China’s government is keeping its security researchers from attending conferences
A new measure will keep Chinese researchers from their usual Pwn2Own domination.
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Senate panel gives go-ahead to bill that would hit reset on DHS
The bill would reorganize NPPD into a dedicated cyber agency, among other cybersecurity-oriented moves.
Netsparker gets $40 million to grow its security scanner business
The scanner actually exploits vulnerabilities in order to avoid false positives.
Code for massive ‘Memcrashed’ DDoS attack made public
It's been just over a week since the first massive Memcached-fueled denial of service attack. The authors of the new tool is being released "to bring more…
Senators ask voting machine manufacturers if Russia reviews source code
"Russia’s requests for source code reviews have increased," the senators wrote.
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Trump backs paper ballot backups for voting systems
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he supports states moving toward a paper backup ballot: "A lot of states are doing that. And I think that's a…
While U.S. ponders response to Russia, agencies’ hands are tied in cyberspace, intelligence chief says
After being repetitively criticized for not taking action, the head of the intelligence community complained that a lack of policy had stifled his agencies from forcefully responding…
Open source security platform Snyk raises $7 million in Series A funding round
Snyk says it will use leverage the new funding to "deploy additional product offerings that improve the secure usage of open source for developers."
Arbor Networks reports record-breaking 1.7Tbps DDoS attack
The attack used the same memcached technique that was used in the 1.35Tbps attack on GitHub less than a week prior.
Researchers uncover 4G LTE exploits that can be used to spy, spoof and cause panic
Exploits include the ability to spoof or track a victim device’s location, intercept phone calls and messages and even inject fake emergency alerts.
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