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Government encompasses public institutions and the systems used to administer services, enforce laws, manage public funds, and protect classified or otherwise sensitive information. Its distinctive assets include identity and benefits records, tax and health data, diplomatic material, election infrastructure, and operational technology supporting utilities or emergency services. Availability and integrity can be as important as confidentiality: outages or altered records may disrupt essential services, public safety, or legal processes.
Security therefore spans citizen-facing portals, internal networks, remote access, contractors, and shared infrastructure, including systems that depend on legacy technology or tightly connected suppliers. Espionage, credential compromise, exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities, and disruptive attacks are material risks, though exposure varies by agency and system. Useful controls include strong identity management, network segmentation, encryption, privacy safeguards, prioritized vulnerability management, tested backups, and rehearsed incident response. Procurement rules, records obligations, and sector-specific compliance also shape how agencies collect, retain, share, and investigate data.
As if admins haven't had enough to do this week Ignore patches at your own risk. According to Uncle Sam, a SQL injection flaw in Microsoft Configuration Manager patched in October 2024 is now being actively exploited, exposing unpatched businesses and government agencies to attack.…
A previously undocumented threat actor has been attributed to attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations with malware known as CANFAIL
The Russian government is attempting to block WhatsApp in the country as its crackdown on communication platforms not under its control intensifies. [...]
Google researchers found that government-backed hackers now use AI throughout the whole attack lifecycle
Meanwhile, IP-stealing 'distillation attacks' on the rise A Chinese government hacking group that has been sanctioned for targeting America's critical infrastructure used Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, to auto-analyze vulnerabilities and plan cyberattacks against US organizations, the company says.…
Why Modern Threat Modeling Must Account for State Control of InfrastructureCISOs for decades viewed governments as partners. That assumption is weakening. Today, state control over infrastructure needs be part of threat modeling and business continuity planning for global security leaders - and it's time for CISOs to reassess dependencies and trust boundaries.
Indian defense sector and government-aligned organizations have been targeted by multiple campaigns that are designed to compromise Windows and Linux environments with remote access trojans capable of stealing sensitive data and ensuring continued access to infected machines
UK government grilled over progress made to prevent a second life-threatening leak Legacy IT issues are hampering key technical measures designed to prevent highly sensitive data leaks, UK government officials say.…
Operation Cyber Guardian involved 100-plus staff across government and industry Singapore spent almost a year flushing a suspected China-linked espionage crew out of its telecom networks in what officials describe as the country's largest cyber defense operation to date.…
The European Commission and government agencies in Finland and the Netherlands have suffered potentially related breaches