The Cybersecurity (CS) Digest is a curated bi-weekly news summary for cybersecurity professionals. It is transmitted in an HTML-formatted email and provides links to articles and news summaries across a spectrum of cybersecurity topics.

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Register for CSIAC Webinar, Wednesday, July 24 @ 1:00 pm EDT: DreamPort: The USCYBERCOM Mission Accelerator - CSIAC

DreamPort is a cyber innovation, collaboration, and prototyping facility located in Columbia, MD. It was created by the U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) through a Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) awarded to the Maryland Innovation and Security Institute (MISI) in May 2018. DreamPort is designed as an open facility which enables collaboration between federal and private sector cybersecurity experts. It provides an environment where entrepreneurs, nontraditional companies, small businesses and academics can present and develop innovative new technologies that could be useful to federal cyber warriors, in an unclassified way. DreamPort hosts and conducts rapid prototyping events (RPEs) where multiple teams or companies are selected to work on solving a specific challenge problem.
Tags: CSIAC Webinar, USCYBERCOM

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OpenAI Forms Exclusive Computing Partnership with Microsoft to Build New Azure AI Supercomputing Technologies. - Microsoft

Multiyear partnership founded on shared values of trustworthiness and empowerment, and an investment of $1 billion from Microsoft, will focus on building a platform that OpenAI will use to create new AI technologies and deliver on the promise of artificial general intelligence.
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Microsoft, OpenAI

Hackers Breach 62 US Colleges by Allegedly Exploiting Ellucian Banner Web flaw - Security Affairs

Hackers breached at least 62 college and university networks exploiting a flaw in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor, a module of the Ellucian Banner ERP.
Tags: CVE-2019-8978, Vulnerability

Fake Office 365 Site Pushes Trickbot Trojan as Browser Update - Bleeping Computer

Attackers have created a fake Office 365 site that is distributing the TrickBot password-stealing Trojan disguised as Chrome and Firefox browser updates.
Tags: Malware, Trickbot

Equifax Agrees to Settlement of Up to $700 Million Over 2017 Data Breach - The Verge

Equifax has agreed to a settlement over its 2017 data breach that saw as many as 147 million people's personal information, including names, birth dates, addresses, and social security numbers, exposed by the company.
Tags: Data Breach, Equifax

Three Adware Apps Used Clever Tactics to Hide on Android Devices - Tripwire

Researchers detected three apps that leverage clever tactics to hide on Android devices so that they can display adware to users.
Tags: Adware Apps, Mobile Security

The Army Wants Better Cyber Defense in 4 Areas - Fifth Domain

The Army's research and development community is looking for contractor information in developing state-of-the-art cyber defenses that can improve decision-making across the battlefield.
Tags: Cyber Defense, U.S. Army

When it Comes to Cybersecurity, the Federal Government is Nowhere to be Found - Cyber Scoop

To no one's surprise, lots of big challenges chronically plague the cybersecurity world. But the biggest headache of all may be the relative inaction of the federal government, which unlike some other advanced nations simply isn't doing its part.
Tags: Cybersecurity Risks, U.S. Government

Iranian Hackers Use New Malware in Recent Attacks - Security Week

The Iran-linked cyber-espionage group OilRig has started using three new malware families in campaigns observed over the past month, FireEye reports.
Tags: Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), Iran, Malware

Remember Stuxnet? You’ll Endure its Hated-by-Critics Sequel if You Don’t Patch Your Holey Siemens Industrial Kit - The Register

Industrial control software vulnerabilities, which would be perfect for next-gen Stuxnet-style worms to exploit, are as prevalent as ever, apparently.
Tags: Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Siemens, Vulnerability

Congressional Pressure Builds for White House to Share Classified Cyber Authorizations - Cyber Scoop

Almost one year after President Donald Trump issued a classified memorandum that has made it easier for the Pentagon to run offense cyber-operations against U.S. adversaries, lawmakers still haven't seen the details of the document, and they want the details from the White House.
Tags: Cyber Legislation, Offensive Operations, White House

Senate Passes King Bill Protecting Energy Grid from Cyber-Attacks - King.Senate.Gov

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), co-chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho).
Tags: Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Engergy Grid, Securing Energy Infrastructure Act

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