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Talk of election security is good, but we still need more money to solve the problem
Last week, six Secretaries of State testified to U.S. Congress about the current state of election security ahead of November's Presidential election. Some of the same topics came up as usual -- disinformation campaigns, influence from foreign actors, and the physical protection of poll workers o...
Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 24, 2019)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Never assume that a malware family is really dead. We’ve done it time and time again with things like Emotet, and Gustuff is proving it...
Meltdown/Spectre: Intel Nixes Patches, Tech CEOs Questioned on Information Blackout
IT departments and tech vendors continued grappling with Spectre and Meltdown this week, as Intel pulled its glitchy patches and the U.S. Congress questioned the vulnerability disclosures' timing and scope. Spectre and Meltdown aren't typical vulnerabilities for a number of reasons, and as a...
U.S. Congress Hears Of Growing Cyber Espionage Threat To U.S.
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee painted a grim picture about the problem of cyber espionage against U.S. companies and interests. Government and law enforcement experts testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee...
Hacker Group Breaches Library of Congress Site, Publishes Passwords
A group of hackers claims to have breached the official website of the Library of Congress, America’s national library. The group claiming responsibility, BlitzSec, decried the wildly unpopular US Congress and said it used a SQL injection attack to access the Library of Congress Website’s back en...
Anti-computer hacking bill coming in U.S. Congress !
Strengthening cybersecurity is the goal of legislation being introduced in the U.S. Congress after reports of hack attacks on computer networks at Nasdaq OMX Group NDAQ.O and at oil and gas companies. "Cyber-threats are not on the horizon, they are upon us," Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, wh...