President Biden signs memo to help improve military cybersecurity
Whether this will lead to meaningful upgrades isn't clear.
CyberSecurity
Google temporarily disrupts a botnet that infected 1 million PCs
Glupteba is the largest publicly known botnet to date.
US will work with allies to limit the export of surveillance tools to authoritarian governments
The Biden administration will announce a new multilateral effort at the Summit for Democracy.
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DOJ charges two Iranian hackers for threatening US voters during 2020 election
Seyyed Kazemi and Sajjad Kashian allegedly downloaded the information of more than 100,000 voters.
US joins international cybersecurity partnership
The private-public partnership has various countries working with tech firms.
Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers may have breached 14 more companies
Nobelium attempted 23,000 attacks since July but had a low success rate, according to Microsoft.
Commerce Department limits sale of hacking tools to Russia and China
US companies will now need to obtain a license to sell their software to some countries.
Sinclair Broadcast Group says it has been hit by a ransomware attack
The hackers obtained data from the company's servers.
US will bring together 30 countries to tackle ransomware
The meeting is the latest effort by the Biden administration to address the growing problem.
1Password can now randomly generate email addresses for logins
The company is partnering with Fastmail to offer the feature.
US will reportedly impose crypto sanctions amid ransomware attacks
The Treasury Department will target specific cryptocurrency exchanges and traders.
Fake pro-China accounts tried to push Americans to attend anti-racism protests
The operation failed but the scope of the action is worrisome.
T-Mobile CEO apologizes for data breach, announces security partnership with Mandiant
"On behalf of everyone at Team Magenta, I want to say we are truly sorry."
Google and Microsoft will invest $30 billion in cybersecurity over the next five years
That's $10 billion from Google, $20 billion from Microsoft and $0 billion from Apple.
President Biden is meeting with Apple, Google and Microsoft on cybersecurity
The White House hopes today's talks will address 'root causes' for attacks.
Hackers steal $97 million from Japan's Liquid crypto exchange
It's working with specialist tracking firms to locate and freeze the stolen funds.
Website mapping DC’s tunnel network warned FBI of suspicious traffic ahead of Capitol riot
The obscure online resource saw a spike in activity from dubious forums and message boards.
Researcher says a US terrorist watchlist was exposed online for three weeks
The server included "no-fly" indicators.T-Mobile confirms unauthorized access to 'some' data
The company hasn't said how many customers may be affected.
Senate report warns of glaring cybersecurity holes at federal agencies
"It is clear that the data entrusted to these eight agencies remains at risk."
