Review – Bills Introduced – 2-4-25 – Bills Introduced – 2-4-25 – Cybersecurity: HR 912 and HR 915 – Hazmat Safety: HR 978 and HR 971 – Disapproval Actions: HJ Res 34 – Short version – https://tinyurl.com/2ywxrbz5 #Legislation
Bills Introduced – 2-4-25 – Bills Introduced – 2-4-25 – Cybersecurity: HR 912 and HR 915 – Hazmat Safety: HR 978 and HR 971 – Disapproval Actions: HJ Res 34 – Mention in Passing: HR 934 – https://tinyurl.com/ycxajdv4 #Legislation
CFSN Detailed Analysis - Substack Daily Update – 2-4-25 – Free Content – https://tinyurl.com/4unzkku8
Short Takes – 2-4-25 – Documented ‘backdoor’ – DOGE malware threat – Budget delay – Starliner status – Egg surcharge – Super Hubble planned – New plastic recycling process – EV weight a safety problem – https://tinyurl.com/59pxfymw
Review – 8 Advisories and 1 Update Published – 2-4-25 – NCCIC-ICS control system security advisories for AutomationDirect, Schneider (4), Elber, Rockwell, and Western Telematics – Update for Ashlar-Vellum advisory – Short version – https://tinyurl.com/y7ar93se #icsSecurity
8 Advisories and 1 Update Published – 2-4-25 – NCCIC-ICS control system security advisories for products from AutomationDirect, Schneider (4), Elber, Rockwell, and Western Telematics – Update for Ashlar-Vellum advisory – https://tinyurl.com/yww5nsmn Subscription required #icsSecurity
Review – HR 128 Introduce – Fentanyl as WMD – Would require DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office to treat Fentanyl as a WMD – Short version – https://tinyurl.com/namunr6s #Legislation #WMD
HR 128 Introduce – Fentanyl as WMD – Would require DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office to treat Fentanyl as a WMD – https://tinyurl.com/yp56ch7a Subscription required #Legislation #WMD
Check out my latest piece for CSO Online on how Musk's DOGE seriously threatens US government cybersecurity.
As @mjg59 points out, federal cybersecurity workers should be in CYA mode, documenting all the Musk workers' cybersecurity missteps.
Thanks also to Michael Daniel of the Cyber Threat Alliance and Mark Montgomery of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies for their insights.
Stromatolites - https://xkcd.com/3046/ - I on the other hand can trace my lineage back to P. azurescens – We are well known for losing our minds –
CFSN Detailed Analysis - Substack Daily Update – 2-3-25 – Free Content – https://tinyurl.com/yba9ycwf
Short Takes – 2-3-25 – Ocean temperature rise – FAA and Space X – CIS-Lunar competition – New DOT priorities – EPA rules comment extension – EO 14183 thru EO 14191 – https://tinyurl.com/ywavm4v9
Review – Committee Hearings – Week of 2-2-25 – Lite hearing schedule – Cyber workforce hearing in House – Cabinet nominees in the Senate – Short Version –https://tinyurl.com/5n7h5m3d #Hearings
Committee Hearings – Week of 2-2-25 – Lite hearing schedule – Cyber workforce hearing in House – Cabinet nominees in the Senate – https://tinyurl.com/5xjcz9m8 Subscription required #Hearings
CCPS Process Safety Beacon - Communication is the key to safer operations - https://tinyurl.com/yc3f5jy6
98GiB of CDC datasets have been uploaded to Internet Archive, before they were taken down from CDC's website to comply with Trump's executive order:
https://archive.org/details/20250128-cdc-datasets
This means that the @internetarchive will quickly become a target for the fascists currently running the US government.
Now would be a good time to start thinking how can we help protect it and help out.
Donating is the simplest thing we can do right this moment:
https://archive.org/donate
ChemLock and Chemical-Terrorism Vulnerability Information - Continuing discussion about authorization of the ChemLock program and tailoring it as a voluntary substitute for CFATS – https://tinyurl.com/5ytfrh6d Subscription required #ChemLock
Review – Public ICS Disclosures – Week of 1-25-25 – Part 2 – For Part 2 we have 9 additional vendor disclosures – 8 vendor updates – 1 researcher report – Short version – https://tinyurl.com/3ayf53mt #icsSecurity
Public ICS Disclosures – Week of 1-25-25 – Part 2 – For Part 2 we have 9 additional vendor disclosures – 8 vendor updates – 1 researcher report – https://tinyurl.com/2b47h6cz Subscription required #icsSecurity
Legislative Housekeeping, 118thCongress – 2-2-25 – Text of two more late bills published, S 5600 and S 5610 – Just two more bills remaining on my bills of interest from the 118th – https://tinyurl.com/7syn5fnk #Legislation