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Making a Ransomware Payment? It May Now Violate U.S. Sanctions

Posted: 12/11/2018 | Leave a Comment

Thinking about making a ransomware payment? If so, you may want to think twice before doing so as it could land you in trouble for violating U.S. government sanctions.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/making-a-ransomware-payment-it-may-now-violate-us-sanctions/

US Bans Exports to Chinese DRAM Maker Citing National Security Risk

Posted: 10/30/2018 | Leave a Comment

The Trump administration on Monday announced it was banning US exports to a Chinese semiconductor firm named Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Company, Ltd., citing national security concerns.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-bans-exports-to-chinese-dram-maker-citing-national-security/

House Panel Takes up Slate of DHS Cyber, Tech Bills

Posted: 09/18/2018 | Leave a Comment

The House Homeland Security Committee is expected to advance a series of bills that will impact DHS operations and infrastructure on topics ranging from bug bounties to drones.

https://fcw.com/articles/2018/09/12/house-homeland-markup-rockwell.aspx?admgarea=TC_Security

3-D Printed Gun Blueprints Are Back, and Only New Laws Can Stop Them

Posted: 09/04/2018 | Leave a Comment

Attorneys general from 20 states celebrated on Monday when a district court judge in Seattle extended an injunction against the sharing of 3-D printed gun blueprints online. But their victory lap was short-lived. On Tuesday afternoon, Cody Wilson, founder of the open-source gun-printing advocacy group Defense Distributed, announced he would begin selling the

https://www.wired.com/story/3-d-printed-gun-blueprints-return-laws-injunction/

NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act Becomes Law

Posted: 08/21/2018 | Leave a Comment

U.S. President Donald Trump signed the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act, S. 770 (formerly known as the MAIN STREET Cybersecurity Act) into law on Tuesday (August 14, 2018). It requires NIST to "disseminate clear and concise resources to help small business concerns identify, assess, manage, and reduce their cybersecurity risks."

https://www.securityweek.com/nist-small-business-cybersecurity-act-becomes-law

Number of Third-Party Cookies on EU News Sites Dropped by 22% Post-GDPR

Posted: 08/21/2018 | Leave a Comment

The number of tracking cookies on EU news sites has gone down by 22% according to a report by the Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford, who looked at cookie usage across EU news sites in two phases, in April 2018 and July 2018, pre and post the introduction of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/number-of-third-party-cookies-on-eu-news-sites-dropped-by-22-percent-post-gdpr/

The Cybersecurity 202: Sen. Whitehouse Says Congress Should Consider Letting Companies ‘Hack Back’ After Cyberattacks

Posted: 08/21/2018 | Leave a Comment

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) will use a congressional hearing on cybersecurity today to float an idea that's controversial among security experts: "hacking back" against digital adversaries after a cyberattack.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2018/08/21/the-cybersecurity-202-sen-whitehouse-says-congress-should-consider-letting-companies-hack-back-after-cyberattacks/5b7af0301b326b7234392a63/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.007f7e0bdc8a

U.S. Congress Passes Bill Forcing Tech Companies to Disclose Foreign Software Probes

Posted: 08/07/2018 | Leave a Comment

The U.S. Congress is sending President Donald Trump legislation that would force technology companies to disclose if they allowed countries like China and Russia to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-software-cyber/congress-passes-bill-forcing-tech-companies-to-disclose-foreign-software-probes-idUSKBN1KM6A8

Europe Hits Google With Record $5 Billion Antitrust Fine, Appeal Ahead

Posted: 07/24/2018 | Leave a Comment

European antitrust regulators fined Google a record 4.34 billion euro ($5 billion) on Wednesday and ordered it to stop using its popular Android mobile operating system to block rivals, a ruling which the U.S. tech company said it would appeal.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-eu-google-antitrust/europe-hits-google-with-record-5-billion-antitrust-fine-appeal-ahead-idUKKBN1K80U8

FBI Director: Without Compromise on Encryption, Legislation May be the ‘Remedy’

Posted: 07/24/2018 | Leave a Comment

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday that unless the U.S. government and private industry are able to come to a compromise on the issue of default encryption on consumer devices, legislation may be how the debate is ultimately decided.

https://www.cyberscoop.com/fbi-director-without-compromise-encryption-legislation-may-remedy/

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