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Congressional Leaders Demand Answers on Yahoo Breach
A number of Democratic Congressional leaders wrote Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer a letter seeking answers about the breach of 500 million customer records.
Sofacy APT Targeting OS X Machines with Komplex Trojan
APT gang Sofacy is targeting Mac OS X users with a Trojan that allows an attacker to execute remote commands on infected systems.
500 Million Yahoo Accounts Stolen By State-Sponsored Hackers
Yahoo confirmed that in 2014 state-sponsored hackers stole information associated with 500 million accounts from its network.
Tesla Fixes Critical Remote Hack Vulnerability
Researchers were able to remotely brake Tesla model cars as well as freeze control panels and open the rear hatch while driving.
Snowden Makes Case for a Presidential Pardon
The ACLU and Amnesty International kick off a campaign that seeks a presidential pardon for Edward Snowden.
Cisco Acknowledges ASA Zero Day Exposed by ShadowBrokers
Cisco today acknowledged two vulnerabilities in its Adaptive Security Appliance that were leaked in the ShadowBrokers data dump of Equation Group exploits.
EU Struggles to Determine Growing Cost of Cyberattacks
EU group attempts to pin down what the rising cost of cyberattacks are on the European Union and come up short on answers as they call for a unified approach to assessing cyber risks and attack mitigation.
Misuse of Language: ‘Cyber’; When War is Not a War, and a Weapon is Not a Weapon
In this Threatpost op-ed, Dave Dittrich and Katherine Carpenter discuss the imprecision in language surrounding “cyber war” and “cyber weapons,” and explain how this may contribute to bad law and policy.
White House Beefs Up Cyber Threat Response Action Plan
A new White House directive outlines the U.S. cyber threat response strategy along with issuing a color-coded cyber threat schema.