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• Former Dyn exec spins up IoT security startup to avoid the next Mirai (cyberscoop.com)
  Minim is a platform that fingerprints and monitors IoT devices in the home, specifically for threats and vulnerabilities that make attacks…
• FCC abandons plans for rules on IoT cybersecurity (cyberscoop.com)
  Following the shock election result, the FCC has put on hold proposed new rules to ensure the security of connected devices in the internet…
• Pentagon's latest bug bounty program pays out $80,000 (cyberscoop.com)
  The highest bounty was $5,000 paid out eight times.
• DHS: 'Nefarious actors' could be exploiting SS7 flaw (cyberscoop.com)
  The Department of Homeland Security has received reports that “nefarious actors” may be exploiting cellular communication vulnerabilities t…
• Senators urge John Bolton to reinstate NSC cyber position (cyberscoop.com)
  Nineteen Democratic senators called on the Trump administration to reinstate the White House’s top cybersecurity post, which it removed ear…
• Chinese researchers warn blockchain company EOS about 'epic' vulnerability in soon-to-launch (cyberscoop.com)
  The vulnerability reportedly could have compromised the whole network.
• The U.S. military combined cyber and kinetic operations to hunt down ISIS last year, general says (cyberscoop.com)
  Last week, the former commander of the anti-ISIS coalition discussed an operation in which U.S. forces and allies successfully used offensi…
• House defense bill would usher in cybersecurity changes at DOD (cyberscoop.com)
  The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a defense policy bill with several cybersecurity measures aimed at better se…
• OMB slams agencies on cyber risk, calls for 'bold' new approaches (cyberscoop.com)
  Nearly three quarters of 96 agencies reviewed by federal officials have cybersecurity programs that are either “at risk” or at “high risk."
• Apple reports spike in national security requests amid promises of more transparency (cyberscoop.com)
  The number of U.S. national security-related data requests to Apple Inc. more than doubled last year, according to a biannual transparency…
• In the dark about the FBI's 'going dark' problem (cyberscoop.com)
  Former U.S. official Ari Schwartz asks how could encryption statistics repeatedly cited by the the FBI be so wrong for so long?
• Lawsuit pushes Georgia to dump paperless voting machines by November (cyberscoop.com)
  Just use paper, the plaintiffs say.
• Hackers behind Trisis are attacking U.S. industrial companies, new research claims (cyberscoop.com)
  Researchers say that the same sophisticated group, known as "Xenotime," is behind last year's Trisis incident in Saudi Arabia.
• Encryption advocates rip FBI over inflated encrypted device statistics (cyberscoop.com)
  Sen. Ron Wyden sent a strongly worded letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, voicing concern that the FBI “repeatedly misled” the public…
• Facebook no longer requires phone numbers for multi-factor authentication (cyberscoop.com)
  Facebook updated its multi-factor authentication options, no longer requiring a phone number to use the service to sign into the company's…
• No one is updating their Android devices, new data shows (cyberscoop.com)
  Duo Security released a study Wednesday finding 90 percent of over 10.7 million Android devices are running outdated versions of the operat…
• U.K. attorney general: Allies must collaborate on attribution of international cyberattacks (cyberscoop.com)
  The U.K. and its allies should make attribution a priority, the country's attorney general argues.
• Lack of cooperation between contractors creates lasting cybersecurity vulnerabilities for DoD (cyberscoop.com)
  Col. Tim Brooks, the mission assurance division chief in the Department of Army Management Office, said a lack of dialogue between contract…
• DHS's Manfra calls for U.S. to be more of a global leader on cybersecurity (cyberscoop.com)
  Jeanette Manfra called on the U.S. government to robustly engage on global cyber policy issues during Tuesday's Security Through Innovation…
• Pentagon's websites need better security, Wyden says (cyberscoop.com)
  Wyden warns that neglecting the security of public-facing DOD websites could embolden cybercriminals and state-backed hackers.
• McAfee CEO 'cautiously optimistic' on companies' ability to handle GDPR (cyberscoop.com)
  Christopher Young sees organizations working diligently to comply with the European rules, but there's only so much they can do ahead of th…
• YubiKey hardware keys will now work with iOS (cyberscoop.com)
  Yubico announced on Tuesday a software development kit for iOS, allowing app developers to integrate the hardware key's NFC authentication…
• Jenovice Cyber Labs is ready to sell you citywide surveillance (cyberscoop.com)
  Israeli company Jenovice Cyber Labs is poised to launch new products that monitor everything from prisons to heavily populated areas.
• Potential Trump deal to ease sanctions on China's ZTE riles Congress (cyberscoop.com)
  New legislation and harsh words have met reports of a Trump-Xi deal that would lift penalties against ZTE.
• Hackers steal PII and payment info of thousands of California residents in company breach (cyberscoop.com)
  The Social Security numbers and payment information of 5,678 California residents may be at risk.
• A stolen Trump-Duterte transcript appears to be just one part of a larger hacking story (cyberscoop.com)
  Sensitive Philippine government documents acquired by a hacker group with suspected ties to the Vietnamese government have been floating on…
• Iranian hackers heisted U.S. defense software for clients blocked by sanctions, indictment says (cyberscoop.com)
  A group of Iranian hackers broke into multiple U.S. defense contractors in order to steal intellectual property and other businesses inform…
• Newly uncovered Iranian hacking group targeted energy, aerospace firms to steal secrets (cyberscoop.com)
  Wednesday's report by FireEye offers the first documented activity of the group, researchers say.
• How China's SSF is being built to supersede its U.S. military counterpart (cyberscoop.com)
  China’s rival to U.S. Cyber Command, the ambiguously named Strategic Support Force, is quietly growing at a time when the country’s sizable…
• Cybersecurity stocks soar after Equifax hack (cyberscoop.com)
  Publicly traded cybersecurity brands like FireEye ($FEYE), Palo Alto Networks ($PANW), Fortinet ($FTNT), CyberArk ($CYBR) and Symantec ($SY…
• FedEx attributes $300 million loss to NotPetya ransomware attack (cyberscoop.com)
  FedEx reported an estimated $300 million loss in its first quarter earnings report Tuesday, attributing the loss mostly to a computer virus…
• FBI's recruitment strategy for cybersecurity pros starts early, focuses on high school (cyberscoop.com)
  "What we want to do is get to these kids in high school, get them into STEM programs and then we want to get them into colleges and univers…
• Rudy Giuliani has had virtually no input on U.S. cybersecurity policy (cyberscoop.com)
  Giuliani's so-called "cyber working group," a vague advisory committee officially announced by Trump's presidential transition team in earl…
• A top DOJ official is calling for 'responsible' encryption from Silicon Valley (cyberscoop.com)
  Privacy and security advocates say that making such a compromise would effectively weaken encryption technology writ large because it would…
• FBI warns InfraGard members of 'malicious,' copy cat website (cyberscoop.com)
  The FBI did not own the InfraGard.com domain, and a squatter was letting people submit login credentials.
• Ransomware attacks are rarely being reported to the FBI, new data shows (cyberscoop.com)
  An absurdly small number of companies affected by ransomware reported the incidents to the feds last year, newly released FBI data shows.
• FBI issues flash alert on Apache Struts vulnerability (cyberscoop.com)
  A FBI flash alert obtained by CyberScoop shows the FBI is pushing the private sector to close the vulnerability linked to the massive data…
• ODNI holds classified briefings on election security for all 50 states (cyberscoop.com)
  The briefings will include officials from all 50 states for a "one-time limited read-in", despite that not all state election officials hav…
• After global FBI hacking operation, admin of dark web’s largest child porn site sentenced to 20 (cyberscoop.com)
  One piece of a controversial FBI hacking operation ends with a 20 year sentence for the accused.
• EFF sues DOJ for information about alleged FBI-Geek Squad program (cyberscoop.com)
  The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Justice Wednesday after a months-lo…
• 'TeleGrab' malware again shows how hackers can evade encryption to read private messages (cyberscoop.com)
  Talos says the malware "should be considered a wake up call to encrypted messaging systems users."
• John Bolton officially kills the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator position (cyberscoop.com)
  The National Security Council has officially decided to eliminate the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator role, a current U.S. official t…
• Tanium gets $5 billion valuation after $175 million investment (cyberscoop.com)
  The new funding reinforces Tanium’s position the most well-funded cybersecurity startup.
• LocationSmart bug allowed for leak of location data for nearly any U.S. phone (cyberscoop.com)
  Anyone could have tracked almost anyone's phone in the U.S.
• Cisco fixes critical ‘DNA’ software flaws (cyberscoop.com)
  IT giant Cisco this week released patches for three critical vulnerabilities in its enterprise networking software, two of which could allo…
• Accused 'Dark Overlord' hacker arrested in Serbia (cyberscoop.com)
  Serbian police announced Wednesday they had arrested a man who is accused of having tied to the hacking syndicate known "The Dark Overlord."
• 'TheDarkOverlord' shrugs shoulders over Serbian man's arrest (cyberscoop.com)
  A representative of 'TheDarkOverlord' hacking group claims the man arrested in Serbia meants nothing and it won’t stop their attacks.
• Lawmakers introduce bill to save top White House cyber job after Bolton eliminated it (cyberscoop.com)
  House Democrats on Tuesday introduced legislation to codify a top cybersecurity position at the White House following National Security Adv…
• Election day website crash in Knox County coincided with more direct hack, report says (cyberscoop.com)
  Officials and investigators are not sure if the crash resulted from traffic overload, the hack or both.
• Dutch ditch Kaspersky on fears of Russian government influence (cyberscoop.com)
  The Dutch government announced it will end use of Kaspersky Lab's anti-virus software, citing the firm's alleged ties to the Russian govern…