Security

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U.S. Dept. of Defense
DoD to Take Over All Security Clearances in Nine Months
realcleardefense.com - Aaron Boyd
The Defense Department and Office of Personnel Management expect to have merged two offices and moved 2,000 federal employees and a 600,000-case …
Border Security
Huckabee Sanders: Trump Understands People Needing A Paycheck More Than Nancy Pelosi Ever Will
realclearpolitics.com - Ian Schwartz
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called it "sad" that Democrats have changed their position on immigration "so much." "The president …
HuffPostadded this to News & Politics
Jared Kushner
Twitter Users Troll Jared Kushner Over Chief Of Staff Report
HuffPost - Lee Moran
"Jared Kushner is more Chief of Stiff than Chief of Staff." President Donald Trump may have added son-in-law and White House adviser Jared Kushner to the shortlist of candidates for his next chief of Twitter
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Cyber-attacks
Chinese Hackers Breach U.S. Navy Contractors
The Wall Street Journal. - Gordon Lubold and Dustin Volz
Review of cyber vulnerability is ordered after intruders gain access to information about military technology WASHINGTON—Chinese hackers are breaching Navy contractors to steal everything from ship-maintenance
TJPSPadded this to Edward Snowden Articles
Authentication
Why companies are moving beyond passwords to outsmart hackers
MarketWatch
Stolen credentials are still the primary reason people get hacked, says Cisco's chief technology officer. Here's how using multi-factor …
The Washington Postadded this to Opinions
Opinion
Build that wall?
The Washington Post - By Letters to the Editor
President Trump is firm on requiring money to build a border wall because, as he said, “the people of this country don’t want criminals and people that have lots of problems and drugs pouring into this
mthungeradded this to Court of Leaves
Cybersecurity
FBI Secretly Collected Data on Aaron Swartz Earlier Than We Thought—in a Case Involving Al Qaeda
Gizmodo - Dell Cameron
Nearly two years before the U.S. government’s first known inquiry into the activities of Reddit co-founder and famed digital activist Aaron Swartz, …
Fox Newsadded this to Politics
Politics
California city councilwoman asks God to 'bless' QAnon conspiracy theory group
Fox News - By
In her farewell address, an outgoing councilwoman in Southern California asked for God’s blessing on her city, country -- and for good measure, online conspiracy group QAnon. “God bless America, God bless
TJPSPadded this to Edward Snowden Articles
Cyber-attacks
Stopping Data Breaches Will Require Help from Governments
Harvard Business Review - Samir C. Jain and Lisa M. Ropple
Not a month goes by without a major corporation suffering a cyber attack. Often state-sponsored, these breaches are insidious, difficult to detect, and may implicate personal information relating to millions
Reuters UK
Intellectual Property
Chinese hackers targeting U.S. Navy contractors with multiple breaches: WSJ
Reuters UK - by Lisa Lambert
FILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer keyboard in this illustration picture February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese hackers have breached U.S. Navy
World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund | WWF Gift Center
worldwildlife.org - gifts.worldwildlife.org
For more than 50 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature. The world’s leading conservation organization, WWF works in 100 countries and …
Motherboardadded this to All Stories
Messaging Apps
Encrypted Messaging App Signal Says It Won’t Comply With Australia’s New Backdoor Bill
VICE - Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Signal joins Apple, Google, Microsoft, and other tech giants who have already condemned and protested the bill. Last week, Australia’s parliament passed a new law that theoretically allows the country’s
Fox News
U.S. Military
US military contractors under cyberattack from China
Fox News
Chinese hackers are targeting and stealing sensitive, classified military secrets from Navy contractors, prompting a government review of American cyber vulnerabilities; State Department correspondent
CJadded this to Privacy and Security
Cybersecurity
Facebook Photo API Bug Exposes Up to 6.8M Users' Private Photos
PCMag - Angela Moscaritolo
Normally, when you give third-party apps permission to access your photos on Facebook, they can only see the images you've shared on your timeline. …
KMadded this to Security Stuff
Cyber-attacks
Safer in the clouds: mitigating security risks in hybrid, multi-cloud environments
techradar.com - By Sachin Sony Cloud services
IBM’s recent acquisition of Red Hat for approximately £23.5bn is part of a mission to create the world’s leading hybrid multi-cloud provider, and is …
KMadded this to Security Stuff
Information Security
2019 Attacker Playbook
darkreading.com
Security pundits predict the ways that cybercriminals, nation-state actors, and other attackers will refine their tactics, techniques, and procedures …
TechSpot
Cyber-attacks
US Navy contractors successfully hacked by China 'more than a handful of times'
TechSpot - Cal Jeffrey
Facepalm: A report out today indicates that the US Navy has been hacked by China several times over the last year and a half. The attackers use tools …
Authentication
How to keep your kids safe on their smartphones
abc7chicago.com - By
You may think you know what's in your child's phone, but keeping up with changing technology is no simple task. The I-Team talked to an expert about …
BBC Newsadded this to World
Satire
How Putin's Russia turned humour into a weapon
bbc.co.uk - By Olga Robinson
In the dying days of the Soviet Union, Russians used humour to escape the bleak reality of economic stagnation, food shortages and long queues. Political satire flourished on TV in the form of latex puppets
CNN
Politics
Trump keeps everyone guessing over shutdown
CNN - By Sarah Westwood and Phil Mattingly, CNN
Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump was scheduled to meet with the head of his legislative team Friday afternoon as lawmakers and aides alike remain in the dark about his thinking heading into a
The San Diego Union-Tribuneadded this to News
San Diego
Angel Mothers urge Democrats to fund border wall
sandiegouniontribune.com - Gustavo Solis
About a dozen border security activists held a press conference in the San Ysidro Port of Entry Friday urging elected officials to avoid a government …
hyflieradded this to Cyber crime
Cybersecurity
The average Cyber Security salary in Canada is now between $80 – $150k
vancouverisawesome.com - V.I.A. Custom Content
As Canada’s tech industry booms, industry professionals are needed more than ever to navigate risks and keep information safe.Cyber Security is …
Alternative Pressadded this to Alternative Press
Social Media
Facebook admits 6 billion users’ private photos accessed by third-party
altpress.com - Maria Serra
In a Facebook blog, the company shared that a bug may have given third-party apps the go ahead to wrongly obtain photos from up to 6.8 million …
MediaPostadded this to Online Video
Privacy
Don't Override State Privacy Laws, Watchdogs Tell Congress
mediapost.com - Wendy Davis
Tech companies and the ad industry are urging Congress to pass a national privacy law that would override laws in individual states, including the …
Axiosadded this to Business
T-Mobile
Report: T-Mobile and Sprint may drop Huawei to get merger approval
Axios - Dan Primack
T-Mobile U.S. and Sprint have agreed to "consider curbing" their use of equipment from China's Huawei Technologies in order to receive national …
Lindsey Graham
Graham 2.0: Dig In On The Border Wall Funding, Mr. President
townhall.com - Matt Vespa
He may have been part of the Gang of Eight, but Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) transformation under the Trump White House has been…tremendous. He’s a …
Atlanta Black Staradded this to ABS Entertainment
Gated Communities
T.I.'s Pays Small Fine to Settle Security Guard Assault Case
atlantablackstar.com - Daryl Nelson
The case of T.I. and the security guard has officially been closed after the rapper paid a small fine. Back in May, Tip was arrested for public …
Social Media
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
seattlepi.com - www.seattlepi.com
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared …
CBC Newsadded this to Politics
Elections
Procurement official suspended days after his name went public, Vice-Admiral Norman's trial hears
cbc.ca - Murray Brewster
The federal procurement official named in court proceedings against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was suspended without pay only days after his name went …
San Antonio
Deportations under Trump are on the rise, but still lower than Obama's, ICE report shows
mysanantonio.com - Lindsey Bever and Deanna Paul, The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - Amid President Donald Trump's push for tighter immigration policies, the United States deported more than 256,000 illegal immigrants in …