Justice Department Indicts 80 in Substantial Email Scam and Money Laundering Scheme

The Justice Department on Thursday unsealed a 252-count federal indictment charging 80 defendants with involvement in a massive business email scam and money laundering scheme. The 145-page indictment, unsealed Thursday, said the 80 named individuals are charged with conspiracy to...
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LATEST NEWS

US Grants Huawei Another 90-day Extension to Purchase From American Suppliers

Security
The Trump administration has extended a deadline for U.S. businesses to cut ties with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei, according to a statement by Department...
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DHS CISA Warns That Iranian Hackers Increasingly Using Destructive ‘Wiper’ Attacks

Security
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Christopher C. Krebs on Saturday released a statement in response to...
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Legislators Introduce Bill to Force Social Media Firms to Disclose How Much They Make From User Data

Legislation
Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Monday introduced the Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broaden Oversight And Regulations on Data...
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Hackers Target Mobile Phone Networks in Sophisticated Cyber Espionage Attack

Security
Hackers compromised companies in more than 30 countries with the aim of gathering information on individuals in government, law-enforcement and politics, according to a...
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Google to Purchase Analytics Firm Looker for $2.6 Billion

Acquisitions
Google LLC today announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Looker, a privately held big-data analytics company, for $2.6 billion...
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NSA Releases Advisory on BlueKeep Vulnerability

Agencies
The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a cybersecurity advisory for CVE-2019-0708—a vulnerability dubbed BlueKeep. Although Microsoft has issued a patch, potentially millions of...
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FEATURED

US Grants Huawei Another 90-day Extension to Purchase From American Suppliers

Security
The Trump administration has extended a deadline for U.S. businesses to cut ties with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei, according to a statement by Department...
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Management and Control of Data a Key Inhibitor to Federal Cloud Adoption – NetApp

Exclusives
Tight budgets and the need for greater flexibility and agility in government IT has led to a rise in cloud adoption. Even so, the...
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Exclusive: The Consensus is That FedRAMP is Broken and Confidence Lost – Avnet

Exclusives
Government cloud adoption is definitely showing an upward trend as federal, state and local agencies hampered by limited resources and bogged down by regulations...
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IoT is a Very Scary Environment: We Have Only Seen The Tip of The Iceberg – Cyber adAPT

Exclusives
Defense in depth is the best solution with regards to cybersecurity, many security experts agree. With the upward trend in BYOD, many enterprises are...
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POPULAR

Exclusive: Cyber Is Battlefield Of Choice When Countries Disagree – FireEye Chief Security Strategist

Exclusives
NATO recently officially declared cyberspace a domain of warfare as the battle between nations shift to the so-called fifth domain. Lance Dubsky, Chief Security...
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German Researchers Set New World Record In Wireless Transmission

CyberNews
Researchers in Germany have set a new world record in wireless data transmission. A team managed to record speeds of 6 gigabits per second...
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EVENTS

JOBS

VENDOR WATCH

We Are at The Edge of Realizing the Potentials of Bug Bounties and Crowdsourced Security – Hackerone

More organizations are taking advantage of bug bounty programs to strengthen their security postures. It simply makes sense – crowdsource the best cyber talent at scale to find those security gaps before the bad actors find them, and exploit...
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Virtru

Virtru is Like a Spell Check for Security: We Take Privacy Very Seriously – Virtru CEO

John Ackerly is the cofounder, CEO of Virtru Corporation. He spent the earlier part of his career working as the lead policy adviser on technology issues at the White House, and Policy Director at the Department of Commerce. Ackerly...
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NEWS

Legislators Introduce Bill to Force Social Media Firms to Disclose How Much They Make From User Data

Legislation
Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Monday introduced the Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broaden Oversight And Regulations on Data...
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NEWS

Oracle, Microsoft Partner to Deliver Cloud Services

Cloud
Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. on Wednesday announced a cloud interoperability partnership enabling customers to migrate and run mission-critical enterprise workloads across Microsoft Azure...
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Volkswagen to Invest up to $4.5 Billion in Digitalization Projects

Vehicles
  Volkswagen said Wednesday it is investing up to €4 billion ($4 billion) in digitalization projects through 2023 – mainly in administration but also in...
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Senate Passes Bill to Block ‘Trolls’ Who Meddle With US Elections From Entering The Country

Legislation
The U.S. Senate on Monday unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to prevent individuals who interfere with U.S. elections from entering the United States. The Defending Elections...
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11.9 Million Patients Affected by Quest Diagnostics Breach

Security
Medical testing company Quest Diagnostics revealed on Monday that a third-party billing company has been hit by a data breach affecting 11.9 million patients....
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Lawmakers Introduce Cyber Ready Workforce Act to Boost Cybersecurity Workforce

CyberNews
Lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation on Wednesday to address the shortage in the cybersecurity workforce. The Cyber Ready Workforce Act would establish...
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Trump Issues Executive Order to Address Foreign Espionage to US Networks

CyberNews
President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an executive order declaring a national emergency to deal with outside threat to US networks – a measure...
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INTERVIEWS

US Grants Huawei Another 90-day Extension to Purchase From American Suppliers

Security
The Trump administration has extended a deadline for U.S. businesses to cut ties with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei, according to a statement by Department...
Read more

Management and Control of Data a Key Inhibitor to Federal Cloud Adoption – NetApp

Exclusives
Tight budgets and the need for greater flexibility and agility in government IT has led to a rise in cloud adoption. Even so, the...
Read more

Exclusive: The Consensus is That FedRAMP is Broken and Confidence Lost – Avnet

Exclusives
Government cloud adoption is definitely showing an upward trend as federal, state and local agencies hampered by limited resources and bogged down by regulations...
Read more

IoT is a Very Scary Environment: We Have Only Seen The Tip of The Iceberg – Cyber adAPT

Exclusives
Defense in depth is the best solution with regards to cybersecurity, many security experts agree. With the upward trend in BYOD, many enterprises are...
Read more

Interview: Consumer IoT Security Best Practices With Cisco Talos

Exclusives
It is common knowledge that the internet of things is shockingly insecure. The possibility of hackers leveraging the connectedness of your washing machine to...
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If You Could Give Less Than an F Grade, OPM’s Management Deserves a G Grade Over the Breach – Ntrepid CEO

Exclusives
  Ntrepid's Richard Helms explains the reason why browser protection, not identity protection, is the best solution for handling the aftermath of the OPM breach. OPM...
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