The Office of Inadequate Security
Maybe some victims will decide not to pay ransom since they will have to disclose the payment anyway? Jayant Chakravart reports: The Australian government’s proposed cybersecurity legislation passed both houses of the Parliament on Monday, formalizing the government’s strategy to boost ransomware payment reporting, mandate basic cybersecurity standards for connected devices and enhance critical infrastructure…
Clyde & Co write: The new Regulations on the Management of Network Data Security (《网络数据安全管理条例》) [1] (the “Regulations”) were issued by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (“China”) on 24 September 2024 and will come into force on 1 January 2025. With a focus on network data [2], the Regulations supplemented and…
Martin Matishak reports: A House Republican late last week introduced legislation to untangle the country’s jumble of cybersecurity regulations, keeping the bipartisan proposal alive as Congress finishes its work for 2024. The measure from Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana, a member of both the House Homeland Security and Oversight committees, is a companion bill to bipartisan…
Zack Whittaker reports: Folks in America: Your senators only have a few weeks left to pass the PRESS Act, a federal “shield” bill that the House passed with unanimous, bipartisan support in January but has been waiting in the Senate for a final vote ever since. The PRESS Act, if passed into law, would enshrine nationwide protections for journalists across…
Bill Toulas reports: The Federal Ministry of Justice in Germany has drafted a law to provide legal protection to security researchers who discover and responsibly report security vulnerabilities to vendors. When security research is conducted within the specified boundaries, those responsible will be excluded from criminal liability and the risk of prosecution. “Those who want…
Suzanne Smalley reports: The Biden administration must fix several provisions threatening human rights and cybersecurity in the United Nations cybercrime convention that is heading to the General Assembly for a vote, six Democratic senators said in a letter sent to administration officials Tuesday. The letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Attorney…