Microsoft Security : Microsoft details the Solorigate DLL file that was used to install a backdoor in SolarWinds Orion and reveals it discovered additional malware affecting Orion — - Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team — Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) — We, along with the security industry …
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine didn’t say which way he was leaning on a "Stand Your Ground" bill that the state's Republican-led Senate approved Friday -- and that now heads to DeWine's desk.
Ilya Khrennikov / Bloomberg : JetBrains, maker of the language Kotlin, which never raised any VC funding is now valued at an estimated $7B, and says it will have $200M in revenue this year — - Google picked JetBrains for key coding language for Android — Founders shunned VCs, bootstrapped to billion-dollar fortunes
Senators were still on Capitol Hill late Saturday, as Congress worked to approve funding for the long-awaited coronavirus relief package by Sunday afternoon.
Katie Bo Williams / Defense One : WH officials propose ending the “dual-hat” leadership arrangement of NSA and Cyber Command, renewing debate over splitting up the agencies amid recent attacks — An end to the “dual hat” arrangement has been debated for years — but the timing raises questions.
Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Experts say the SolarWinds hack shows that the US still has no good answers to combat “supply chain” attacks, which are “ridiculously difficult” to detect — Despite years of warning, the US still has no good answer for the sort of “supply chain” attack that let Russia run wild.
The top official in charge of logistics for Operation Warp Speed apologized Saturday for "miscommunication" surrounding this week's vaccine rollout after several Governors said that they're receiving notably fewer doses than were promised.
Katie Holmes and her chef boyfriend Emilio Vitolo Jr. have become Instagram official after he wished her a happy birthday on the social media platform.
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok said he viewed the infamous Steele dossier as being "intended to influence" as well as to inform, according to a text he wrote in September 2016.
Bloomberg : Sources: the AGs of Utah, North Carolina, and NY among others are preparing a lawsuit against Google over the cut it takes from app developers in its Play Store — - States probing Google Play's 30% in-app-purchase fees — Case would mark new front in antitrust assault against Google
Bloomberg : Cisco says some internal machines used by its researchers were targeted by SolarWinds hackers and that there's no known impact to Cisco's products at this time — - Corrupted software found in a few labs, worker devices — No known impact to Cisco offers or products, company says
Tom Cruise allegedly launched into an expletive-laden tirade on the set of "Mission: Impossible 7" in audio that was leaked on Tuesday after members of the film crew were reportedly not following COVID-19 guidelines.
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio took to twitter to Friday to encourage U.S. retaliation against foreign hackers responsible for the massive cyber security breach at top federal agencies.
Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are still reeling from disappointing November election results as they now attempt to figure out how they will legislate while the Senate majority remains unknown.
Congress looked to avert a government shutdown for the second time in a week by passing a two-day stopgap funding bill to allow Congress more time to agree on a COVID relief bill.
Kim Zetter / Yahoo News : Sources: hackers conducted a test run of the SolarWinds breach in October 2019, with a version of the malware that didn't have a backdoor embedded in it — Hackers who breached federal agency networks through software made by a company called SolarWinds appear to have conducted a test run …
Women Who Tech : Survey: 44% of women founders and 65% of LGBTQ founders say they've been harassed, ~50% of women founders were told they would raise more money if they were men — Women Who Tech retained polling firm Lincoln Park Strategies to anonymously survey 1,003 tech employees, founders …
House Intelligence Committee member Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., should no longer be allowed to serve on the prestigious panel, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told "The Story" Friday after attending a briefing on the Democrat's ties to purported Chinese spy Fang Fang.
As the debate rages on about who should be next in line to receive the coronavirus vaccine, some experts say that essential workers should be prioritized over the elderly because they are disproportionately people of color.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : Israel-based social casino game developer Playtika files for an IPO, reporting $1.8B in revenue for first 9 months of 2020 vs. $1.4B for all of 2019, 35M MAUs — Israel-based mobile gaming giant Playtika has filed for its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO).
Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William, would not be "living a very different life" if she weren't the Duchess of Cambridge, according to a new report.
Sens. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced legislation that would impose a long list of new hurdles to clear for anyone seeking to upload pornographic content to the internet.
Sen. Janine Shaheen, D-N.H., said that some Republican lawmakers who are refusing to accept Joe Biden as president-elect “are bordering on sedition and treason.”
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla have banned a root certificate being used by the Kazakhstan government to intercept and decrypt HTTPS traffic — This marks the second time browsers makers had to intervene and block a certificate used by the Kazakhstan government to spy on its citizens.
Josh Dzieza / The Verge : Following Wisconsin's rejection of subsidies to Foxconn, Foxconn said it didn't think an LCD factory was material to its contract; both parties willing to amend — Wisconsin stands by its rejection of the company's subsidies, but both sides signal openness to amending the contract
Georgia Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock, who in 2008 defended former President Barack Obama’s inflammatory onetime pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, appears to have gone on to host the controversial figure as a guest preacher at his Atlanta church in 2014.
Virginia Republican state Sen. Amanda Chase, an outspoken Trump supporter, former small business owner and gubernatorial hopeful, doubled down on disputed voter fraud claims and said Thursday that her state needs an election audit – through martial law, if necessary.
Former House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy expressed incredulity Thursday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has kept Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., on the House Intelligence Committee despite his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's endorsement of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine on Thursday had special significance for Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont.