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• Senate hearing presses DHS for details on election security progress (cyberscoop.com)
  Much of the hearing focused on the increasingly close relationship between DHS and the state and local offices that run elections.
• Netflix launches a public bug bounty program (cyberscoop.com)
  Netflix announced a public bug bounty program through Bugcrowd on Thursday, the latest win for an industry and a company that's growing at…
• Kaspersky's 'Slingshot' report burned an ISIS-focused intelligence operation (cyberscoop.com)
  CyberScoop has learned that Kaspersky's 'Slingshot' is an active, U.S.-led counterterrorism cyber-espionage operation used to target ISIS a…
• Ransomware attacks quadrupled in Q1 2016 (cyberscoop.com)
  Ransomware has taken off in 2016, already eclipsing the number of attacks observed in a recently published threat report from Symantec.
• Google's director of information security engineering is leaving the company (cyberscoop.com)
  Michał Zalewski, Google's director of information security engineering for the past 11 years, is leaving the California-based tech giant.
• Google Cloud gains federal certification, adds a suite of new security features (cyberscoop.com)
  Google's authority to operate means it can now compete for Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's biggest cloud customer: The U.S. government.
• After a long fight, Raytheon wins $1 billion cybersecurity contract with Homeland Security (cyberscoop.com)
  EINSTEIN is a DHS tool defending and providing situational awareness to federal networks.
• Report: Kaspersky Lab to open new data center in Switzerland to curb espionage suspicions (cyberscoop.com)
  It's not clear whether the Kremlin will accept the Moscow-based company's decision to build the facility outside Russia.
• NIST cybersecurity guide update provides advice for securing legacy IT systems (cyberscoop.com)
  Volume two of NIST's SP-800-160, released Wednesday, focuses on cyber resilience engineering for older, legacy IT systems.
• Spending bill will offer $380M for election cybersecurity improvements (cyberscoop.com)
  The Omnibus spending bill that's set to be released at noon today will bring about $380 million worth of new spending for a novel Election…
• Domino's recipe for good enterprise cybersecurity (cyberscoop.com)
  John Gift, director of information security at Domino’s Pizza, on what makes the company a great place for cybersecurity professionals.
• Alex Stamos, Facebook CISO, to leave the company (cyberscoop.com)
  Facebook CISO Alex Stamos is leaving after a fight among executives over how Facebook should deal with disinformation and propaganda on the…
• Information sharing on election security is getting better, officials say (cyberscoop.com)
  Federal, state and local officials who oversee election infrastructure are optimistic about sharing info needed to protect elections from m…
• Chinese hacking group resurfaces to spy on U.S. maritime firms (cyberscoop.com)
  Researchers say they've noticed an uptick in Chinese hacking activity aimed at a mix of U.S. maritime, engineering and defense companies.
• The NSA has been tracking bitcoin users since 2013 (cyberscoop.com)
  The NSA reportedly tracked bitcoin users by collecting information from their computers, including passwords, internet activity and other u…
• EU vulnerability disclosure rules need to be standardized, say experts (cyberscoop.com)
  Cybersecurity researchers in the European Union need legal clarity across its 28 member states if they are to hunt for software vulnerabili…
• Election infrastructure ISAC created to share voting-related threats (cyberscoop.com)
  The center giving the nation's 8,800 state and local jurisdictions a venue to share information about cyberthreats and vulnerabilities.
• Senators urge global action on cyber bank robbers (cyberscoop.com)
  U.S. President Barack Obama should raise the issue of online bank robberies and other cyberattacks on the worldwide financial system at the…
• Spooked by election hacking, states are moving to paper ballots (cyberscoop.com)
  Hacking fears are now pushing an increasing number of states toward a return to the basics, finding ways to implement paper ballots.
• White House sanctions Russia over attempts to hack energy grid, NotPetya (cyberscoop.com)
  The Trump administration announced Thursday sanctions against Russia for a multitude of actions, including meddling in the 2016 presidentia…
• Palo Alto Networks to acquire Evident.io for $300 million (cyberscoop.com)
  Palo Alto Networks is acquiring cloud security compliance company Evident.io for $300 million, the two California-based companies announced…
• Kaspersky uncovers sophisticated cyber-espionage operation across Africa and Middle East (cyberscoop.com)
  Kaspersky says the threat is likely the work of a nation-state.
• Want to reduce cybercrime? Undermine black market, watch cryptocurrency exchanges, experts say (cyberscoop.com)
  Lawmakers want to know how to crack down on the monetization of stolen data.
• Behavioral analytics firm BioCatch raises $30 million to expand product (cyberscoop.com)
  BioCatch announced a $30 million funding round Monday, with plans to boost its platform that relies on behavioral analytics to detect fraud.
• FBI's Christopher Wray thinks this company found an answer to 'Going Dark' (cyberscoop.com)
  The FBI director specifically named Palo Alto, Calif.-based Symphony as an example for how other technology companies could one day work wi…
• GAO dings DHS for failing to share info on cybersecurity workforce efforts (cyberscoop.com)
  Among the many things DHS is required to report on is its cybersecurity workforce challenges. Yet, according to GAO, it has failed to do so.
• ISPs inside Turkey and Egypt spread FinFisher spyware in massive espionage campaign (cyberscoop.com)
  New research by human rights advocacy organization Citizen Lab shows how products made by two Western technology contractors facilitated na…
• China's vulnerability database is being doctored by its intel agencies (cyberscoop.com)
  Chinese officials are doctoring initial vulnerability publication dates in what appears to be a sloppy cover-up of the facts.
• Senate panel gives go-ahead to bill that would hit reset on DHS (cyberscoop.com)
  Congress is moving forward to reauthorize DHS for the first time since its creation and establish a permanent, dedicated cyber office withi…
• Netsparker gets $40 million to grow its security scanner business (cyberscoop.com)
  London-based Netsparker announced Thursday it has secured $40 million in private funding from San Francisco-based private equity firm Turn/…
• Voting machine manufacturers get requests for info over Russian source code review (cyberscoop.com)
  Two Democratic senators sent a letter to U.S. voting machine manufacturers asking the companies if they allow Russian entities to review th…
• Bipartisan bill calls for more coordination between federal, state officials on election (cyberscoop.com)
  Sens. James Lankford and Amy Klobuchar said that action on the legislation needs to come sooner, rather than later, given what federal offi…
• Senators introduce election cybersecurity bill to improve information sharing (cyberscoop.com)
  Two Senators on the Intelligence Committee introduced a bill that would let states receive classified information about election threats an…
• Bitcoin hype pushes hackers to lesser-known cryptocurrencies (cyberscoop.com)
  While mainstream interest in bitcoin grows, cryptocurrencies like Monero, Dash and ZCash are all the rage in the criminal underground.
• 'Chafer' hacking group using leaked NSA hacking tools (cyberscoop.com)
  Most of the tools used by Chafer, including SMB hacking tools like EternalBlue, were stolen from the NSA and are freely available on the pu…
• Hackers linked to Lebanese government caught in global cyber-espionage operation (cyberscoop.com)
  The General Directorate of General Security, a Lebanese intelligence agency, has been tied to a mobile hacking operation discovered by rese…
• While U.S. ponders response to Russia, agencies' hands are tied in cyberspace, intelligence chief (cyberscoop.com)
  After being repetitively criticized for not taking action, the head of the intelligence community complained that a lack of policy had stif…
• New DHS Russian hacking report was designed for RSA crowds (cyberscoop.com)
  The Homeland Security Department quietly released a second technical report about Russian hacking, Friday, adding significant detail to a p…
• Cybersecurity companies sometimes wreck FBI investigations. Here's how. (cyberscoop.com)
  Publishing research can boost a cybersecurity firm's reputation but muddle the hard work of federal law enforcement agencies — and the prob…
• North Korean hackers turn focus to cryptocurrency, point-of-sale systems during holiday season (cyberscoop.com)
  RiskIQ and Proofpoint's findings reveal not only newly discovered, highly sophisticated tactics and capabilities held by North Korea's Laza…
• HackerOne raises $40 million in Series C round (cyberscoop.com)
  HackerOne announced Wednesday a $40 million Series C financing round, bringing total investment in the San Francisco-based company to $74 m…
• Pentagon hackers-for-hire take just 4 hours to find critical vulnerability in sensitive system (cyberscoop.com)
  The Pentagon's cybersecurity swat team has hosted highly-publicized challenges to find flaws in department and military branch websites, bu…
• U.S. Army will soon be hacked by freelance security researchers (cyberscoop.com)
  Following the successful implementation of a similar program aimed at the Pentagon earlier this year, the U.S. Army announced plans to laun…
• Three's a crowd: Popular bug bounty companies are growing at an insane rate (cyberscoop.com)
  Although each firm follows a slightly different model, it's becoming what's working for bug bounty companies.
• HackerOne goes all pro-bono on open source (cyberscoop.com)
  Eligible open source projects will receive HackerOne's Professional service for free.
• Google boosts top bug bounties payments 50 percent (cyberscoop.com)
  Google, Inc. is increasing the bounties it pays independent researchers for finding the most serious kinds of security flaws and vulnerabil…
• U.S. CISO wants to lean on freelance hackers to improve .gov security (cyberscoop.com)
  The U.S.’ first Chief Information Security Officer outlined a series of strategic plans he hopes to execute during his tenure, including th…
• Bugcrowd raises $26 million in latest funding round (cyberscoop.com)
  The San Francisco company has seen consistent growth as a bug bounty platform since its inception in 2012.
• Google paid $2.9 million in bug bounties in 2017 (cyberscoop.com)
  Google is also expanding the Google Play Security Reward Program to include remote code executions on popular apps. Rewards range from $1,0…
• Researchers uncover 4G LTE exploits that can be used to spy, spoof and cause panic (cyberscoop.com)
  Exploits include the ability to spoof or track a victim device’s location, intercept phone calls and messages and even inject fake emergenc…