Collaborate Disseminate
it’s the latest in a sequence of letters to feds from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on commercial VPNs.
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The six-month program will be overseen by the Office of the National Cyber Director and Texas Cyber Command to “find out what works.”
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The order says any foreign-produced equipment deemed to pose national security risks can’t be purchased or installed.
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The communications product company disclosed 22 total Wednesday, all but one of which was rated “critical” at 9.0 or higher.
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Joshua Culver, aka “Maverick Young,” is accused of imitating the head of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations unit during a time it wasn’t called that.
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Agency red-teamers got initial access to both organizations they tested, but one quickly isolated and shut down the attempts from going further.
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It’s a follow-up to an indictment the Justice Department unsealed last week against people affiliated with the Mabna Institute.
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Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Greg Casar want a GAO probe on the government’s use of spyware and other sophisticated hacking tools and authorities.
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The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act has won a big House vote and could be on the fast track in the Senate — and supporters say it could help fight cybercrime.
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The agencies said the hackers are taking aim at Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers in what could be a first.
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