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cybersecurity

Solaire Sanderson

Geek of the Week: Ex-Marine Solaire Sanderson combats new threats in Microsoft’s Cyber Defense Operations Center

As a signals intelligence analyst in the United States Marine Corps, Solaire Sanderson was deployed twice to Afghanistan and had… Read More

Microsoft’s Brad Smith: Tech giants must be the first line of defense in cyberspace arms race

Cyberspace has become our generation’s battlefield, replacing gunfights with hacks, and it’s up to tech companies and governments to come… Read More

Close Encounters

Amazon patents a method for identity authentication that uses music as the key

Amazon’s inventors have come up with a computer-based system that makes use musical transformations to authenticate a whole group of… Read More

Equifax hack, one week later: What really happened, and what you should do to protect yourself

I can tell from the email I’m getting — and, honestly, from friends calling me and even stopping me at… Read More

DNA output

UW scientists demonstrate how evildoers could eventually hack into DNA data

Computer scientists are turning DNA into a new frontier for data storage and information processing, but a team from the… Read More

Microsoft takes aim at hackers with ties to Russia in court battle

For more than a year, Microsoft has been working to shut down the hacking group Fancy Bear, believed to have… Read More

Cybersecurity startup RiskLens raises $5M to help businesses understand the cost of cyber risk

RiskLens, a cybersecurity startup based in Spokane, Wash. that helps businesses understand how much cyberattacks could cost them, has landed… Read More

Microsoft agrees to acquire Hexadite to beef up Windows 10 security automation

Microsoft said it has agreed to acquire Hexadite, a Boston company that automates investigations of cyberattacks and improves defenses in… Read More

Microsoft hit with anti-trust complaint from Russian cybersecurity firm over Windows Defender

Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab said it has filed complaints with regulators in Germany as well as the European Union… Read More

Snooping on snoopers: UW researchers create new system to identify cellular surveillance devices

Security researchers at the University of Washington have developed a system designed to spot anomalies in cell networks that could indicate… Read More

Massive ransomware cyberattack keeps getting worse, reaches 99 countries, using stolen NSA tools to target Microsoft vulnerability

A global cyberattack using ransomware, malicious code that locks down computers and files until users pay a ransom, that began Friday… Read More

White House graphic

Trump signs cybersecurity executive order, mandating a move to cloud computing

President Donald Trump today signed a long-awaited executive order aimed at beefing up cybersecurity at federal government agencies – with a… Read More

Context Relevant changes name to Versive, launches AI-powered enterprise security technology

Context Relevant — a well-funded Seattle-area startup founded in 2012— has been flying under the radar for the past few years… Read More

Former tech adviser to Bill Gates raises $2M for cybersecurity startup that discourages hackers

Cybersecurity company Polyverse has raised $2 million in a new round of funding to continue building out its “moving target… Read More

Cybersecurity startup Critical Informatics raises $3M, hires new CEO and announces plans for Seattle office

Cybersecurity startup Critical Informatics has been busy so far in 2017. The company Wednesday announced a flurry of moves, including… Read More

Assange: WikiLeaks to give tech companies details about CIA hacking practices

Days after it leaked hundreds of files documenting CIA hacking practices, WikiLeaks said it will work with tech companies to… Read More

Here’s how the CIA is hacking smartphones and TVs, according to WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks has begun publishing thousands of documents it claims to have taken from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence. In… Read More

Howard Schmidt, 1949-2017: America’s digital guardian angel led cybersecurity for Microsoft, eBay and two Presidents

Howard Schmidt had an incredible American life. He was cyberczar to two presidents – a Republican and a Democrat. Before… Read More

Network services firm Infoblox announces plans to double the size of its Tacoma office

Bay Area network services company Infoblox is expanding its footprint in the Northwest by doubling the size of its Tacoma, Wash.,… Read More

Mr Robot

Five tips about cybersecurity, the Internet of Things (and ‘Mr. Robot’) from tech insiders

BOSTON – It’s always risky for geeks to give advice to geeks, but when security experts who have worked with… Read More

Microsoft calls for ‘Digital Geneva Convention’ to protect citizens from cyberattacks

Microsoft today proposed a new initiative to protect citizens from unwarranted cyberattacks by governments, taking its cues from history. Speaking at the RSA… Read More

After meeting with cybersecurity experts, Trump postpones executive order on cyber defense

After spending much of Tuesday preparing to sign an executive order aimed at improving the federal government’s cybersecurity defenses, President… Read More

In farewell press conference, Obama says ‘new cyber age’ will require new tools

In the wake of a presidential campaign marred by hacking and social-media skulduggery, President Barack Obama says America’s digital architecture will… Read More

Donald Trump says he’ll enlist tech titans to build a better ‘hacking defense’ system

President-elect Donald Trump says he’ll turn to the tech industry leaders he met with last month to help his administration… Read More

Jeff Sessions

Hearing hints at clashes over immigration, pot and cyber issues with Jeff Sessions as attorney general

Alabama GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions faced a wide range of questions during today’s Senate hearing on his confirmation as attorney… Read More

Amazon Web Services quietly buys cybersecurity startup Harvest.ai to bolster cloud protections

Amazon Web Services has stealthily acquired San Diego-based cybersecurity startup Harvest.ai to bolster cloud security for its end-users, according to an investor… Read More

Microsoft, Qualcomm and Citigroup are latest U.S. companies to invest in Israeli cybersecurity company Team8

The venture arms of Microsoft and Qualcomm have invested in Team8, a two-year-old Israeli creator of cybersecurity startups, in an example… Read More

6 ways hackers could pwn you using your latest Instagram post

The majority of social media users don’t realize hackers can attack them simply using the power of observation. People share… Read More

Image: Email from computer

Can FBI review 650,000 emails in nine days? Absolutely, says Edward Snowden

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and his supporters are questioning whether the FBI could have sifted through 650,000 emails quickly… Read More

Tech executives explain how cyberattacks took down Amazon, Twitter, Reddit and more

DNS host Dyn is continuing to deal with issues caused by a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks Friday… Read More

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