"Many top cybersecurity and technology positions remain vacant 10 months into the Trump administration, but that’s not by design, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Rob Joyce said …
China Has A Breakthrough in Spy-Proof Quantum Communications
"A team of Chinese researchers say they have completed the first long-distance quantum secure direct communication, a critical step toward sending messages that are truly safe …
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FBI again finds itself unable to unlock a gunman’s cellphone
"The Texas church massacre is providing a familiar frustration for law enforcement: FBI agents are unable to unlock the gunman’s encrypted cellphone to learn what evidence it might hold." Source: FBI …
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Afghanistan moves to block WhatsApp, Telegram messaging services
"Afghanistan’s telecoms regulator wrote to internet service providers this week ordering them to block the messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram but it was not immediately clear whether they had …
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The Next Big Hack Could Turn America’s Lights Off
"When a serious cyberattack against the U.S. begins, at first you’ll blame the weather, or an accident, or corporate incompetence. It’ll be a power outage that lasts a few hours at most. But things …
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Russia hackers had targets worldwide, beyond US election
"The hackers who disrupted the U.S. presidential election last year had ambitions that stretched across the globe, targeting the emails of Ukrainian officers, Russian opposition figures, U.S. defense …
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Social media firms urged to do more to combat ‘start of cyberwarfare’
"Lawmakers demanded answers Wednesday from leading social media companies about why they haven’t done more to combat Russian interference on their sites, and said congressional action might be needed …
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DHS is Too Slow to Share Cyber Threat Info, Companies Say
"The Homeland Security Department should speed up how quickly it shares information about cyber and physical threats facing critical infrastructure sectors, according to half the respondents in a …
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NotPetya Attack Had Significant Impact on Merck Revenue
"American pharmaceutical giant Merck reported last week that the recent NotPetya malware attack caused losses of hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. The company’s financial results for the …
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The cyber paradox: Reliance on new tech can quickly become a weakness
"The cyber paradox: As connecting devices has created awareness and speed, denial to those processes can create chaos." Source: The cyber paradox: Reliance on new tech can quickly become a weakness …
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