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      US, UK Warn of Iranian Hackers Exploiting Microsoft Exchange, Fortinet

      2021-11-17

      Bleeping Computer: The warning was issued as a joint advisory released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), and the United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

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      FBI Left Out of the Loop In Cyberattack Reporting Bill

      2021-11-16

      Politico: The FBI could be sidelined in new cybersecurity legislation, a top Bureau official told lawmakers. And, in the view of America’s most powerful law enforcement agency, that would be a big problem.

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      Ethical Hackers Reduce $27 Billion In Risk During COVID-19 Vulnerability Surge

      2021-11-26

      Cision: Bugcrowd, the world's first crowdsourced cybersecurity platform for multiple solutions, released its annual Inside the Mind of a Hacker '21 report, which provides CIOs and CISOs valuable insight on ethical hackers and the economics of security research.

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      DHS Announces New Program to Attract and Retain Cybersecurity Talent

      2021-11-15

      The Hill: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new program to attract and retain cybersecurity professionals, as major cyber incidents have ticked up over the past year and are drawing more government attention.

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      VP Harris Announces US Support for International Cybersecurity Partnership in Paris

      2021-11-11

      ZDNet: US Vice President Kamala Harris said the US will be joining the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace -- a voluntary agreement between more than 80 countries, local governments, and tech companies centered on advancing cybersecurity and "preserving the open, interoperable, secure, and reliable Internet."

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      SolarWinds Vulnerability Exploited In First Stage of Clop Ransomware Attacks

      2021-11-10

      Dark Reading: A recent surge in Clop ransomware attacks led researchers to spot a common thread in the first stage of the attack: the exploitation of a known and patched vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U file server software.

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      McAfee to Be Taken Private In US$14B Deal Including Debt

      2021-11-08

      BNN Bloomberg: An investor group led by buyout firms Advent International Corp., Permira Advisers and others agreed to take McAfee Corp. private in a deal that values the cybersecurity software maker at more than US$14 billion including debt.

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      U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward In Hunt for DarkSide Cybercrime Group

      2021-11-04

      Yahoo News: The U.S. State Department on Thursday announced a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of anyone with a key leadership position in DarkSide, a cybercrime organization the FBI has said is based in Russia.

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      N.L. Health-care Cyberattack Is Worst In Canadian History, Says Cybersecurity Expert

      2021-11-04

      CBC: One cybersecurity expert says the cyberattack on the Newfoundland and Labrador health-care system may be the worst in Canadian history, and has implications for national security.

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      US Federal Agencies Told to Patch Hundreds of Security Bugs

      2021-11-03

      Tech Crunch: The Biden administration has ordered nearly all federal agencies to patch hundreds of security bugs, some that were first found the best part of a decade ago.

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