A measure led by two House Republicans would enable the Environmental Protection Agency to certify a governing body to develop and recommend cybersecurity requirements for water treatment and wastewater systems.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an alert Friday warning of a previously unnoticed backdoor in a widely used Linux tool that compresses and encrypts files shared between parties.

The State Department alert said that cybercriminals are attempting to use “phishing, email account takeovers, and social engineering” to veer employee payroll deposits into their own bank accounts.

President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Michael Sulmeyer to be assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy at the Pentagon, the first individual to hold the position.

The Office of Personnel Management proposed a legislative proposal to give federal agencies new authority and flexibility in how they hire and pay cybersecurity workers to members of Congress, but so far no member has stepped up to sponsor the bill.

A hotly debated flashpoint in the cybersecurity community is getting renewed attention as healthcare stakeholders work to rebound from a major ransomware attack that’s roiled the U.S. health insurance market over the past month.

The GovQA platform, used by state and local governments for public records requests, had vulnerabilities that could have allowed hackers to access sensitive personal information, edit requests, and download unsecured files.

Firmware connects the hardware and software of a device, but efforts to protect it have been absent in many of the government’s recent cybersecurity initiatives, according to a new report by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

The new National Cyber Director Harry Coker said that the White House intends “to reduce unnecessary barriers” federal contractors face in filling cybersecurity jobs, like requirements for four-year college degrees.

The OPM has launched a new Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program, allowing cybersecurity employees in the federal government to apply for rotational opportunities at other agencies to enhance their skills and defend against evolving threats.