Collaborate Disseminate
The President of the United States took to the sunshine-filled garden of the White House to wave around what he claimed was a secret agreement on migration with Mexico.
It wasn’t a secret for long…
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You won’t believe who had to report themselves to the data protection agency for a breach, or who has been sharing doctored videos of political rivals, or how much money you can make selling a laptop infected with malware… and how Carole ge… Continue reading Smashing Security #130: Doctored videos, BCC blunders, and a diva
A tool from the White House invites those who suspect political bias in social media censorship to “share their story with President Trump.” Continue reading Trump seeks tales of social media bias – and your phone number
The White House is rolling out an executive order that is intended to bolster the nation’s cybersecurity workforce, senior administration officials told reporters on a call Thursday. The officials detailed a document that includes provisions geared toward the federal government’s employees, as well as education and career development initiatives for the U.S. workforce in general. The goal is to build a “superior cybersecurity workforce,” one official said. The White House wants to create a President’s Cybersecurity Cup competition that “will identify, challenge, and reward the government’s best personnel supporting cybersecurity and cyber excellence,” the officials said. Other elements include allowing cybersecurity employees to rotate among agencies, and using new cybersecurity aptitude tests as part of efforts to reskill federal workers. The employee-rotation idea already has bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, with Senate passage earlier this week of a bill that would put it into action. The Trump administration has embraced reskilling for awhile, too: A program to […]
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The meeting lasted 30 minutes, and touched on “the health of the public conversation on Twitter,” according to an internal Twitter email obtained by Motherboard. Continue reading Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey Attended Closed-Door Meeting With President Trump
President Donald Trump pushed top intelligence officials to refute information tied to the investigations into links between his 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, according to information publicly released Thursday in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report. According to the report, Trump phoned then-NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers on March 26, 2017 to complain the investigation was “messing up” his ability to get things done with Russia, as far as Rogers recalls. The president also asked Rogers if there was anything he could do to refute news stories linking him to Russia. Richard Ledgett, former NSA deputy director who was reportedly present for the exchange, drafted a memo about the substance of the call. He and Rogers both signed it and locked it in a safe. Ledgett “said it was the most unusual thing he had experienced in 40 years of government service,” the report states. By the time the phone call […]
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That story about the Chinese woman accused of unauthorized entry to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago? It gained a weird new twist this week. The Feds protecting the President supposedly found a USB stick and did the last thing you should ever do with an untrusted d… Continue reading Trump Secret Service USB OpSec FAIL: ‘Spy’ Story Gets Weirder
The “Save the Internet Act” still faces long odds: It needs to get through a Republican-controlled Senate where it’s been called ‘dead on arrival,’ and survive a veto threat from President Trump. Continue reading House Votes to Save Net Neutrality
An Asian woman carrying malware lied her way into President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago private club in Florida, writes the BBC. According to Secret Service agent Samuel Ivanovich, 32-year-old Yujing Zhang claimed she was going to the pool and pretended t… Continue reading Woman Concealing Malware Lied Her Way into Trump’s Florida Club
A Chinese woman who briefly entered President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence last week had two Chinese passports and numerous electronic devices in her possession, including a thumb drive carrying malware, according to federal prosecutors. Yujing Zhang, 32, has been charged with with making false statements toward federal law enforcement agents and unlawfully entering a restricted building or grounds, according to court documents released Monday by the Southern District of Florida. According to the criminal complaint, Zhang was detained on Saturday after initially telling Secret Service guards that she was there to attend an event held by the United Nations Chinese American Association. After a Mar-a-Lago receptionist determined that no such event was being held, Secret Service agents took her into custody. Agents initially expressed confusion over whether she was related to a member of the beach club with the same last name. When she did not respond to questioning, agents believed […]
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