(Scoop News Group) How offense and defense came together to plug a hole in a popular Microsoft program A vulnerability in Microsoft's Remote Desktop Services prompted close collaboration between an offensive and defensive security expert. Aug 2, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Flickr/Texas Tribune) With Will Hurd’s retirement, Congress loses a key cybersecurity advocate The Texas Republican has advocated strong encryption and higher standards for connected devices. Aug 2, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Greg Otto/Scoop News Group) What Capital One’s cybersecurity team did (and did not) get right It's not great that a lone engineer was able to pull data from 106 million people. But this was far from Equifax 2.0. Aug 2, 2019 By Greg Otto
(Getty Images) A potentially state-sponsored hacking campaign tried to phish U.S. utilities in July, researchers say The phishing emails purported to be from an organization that certifies engineers. Aug 1, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Wikimedia Commons) Facebook shuts down ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’ from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE “We’re taking down these pages, groups and accounts based on their behavior, not the content they posted,” Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy said. Aug 1, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) NIST is preparing guidance on how to share .zip files in a more secure way Just because you compressed hundreds of files into a single folder doesn't mean that's secure. And now Sen. Ron Wyden is worried. Aug 1, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Praytino / Flickr) Cisco will pay $8.6 million to settle claims it sold US flawed surveillance software The Department of Homeland Security and four branches of the U.S. military had purchased the affected software. Aug 1, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) Yet another hacking group is targeting oil and gas companies, Dragos says Researchers have dubbed the group Hexane, and they say it has been particularly active in recent months. Aug 1, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas