Wednesday, August 22
TOP STORY
Wired’s Andy Greenberg has a new book about the NotPetya cyberattack, Sandworm. Read the excerpt from the September issue of Wired.
OTHER ARTICLES WE’RE READING
FireEye reports on more social media-driven influence operations as a means of shaping political discourse by suspected Iranian actors.
You won’t know who to trust. David Koff looks at the anatomy of a phishing scam
GitHub Enterprise 2.11.23 is out with a fix for a critical issue reported by #teamSweden at #h1702
Kaspersky reports on the Dark Tequila campaign which targets Mexican users’ financial information
Politico’s Tim Starks has a rundown of FedTalks election security panel and more on The Secure Elections Act, which the Senate Rules Committee has a session on today.
A 17-year old wrote an article in Politico about hacking the election at DEF CON
Change starts from the top: Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus co-founder Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I talked with NextGov about the need for cyber security focused leadership
Oh John. ZDNet: Calling Bitfi unhackable may have been 'unwise' but it was great marketing. Keep an eye out for McAfeExchange, a cryptocurrency exchange unlike any other. Ever.
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