December, said the state-linked threat actors […]
The Senate confirmed Harry Coker Jr. as national cyber director Tuesday, ending a 10-month absence of a permanent leader in the role. The Navy veteran and executive director of the National Security Agency from 2017 to 2019, will lead the Office of the National Cyber Director and its team of about 100 employees after the […]
VMware has disclosed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2023-34060) affecting its Cloud Director appliance deployments. The flaw only affects upgraded versions of the VCD Appliance 10.5.
The National Security Agency is consolidating its various artificial intelligence efforts into a new hub, its director announced Thursday. The Artificial Intelligence Security Center will become the spy agency’s “focal point” for AI activities such as “leveraging foreign intelligence insights,” helping to develop best practices guidelines for the fast-developing technology and creating “risk frameworks for […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray urged private sector organizations to help the agency by coming forward with information regarding malicious cyber activity. Wray told attendees at Mandiant’s annual mWISE 2023 conference Monday that many of the agency’s successful cyber operations in recent years were accomplished with the assistance of private sector partners. He emphasized organization would […]