Funding For Program To Stop Next Stuxnet From Hitting US Expired Sunday (theregister.com) 38
Government funding for a program that hunts for threats on America's critical infrastructure networks expired on Sunday, preventing Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from analyzing activity that could indicate a cyberattack, the program director told Congress on Tuesday. From a report: Nate Gleason leads a team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) focused on nation-state threats against critical infrastructure, and this includes the CyberSentry Program.
It's a public-private partnership, managed by CISA, that looks for malicious activity on IT and operational technology (OT) networks in America's energy, water, healthcare, and other critical facilities. This includes threats along the lines of China's Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon intrusions -- network activity that may look like, or even start as, espionage, but ultimately enables the digital invaders to backdoor critical orgs and deploy cyber weapons to aid in a kinetic war.
It's a public-private partnership, managed by CISA, that looks for malicious activity on IT and operational technology (OT) networks in America's energy, water, healthcare, and other critical facilities. This includes threats along the lines of China's Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon intrusions -- network activity that may look like, or even start as, espionage, but ultimately enables the digital invaders to backdoor critical orgs and deploy cyber weapons to aid in a kinetic war.
Mar-a-Lago has backup generators (Score:4, Insightful)
Why would important people care what happens to public infrastructure during a cyberattack?
It's not like they realize that their private jets will be grounded too.
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Don't worry, Trump's plan is to allow China wiping out savings out of your banks so Trump can force you to accept cryptocurrencies with requirement to use their KYC apps.
Except he will brain fart and require KFC apps.
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Mar a Lago is a hotel. Its generators cover essential stuff but not everything. Generally that is refrigerators, HVAC systems, and emergency lighting. USSS bungalows aren't included. Neither is the anti-intrusion system they DON'T EVEN HAVE. But Mar a Lago is irrelevant. The White House and the Pentagon and the NSA are vulnerable.
There's nothing like a "security expert" who thinks they're able to assess all the threats. I'm a security guy who knows the flaws. Lack of funding means lack of effort and
Re: Mar-a-Lago has backup generators (Score:1)
Of course you have evidence to back up you silly claims
Re: Mar-a-Lago has backup generators (Score:2)
Won't help if all water in Florida is turned off.
Anyone with a private well can expect to be invaded by thirsty people.
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Most private wells depend on electricity to operate. And very few of them have backup generators.
A great way to "stop next Stuxnet".. (Score:5, Insightful)
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Not partnering with Israel would be antisemitic!
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The way to stop it is to have secure software. You're not going to stop it by scanning at the edges.
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"The attackers gained access to the system using a compromised password for an inactive virtual private network (VPN) account, which did not have multi-factor authentication enabled.[20]["
That doesn't seem comparable to Stuxnet
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That doesn't seem comparable to Stuxnet
Your idea of Stuxnet is "anything that allows you to hate Israel."
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Stuxnet involved a worm meant to target centrifuges not for profit but to specifically disrupt a country's nuclear infrastructure, while the colonial pipeline hack involved ransomware and was claimed to be for-profit. Most of the money was recovered from the colonial pipeline hack, the hacker group involved "Darkside" was never proven to be a nation/state actor, and the group hasn't done anything else since 2021. Your comparison is weak.
The Fukushima disaster was possibly brought about by Stuxnet infecting
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> A great way to "stop next Stuxnet"..
Honestly, I can't imagine how you can have this, and want manufacturing to return to the USA. Either you need to help manufacturers get set up, or you don't. If you don't, guess what... they won't get started.
The Iranians are sharpening their keyboards (Score:2)
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paybacks a bitch
payback's
It's a contraction of "payback is".
The more you know....
Re: The Iranians are sharpening their keyboards (Score:2)
Trump is a menace (Score:5, Insightful)
Trump and his administration, plus the Republican enablers of that demented and egotistical lunatic are in the process of destroying the USA.
Re:Trump is a menace (Score:4, Insightful)
Worse, they are destroying the idea of America. Other countries can no longer trust the U.S. because la Presidenta just spews bullshit. That means they cannot count on the U.S going forward. And that results in routing their economies around the U.S.
The other part of destroying America is destroying its soul as a place that works regardless of race, color, creed, sexual orientation, etc. All of that is now being monetized by this alleged administration and thus becoming soulless. The justice system is just the tip of the iceberg. More rot is occurring in the pop. which is now being taught that only money matters because the only people on top are the people for which money is everything. Truth, honesty, altruism, etc., the things that make life bearable, are becoming gutted and replaced with a dog-eat-dog value system.
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Re: Trump is a menace (Score:5, Insightful)
With factual evidence, please tell us how Trump is destroying the US.
Masked men rounding up people into concentration camps?
They built that camp in a matter of weeks. This proves they could easily build housing for citizens and veterans that need help.
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Re: Trump is a menace (Score:5, Informative)
So you feel the country is better off by ignoring the needs of its citizens and prioritizing getting rid of the people doing kitchen prep work? Those people have jobs and are working and paying taxes. Hell in 1984 Reagan was going to offer everyone amnesty. You want to discuss the Overton window?
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Well, that's not "Trump destroying the US", that's you disagreeing with how resources are allocated.
Deploying United States Marines to guard a VA clinic from veterans that by an act of God got an appointment in the first place and unsurprisingly weren't notified of any rescheduling.
To say resources were misallocated doesn't even begin to describe how fucked up that is. Hopefully the protestors brought them some in-and-out for their troubles, but nobody in the service is going to forget that bullshit. Is that what winning feels like?
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With factual evidence, please tell us how Trump is destroying the US.
Bonus points, tell us which rights Trump has taken away from US citizens?
Can I release criminals onto the streets with a full pardon and say "but what rights have I taken away?"
Gut our foreign policy, talk loudly with a limp stick and taco in my mouth, and ask you what rights have I taken away?
The moral majority look up to an immoral, unethical con-man, reject empathy, celebrate unprofessional conduct, exercise breathtaking stupidity and turn away our closest allies and partners unless they make a deal that personally benefits Trump. Hey, at least we can do whatever we want, bec
Doesn't look like it was canceled or defunded. (Score:4, Interesting)
So, it's tied up in red tape at the moment. Nothing in the article said the program was cancelled, just that there's bureaucratic BS to go through.
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> So, it's tied up in red tape at the moment. Nothing in the article said the program was cancelled, just that there's bureaucratic BS to go through.
Never let the truth get in the way of pushing a biased agenda.
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Yeah, but if the people don't get paid, for whatever reason, they'll go elsewhere. The problem is real.
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"National labs are not legally able to operate without funding from a government agency, so our threat hunters stopped monitoring networks on Sunday."
This is more than a simple lapse since it forcibly halts all work. More importantly, it's indicative that the DHS is being mismanaged because they failed to meet a deadline that has been known for years.
Not merely a lapse. (Score:3)
You left the important part:
"Funding agreements are still making their way through DHS processes and our work with CISA expired last Sunday," Gleason testified. "National labs are not legally able to operate without funding from a government agency, so our threat hunters stopped monitoring networks on Sunday."
This is more than a simple lapse since it forcibly halts all work. More importantly, it's indicative that the DHS is being mismanaged because they failed to meet a deadline that has been known for years.
In line with the goals (Score:2)
People don't understand that Agent Krasnov's role is to weaken the United States, and he's been succeeding with it.
It costs money to prevent stuxnet? (Score:2)
The best way to prevent the next Stuxnet (Score:2)
The best way to prevent the next Stuxnet from hitting the US is for the US to write it themselves to hit some other country. Of course, the Stuxnet after the next is another issue.