Dems press DNI nominee Jay Clayton on election security questions, but leave dismayed

Clayton maintained he was not an “election denier” but wouldn’t directly answer a number of questions about the 2020 race, his predecessor’s appearance at a January election office raid and more.

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Treasury sanctions First VPN Service, others for abetting ransomware gangs

The designations hit 1VPNS, its alleged Ukrainian administrator and a Belarusian who allegedly sold “cryptors” to disguise ransomware and other malware.

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Europe strikes out against Russia’s Turla over espionage, ‘destructive attacks’

The EU, its members and the U.K. took action against Russian government officials and others while attributing the winter cyberattacks against Poland’s energy grid to the FSB.

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CISA looks to remedy ailments from big May credential leak

A major credential leak spurred the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to strengthen protections for its sensitive materials, improve how researchers can report agency vulnerabilities and develop plans for similar incidents, the agency said in a forensic report released Thursday. The blog post outlines CISA’s response to the leak that the researcher who discovered it […]

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CISA looks to remedy ailments from big May credential leak

A major credential leak spurred the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to strengthen protections for its sensitive materials, improve how researchers can report agency vulnerabilities and develop plans for similar incidents, the agency said in a forensic report released Thursday. The blog post outlines CISA’s response to the leak that the researcher who discovered it […]

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Someone infected a spyware probe overseer with spyware

Citizen Lab says the phone of a member of Europe’s PEGA Committee was infected twice with Pegasus, the NSO Group spyware that gave the panel its name.

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This phishing kit looks more like BEC-as-a-service

Cisco Talos’ research on ARToken builds on what’s known about the related EvilTokens phishing-as-a-service.

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Trump budget boss Russell Vought open to re-staffing CISA

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has been floating the idea of adding back 600 CISA personnel after deep Trump administration cuts.

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Trump budget boss Russell Vought open to re-staffing CISA

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has been floating the idea of adding back 600 CISA personnel after deep Trump administration cuts.

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Supreme Court delivers ‘major win’ for tech privacy in Chatrie ruling

Dissenting justices who criticized the ruling said it would have “seismic” implications for the Fourth Amendment.

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