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• OXO breach shows Magecart continues to wreak havoc (cyberscoop.com)
  OXO's parent company has had to issue data breach notification letters multiple times in the past few months, after finding Magecart on its…
• Hal Martin's defense says prosecutors have yet to provide essential evidence (cyberscoop.com)
  The former NSA contractor's lawyers say they can't properly defend him against charges of stealing government material unless they are give…
• What we've learned about arrested NSA contractor Harold Martin (cyberscoop.com)
  The man arrested by the FBI in connection with elite hacking tools being publicly leaked was found with a massive library of government dat…
• Report: NSA contractor allegedly stole armory of elite hacking tools (cyberscoop.com)
  Harold Martin reportedly compromised more than 75 percent of hacking tools that were stored in a secretive library used by the NSA’s elite…
• Shadow Brokers grow increasingly aggressive, threaten to dox former U.S. spy (cyberscoop.com)
  In a post on social media publishing site Steemit, the group also hinted at being in possession of FBI hacking tools.
• Case against alleged hoarder of NSA documents gets tougher for federal prosecutors (cyberscoop.com)
  Prosecutors may be facing an uphill battle in their case against a former NSA contractor who was hoarding classified information in his Mar…
• Arrested German hacker confesses to leaking politicians' information, report says (cyberscoop.com)
  Germany’s federal criminal police, known as the BKA, said they searched the suspected hacker's home on Sunday, confiscating his computer an…
• Comcast launches subscription Wi-Fi security service (cyberscoop.com)
  The add-on subscription is mean to monitor and blocks suspicious activity on all home devices.
• Flaw in Guardzilla home security devices allows outsiders to view stored video (cyberscoop.com)
  Guardzilla’s indoor wireless security system, the GZ501W, contains hardcoded security keys rendered vulnerable by an outdated algorithm tha…
• Open-source tool aims to curb BGP hijacking amid Chinese espionage concerns (cyberscoop.com)
  Perhaps the best known example of BGP hijacking occurred in November when millions of IP addresses aimed at Google were instead sent to a s…
• BevMo payment breach affects thousands, with researchers pointing to Magecart (cyberscoop.com)
  The company says hackers ran malicious script on its website that was able to skim payment information for nearly two months.
• Hackers steal data on 1,000 North Korean defectors, jeopardizing their safety (cyberscoop.com)
  South Korean officials say the data was exposed as a result of a malware infection at a defector resettlement agency.
• FBI warning calls attention to highly vulnerable building systems (cyberscoop.com)
  The port in question – port 1911 – is serving up building-network information on the internet that could be of use to hackers.
• German investigators question teenager, search residence, as breach probe continues (cyberscoop.com)
  Jan Schürlein, a 19-year-old IT developer, says he is being treated as a "witness" in the investigation into the breach, which exposed info…
• The Dark Overlord releases first batch of hacked '9/11 Files' in effort to raise bitcoin (cyberscoop.com)
  This slow-leak approach is consistent with the group’s strategy of creating public attention about their supposed hacks.
• Germany sought NSA help after breach exposed lawmakers' data (cyberscoop.com)
  German security officials contacted the National Security Agency following a data breach that resulted in private data about many German po…
• Warner, Rubio introduce bill to protect U.S. from supply chain security issues (cyberscoop.com)
  The proposed bill comes as the government increases pressure on China for allegedly using its corporate presence in the U.S. to steal intel…
• Marriott breach: 25 million passport numbers, some unencrypted, taken in massive hack (cyberscoop.com)
  Marriott International said Friday that 383 million customer records were stolen in a data breach last month, down from the hotel chain’s o…
• Democrats' massive House bill to include election security measures (cyberscoop.com)
  H.R. 1, known as the “For the People Act,” would require states to replace paperless voting systems, create grants to help states audit the…
• Vast breach exposes German politicians’ personal data (cyberscoop.com)
  It's unclear if hacking was the cause, but data security is already a critical national issue in Germany.
• Cutely named apps siphon user data from phones (cyberscoop.com)
  Here's a reminder of the ease with which crooks can hide their malware in popular app hubs.
• Meet the 2018 Leet List (cyberscoop.com)
  The all-encompassing, ever-changing facets of cybersecurity have inspired CyberScoop to create the Leet List.
• Health agency looks to bolster cybersecurity with new guidelines for industry (cyberscoop.com)
  The Department of Health and Human Services has released voluntary cybersecurity guidelines for health care professionals.
• Too soon to attribute cyberattack that disrupted U.S. newspapers, researchers say (cyberscoop.com)
  It’s too soon to tell whether North Korean hackers were responsible for a cyberattack that prevented multiple U.S. newspapers from deliveri…
• Microsoft hopes crowdsourced A.I. algorithms will help avoid the next global cyberattack (cyberscoop.com)
  Help Windows fix itself.
• Caribou Coffee reports data breach including payment information at 265 stores (cyberscoop.com)
  Hackers may have had access to customer payment data for more than three months.
• U.S. indicts China-linked APT10 over rampant hacks of U.S. organizations (cyberscoop.com)
  The campaign, allegedly run by Chinese intelligence, targeted more than 45 companies in a dozen countries, according to the Department of J…
• Lawmakers ask DHS to take action on pipeline cybersecurity (cyberscoop.com)
  Operators of the nation’s 2.7 million miles of pipelines have grappled with cybersecurity risk as their infrastructure becomes more digitiz…
• Cybersecurity firm Area 1 defends pointing finger at China over European cables hack (cyberscoop.com)
  The research has reignited a debate about attribution in infosec.
• Zebrocy, linked to APT28, being developed in multiple programming languages (cyberscoop.com)
  An elite hacking group is creating multiple versions of one of its go-to malicious tools in an apparent attempt to make its activity harder…
• Twitter detects possible state-sponsored activity from China, Saudi Arabia (cyberscoop.com)
  Twitter’s stock fell 6.8 percent after the disclosure. Possible government hacking only was the the latest problem for the company.
• NASA investigating 'cyber incidents' discovered in October (cyberscoop.com)
  NASA says it was hacked earlier this year, according to a memo sent to employees Tuesday, impacted people who worked there between July 200…
• Cyber Readiness Institute releases guide to help small firms shore up authentication (cyberscoop.com)
  A program led by alumni of President Obama's cybersecurity commission is offering tools and meant to help companies secure their corporate…
• As threats increase, audit finds federal agencies struggle to implement cyber plans (cyberscoop.com)
  “Until agencies more effectively implement the government’s approach and strategy, federal systems will remain at risk,” GAO warned.
• Report: Terrorists are big fans of VPNs (cyberscoop.com)
  Jihadists are increasingly relying on virtual private networks, or VPNs, and proxy services to avoid law enforcement, according to a new re…
• Snowden: U.S. should modernize disclosure process (cyberscoop.com)
  Noted NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden weighed in Monday, calling for the U.S. government to be more proactive when it comes to disclosing…
• How one company lost $40M from an increasing popular email scam (cyberscoop.com)
  Hackers are leveraging a simple yet evidently lucrative form of email spoofing to scam companies out of millions of dollars; making it clea…
• Big tech companies unite to vet vendor cybersecurity (cyberscoop.com)
  Some of the world's largest technology companies, including Uber, AirBnB, Square and Twitter, are joining forces to benchmark the cybersecu…
• Where's Assange? Tech firms are still waiting to receive CIA documents from Wikileaks (cyberscoop.com)
  A cohort of technology firms named in CIA documents that were leaked more than two weeks ago are still waiting to receive important softwar…
• Report: U.S. not responsible for hacking Putin adviser, but emails are legit (cyberscoop.com)
  An Outlook email account supposedly belonging to one of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s top advisers was reportedly breached by a group…
• FBI charges man responsible for HBO data theft (cyberscoop.com)
  The FBI alleges a man stole personal financial information and unreleased television scripts and episodes, including material related to 'G…
• FBI recommends no charges in Clinton email case, mystifying former intelligence officials (cyberscoop.com)
  The FBI's recommendation that presumptive democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton should not face charges in connection with her…
• Russian information ops targeted minorities in 2016 election cycle (cyberscoop.com)
  The reports, released by the Senate Intelligence Committee, represent the most comprehensive independent analysis of the 2016 Russian disin…
• Avanan raises $25 million Series B to secure cloud business apps (cyberscoop.com)
  The platform protects organizations using SaaS services like Slack, G Suite, Office 365 and others by integrating solutions from known secu…
• BlackBerry taking 'balanced' approach to encryption, lawful intercept (cyberscoop.com)
  Company believes in working with law enforcement to make court ordered surveillance of its devices possible, says COO
• House panel: Equifax breach was ‘entirely preventable’ (cyberscoop.com)
  The committee’s 96-page report lays out why the hack has become a case study in failed IT leadership and software patching.
• Seoul claims North Korea stole millions worth of cryptocurrency from domestic exchanges (cyberscoop.com)
  The North is still trying to hack into South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges.
• Equifax, others must secure apps as part of New York settlement (cyberscoop.com)
  The New York AG's office says five company's apps were prone to man-in-the-middle attacks.
• Shamoon malware resurfaces, targeting Italian oil company (cyberscoop.com)
  The Shamoon virus known for the destructive 2012 attack on Saudi Aramco appears to have hit Italian oil and gas company Saipem.
• Misconfigured server exposed half of all Brazilian taxpayer ID numbers, report says (cyberscoop.com)
  A database containing personally identifying information of 120 million Brazilian citizens and residents was accessible on the open web for…