Cyber Security and Information Systems Information Analysis Center
One of the biggest, most complicated projects in the defense industrial base isn't a new weapons system or cloud computing environment. It's the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), which is set to upend how the Department of Defense does business with 300,000 contractors who provide everything from advanced aircraft to the shoelaces in
https://www.fedscoop.com/cmmc-dod-cybersecurity-requirments-contractors-timeline/
Have you ever wondered why online ads appear for things that you were just thinking about?
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/19/oracle-bluekai-web-tracking/
A report released Tuesday found evidence that a Russian disinformation group that targeted the 2016 U.S. presidential election is still active and targeting U.S. officials and other governments.
CAPTCHAs, those puzzles with muffled sounds or blurred or squiggly letters that websites use to filter out bots (often unsuccessfully), have been annoying end users for more than a decade. Now, the challenge-and-response tests are likely to vex targets in malware attacks.
Microsoft has detailed how one sophisticated hacking group is able to get from a cracked cloud password to full control over a network in less than a week.
The National Security Agency updated guidance to help federal agencies choose secure collaboration services, changing its determination of whether a number of products offered end-to-end encryption and other security features.
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/06/nsa-has-new-guidance-teleworking-feds/166269/
Facebook is accused of attempting to bypass Europe's hard-line privacy legislation and access personal data on domain name holders through an obscure policy process with the Whois registry.
https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/23/facebook_gdpr_workaround/
Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) has expanded to non-Windows platforms and is now generally available for enterprise customers using Linux devices and in public preview for those with Android devices.
Hundreds of popular websites now offer some form of multi-factor authentication (MFA), which can help users safeguard access to accounts when their password is breached or stolen. But people who don't take advantage of these added safeguards may find it far more difficult to regain access when their account gets hacked, because increasingly thieves will
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/06/turn-on-mfa-before-crooks-do-it-for-you/
Twitter has disclosed a 'Data Security Incident' that caused the billing information for Twitter advertisers to be stored in the browser's cache. This bug would have allowed other users on the computer to see this data.
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