Microsoft leads effort to disrupt illicit use of Cobalt Strike, a dangerous hacking tool in the wrong hands

The action against illicit versions of legitimate Cobalt Strike applications represents the culmination of a year-long investigation.

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Can a White House initiative compel tech companies to write safer code?

Software liability reform is a centerpiece of the Biden’s recent national cybersecurity strategy. Implementing it will be a challenge.

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Biden administration goes global in effort to constrain spyware use

Eleven nations agreed on Thursday to responsible use of commercial spyware. Israel, a key spyware exporter, is not part of the deal.

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Online voting provider paid for academic research in attempt to sway U.S. lawmakers 

Democracy Live directed academic research aimed at demonstrating its product’s security and used that material in lobbying campaigns.

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Chinese-linked hackers deployed the most zero-day vulnerabilities in 2022, researchers say

The overall number of zero-day vulnerabilities discovered in the wild last year declined compared to numbers in 2021.

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Scammers target Cloudflare CEO with Silicon Valley Bank-themed spearphishing 

The collapse of the U.S. tech industry’s bank of choice has prompted a massive amount of fraud attempting to capitalize on its downfall.

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US intel: Chinese influence operations are growing more aggressive, more similar to Russia’s

China is stepping up efforts to influence U.S. public opinion, which increasingly resemble Russian operations. 

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Bipartisan Senate proposal sets stage for banning TikTok, other foreign tech

The RESTRICT Act would hand Commerce wide-ranging powers to regulate the presence of foreign technology companies such as TikTok.

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A year after Russia’s invasion, the scope of cyberwar in Ukraine comes into focus

The Ukraine war has inspired a defensive cyber effort that government officials and technology executives describe as unprecedented.

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