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Aug 28 2024
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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta issues WhatsApp election warning
Meta recently announced the discovery of a small cluster of malicious WhatsApp accounts linked to Iran, saying it blocked suspicious accounts posing as tech support and targeting political figures. The WhatsApp security announcement comes in the wake of an August 19 joint statement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
NewsweekAug 21 2024
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ASIC Takes Down More Than 7,000 Phishing, Investment Scam Websites in Just 12 Months
National cybersecurity coordinator Air Vice-Marshal Darren Goldie at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on June 23, 2023. National cybersecurity coordinator Air Vice-Marshal Darren Goldie at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on June 23, 2023. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas Since July 2023—when it partnered with the National Anti-Scam Centre on
The Epoch TimesAug 20 2024
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Watch These Palo Alto Networks Stock Price Levels Amid Post-Earnings Buying
Shares in Palo Alto Networks (PANW) rose in premarket trading Tuesday after the cybersecurity provider released quarterly results that surpassed expectations and issued an outlook at the high end of Wall Street forecasts, as customers embraced its offerings amid growing cyber threats. Although the shares have gained about 16% higher since the start of the year, investors have scrutinized the
InvestopediaAug 28 2024
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Ex-Twitter CISO Lea Kissner appointed as LinkedIn security chief
LinkedIn has a new chief information security officer, Lea Kissner. Announcing the appointment in a LinkedIn post (fittingly), Kissner said they are “excited” to take on the new role. Kissner most recently served as CISO at cloud security startup Lacework. Prior to that, Kissner was Twitter’s CISO until their departure in November 2022, weeks after Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of the
TechCrunchAug 27 2024
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Chinese government hackers targeted U.S. internet providers with zero-day exploit, researchers say
A group of hackers linked to the Chinese government used a previously unknown vulnerability in software to target U.S. internet service providers, security researchers have found. The group known as Volt Typhoon was exploiting the zero-day flaw — meaning the software maker was unaware of it before having time to patch — in Versa Director, a piece of software made by Versa Networks, according
TechCrunchAug 28 2024
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Dick's Sporting Goods discloses unauthorized third-party access to information
Aug 28 (Reuters) - Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS.N) said on Wednesday it discovered last week that an unauthorized third party had access to its information systems, including certain confidential data. Cyber attacks have become increasingly common with corporate companies having to engage law enforcement to report third-parties gaining access and sensitive information through data breaches. The
ReutersAug 28 2024
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A Year After Hawaii Fire, Rebuilding Has Barely Begun
Cleanup after wildfires is inherently more difficult than recovery from other natural disasters, according to Brian Cavanaugh, a visiting fellow for cybersecurity, intelligence, and homeland security at The Heritage Foundation. Unlike a hurricane, which mainly creates wind and water damage, Cavanaugh says, fires damage the structural integrity of buildings and often leave dangerous chemicals
The Daily SignalMay 12 2021
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Biden signs order on cybersecurity after pipeline hack upends gas market
President Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order intended to improve US cybersecurity after the hack of the Colonial Pipeline caused massive disruption to the US fuel market.
The order establishes a new multiagency Cybersecurity Safety Review Board to review incidents and mandates that federal systems log cybersecurity incidents and use multifactor authentication and stronger
New York Post (News)Aug 23 2024
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Microsoft to Discuss Security Changes Following Crowdstrike Outage
Microsoft will host a summit with cybersecurity companies whose software is interoperable with Windows next month to discuss potential changes to Windows in light of the recent Crowdstrike outage, the company said on Friday. The July outage, which stemmed from a faulty software update sent out by Crowdstrike, caused thousands of computers running Windows to crash, disrupting air travel and
The InformationAug 26 2024
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Biden-Harris DHS Lists DEI—Not Border Security—as Number One Objective of IT Strategic Plan.
The Biden-Harris Department of Homeland Security (DHS), responsible for “customs, border, and immigration enforcement, emergency response to natural and manmade disasters, antiterrorism work, and cybersecurity,” states that building “a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace” as the number one objective of its Information Technology Strategic Plan for 2024-2028. “DHS strives to attract
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