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FBI warns of DDoS attack on state-level voter registration website

Rate limiting on DNS servers protected a state-level voter registration and information website from a monthlong DDoS attack that prompted the FBI to issue...

Cybersecurity concerns ground Dept. of Interior drones

The U.S. Department of the Interior has grounded its fleet of non-emergency drones and halted the use of their associated equipment and software while...

Tampa Bay Times hit by Ryuk, new variant of stealer aimed at gov’t, finance

On the heels of a Ryuk ransomware attack on the Tampa Bay Times, researchers reported a new variant of the Ryuk stealer...

Pre-Olympics cybersecurity exercise kicks off in Tokyo

A three-day cybersecurity wargame began today in Tokyo in preparation for the upcoming Olympic Summer Games. This particular exercise has 140 workers from...

Bill seeks to reform NSA surveillance, aiming at Section 215, FISA process

Congress took on dual issues of Fourth Amendment and privacy rights in a bill meant to reform the Patriot Act to end...

New York considers bills banning ransom payments

Two bills have been introduced into the New York State Senate that if passed would ban municipalities from paying money demanded by ransomware attackers....

Alphabet CEO supports EU push to temporarily ban facial recognition in public spaces

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai’s decision to back the EU’s proposal to ban the use of face recognition in public spaces for five years drew...

PupyRAT found sniffing around EU energy concern

A command and control server used by the Iranian-associate group PupyRAT that is communicating with the mail server of a European energy sector organization...

FBI policy promises states timely notification of election-related attacks

A new internal policy at the FBI will ensure “timely federal notification” to state and local election officials when a cyber intrusion affect the...

Trump urges Apple to unlock Pensacola gunman’s iPhones

President Trump weighed in on Apple’s likely impending pitched battle with the government over unlocking a terrorist’s iPhone, encouraging the tech company to  help the...

Senate bill aimed at creating cybersecurity coordinators in states

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate Friday would create a federal program to bolster response to cyberattacks in states by installing cybersecurity...

Army (websites) defeated, but for the greater good

Normally the U.S. Army would not tout the success of an attacker, but in the case of Hack the Army 2.0 bug bounty program...

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