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FEC: Campaigns Can Use Discounted Cybersecurity Services

FEC: Campaigns Can Use Discounted Cybersecurity Services

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The U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) said today companies can offer discounted cybersecurity services to political campaigns without running afoul of existing campaign finance laws, provided they already do the same for ...
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Report: No ‘Eternal Blue’ Exploit Found in Baltimore City Ransomware

Report: No ‘Eternal Blue’ Exploit Found in Baltimore City Ransomware

| | A Little Sunshine, Armor, Eternal Blue, gandcrab, Joe Stewart, Microsoft Windows, National Security Agency, PCRisk.com, Robbinhood ransomware, robinhkjn, The New York Times, Twitter, Valery
For almost the past month, key computer systems serving the government of Baltimore, Md. have been held hostage by a ransomware strain known as "Robbinhood." Media publications have cited sources saying the ...
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10/1/18: Dtex, Insider Threat, Privacy News: Welcome to Cybersecurity Awareness Month! CEO Christy Wyatt Reveals Trusted Insider Strategy, Provides How To for Insider Negligence; Five Years Post Snowden, NSA Insiders Still Removing Classified Data

10/1/18: Dtex, Insider Threat, Privacy News: Welcome to Cybersecurity Awareness Month! CEO Christy Wyatt Reveals Trusted Insider Strategy, Provides How To for Insider Negligence; Five Years Post Snowden, NSA Insiders Still Removing Classified Data

| | Ars Technica, ChristyWyatt, Cybersecurity Awareness Month, DHS, DOJ, Dtex, facebook, FBI, Forrester, Infosecurity Magazine, insider threat, Nghia Hoang Pho, nsa, SecurityWeek, The New York Times, Trusted Insider
Welcome to Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Every year the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) uses October to highlight awareness for the importance of cybersecurity. The collaborative effort between the public and ...
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8/27/19 – Dtex, Insider Threat, Privacy News: Microsoft APT28 Shut Downs Highlight Insider Threat Risks, Tech Heavyweights Seek to Sidestep California Privacy Law

| | APT28, California Consumer Privacy Act, Cecilia Kang, Christy Wyatt, Cybersecurity, Dtex, facebook, Fancy Bear, GDPR, google, Harris Poll, IBM, insider threat, Microsoft, Privacy, Russia, Strontium, The New York Times
Last week, Microsoft reported that it detected six internet domains that were set up by cyberattack groups associated with the Russian government. According to Microsoft: Last Week, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) ...
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Supreme Court: Police Need Warrant for Mobile Location Data

Supreme Court: Police Need Warrant for Mobile Location Data

| | 4th Amendment, A Little Sunshine, Amy Howe, ATT, Carpenter v United States, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Jennifer Lynch, LocationSmart, SCOTUSblog.com, Securus Technologies, Sprint, T-Mobile, The Coming Storm, The New York Times, U.S. Supreme Court, verizon
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the government needs to obtain a court-ordered warrant to gather location data on mobile device users. The decision is a major development for privacy rights, ...
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Why Is Your Location Data No Longer Private?

Why Is Your Location Data No Longer Private?

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The past month has seen one blockbuster revelation after another about how our mobile phone and broadband providers have been leaking highly sensitive customer information, including real-time location data and customer account ...
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