Commerce limits 19 Chinese, Taiwanese companies from buying U.S. tech
The Commerce Department plans to finalize economic sanctions this week on nearly 20 Chinese and Taiwanese organizations, citing the need to limit their access to…
Category: Cyberscoop
Intelligence chiefs insist Signal chat was a simple mistake
U.S. intelligence leaders found themselves under intensified scrutiny from Congress for a second straight day, following revelations that significant military plans were discussed over text…
Despite challenges, the CVE program is a public-private partnership that has shown resilience
In 1999, Dave Mann and Steve Christey, two researchers from the nonprofit R&D corporation MITRE, debuted a concept for security vulnerabilities that laid the groundwork…
FCC’s Carr alleges Chinese companies are making ‘end run’ around Chinese telecom bans, announces investigation
The first initiative from The Federal Communications Commission’s newly-created Council on National Security will be a “sweeping” investigation of Chinese-made equipment in America’s telecommunications infrastructure,…
Nation-state groups hit hundreds of organizations with Microsoft Windows zero-day
Cybercriminals working on behalf of at least six nation-states are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows to commit espionage, steal data and cryptocurrency,…
How DHS is working to continually improve the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program
Department of Homeland Security officials in charge of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) have pushed the program to…
Capital One hacker Paige Thompson got too light a sentence, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court overruled a district court judge’s sentence for Capital One hacker Paige Thompson this week, deciding that the sentence of five years’…
Congress should re-up 2015 information-sharing law, top Hill staffer says
Congress needs to reauthorize an expiring law that provides legal protections to companies for sharing cyber threat information with the federal government and each other,…
Six additional countries identified as suspected Paragon spyware customers
Researchers have identified suspected government customers of spyware company Paragon Solutions in six more countries that hadn’t previously been publicly identified, according to a report…
Trump moves to fire Democratic FTC commissioners
Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter of the Federal Trade Commission confirmed reports that President Donald Trump is attempting to fire them, marking a direct…
Infostealers fueled cyberattacks and snagged 2.1B credentials last year
Cybercriminals used information-stealing malware to a devastating effect last year, capturing sensitive data that fueled ransomware, breaches and attacks targeting supply chains and critical infrastructure,…
Google acquires Wiz for $32 billion
Google announced Tuesday it will acquire cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion. The move pairs Google — among the world’s largest cloud service providers…