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DLT Solutions has been awarded a state, local and education (SLED) software indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by Region 4 Education Service Center to enable SLED organizations to purchase solutions from the technology vendors included in the contract award, DLT announced on Thursday.

Bryan Ware, assistant director at the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said DHS has transmitted to the medical industry hundreds of tailored cyber vulnerability notifications since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tonya Ugoretz, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s cyber division, said at least 20,000 reports of malicious emails, scams and other cyber threats related to the COVID-19 pandemic have been lodged this year with the bureau’s internet crime complaint center. She noted that nation-state actors continue to target U.S. health care institutions performing research into treatments and vaccines against the disease.

Several technology companies have established an alliance under the auspices of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards to create tools that would facilitate interoperability and data exchange across cybersecurity platforms.

A hacking group linked to the Kremlin has targeted the Center for Strategic and International Studies and several other Washington think tanks that conduct research into Russia’s policy initiatives, Defense One reported Monday. Patrick Tucker writes that Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and chief technology officer of security firm CrowdStrike, told Defense One the company …

The Democratic National Committee has experienced a data breach that committee officials and security professionals say was conducted by state-sponsored hackers in Russia to steal research data on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Ellen Nakashima writes the hackers gained unauthorized access to the computer network …

The FBI is collaborating with FireEye to investigate the cyber attack on healthcare provider Anthem Inc. perpetrated by what U.S. government officials believe to be state-sponsored hackers based in China, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Michael Riley and Jordan Robertson write the data breach compromised Social Security numbers, birthdates and email addresses of 80 …

CrowdStrike has identified a hacking group that has links to the Chinese military and targets U.S. networks in the communications and aerospace sectors, Reuters reported Monday. Joseph Menn writes the security technology firm claims that Shanghai-based 61486 branch of the People’s Liberation Army engaged in cyber espionage against Western government …

According to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, a recent attack carried out through Gmail accounts of three White House personnel might have originated from a hacker organization from Turkey, NextGov reports Tuesday. Aliya Sternstein writes that that the hackers used the hacked Gmail accounts to send emails to other employees that were …

Steven Chabinsky serves as senior vice president of legal affairs and chief risk officer for CrowdStrike, where he advises the company on cyber, legal, privacy and reputation-related issues involving product development and execution. Before joining the company, he served as deputy assistant director in the FBI‘s cyber division and led …