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OMB Releases Damning Report on U.S. Govt's Inability to Counter Cyber Threats

A recent government-wide cybersecurity risk assessment, carried out by the OMB, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), highlights several serious issues that continue to imperil federal cybersecurity and ultimately put the nation at risk. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/omb-releases-damning-report-on-us-govts-inability-to-counter-cyber-threats/
The VPNFilter Botnet Is Attempting a Comeback

The VPNFilter botnet that was built by Russian cyberspies, which infected over 500,000 routers, and was taken down last week by the FBI is attempting a comeback, according to telemetry data gathered this week. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-vpnfilter-botnet-is-attempting-a-comeback/
RSAT Will Automatically Be Reinstalled After New Updates in Next Windows 10 Version

In Windows Insider Preview build 17682, Microsoft has made the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) an on-demand software feature. What this means is that once you install RSAT in Windows 10, it will be automatically reinstalled when you install a future operating system update. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rsat-will-automatically-be-reinstalled-after-new-updates-in-next-windows-10-version/
Microsoft Purchasing GitHub for 7.5 Billion in Microsoft Stock

Microsoft announced this morning that they are purchasing the source-code repository site GitHub for $7.5 billion USD in Microsoft stock. While rumors have been circulating since Friday, today is the first official confirmation that the acquisition is taking place. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-purchasing-github-for-75-billion-in-microsoft-stock/
Feds Ramp Up Investigations Into Online Harassment, Cyberstalking & Threats

On Friday, a New York man was arrested and charged in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York with conducting an extensive cyberstalking and threats campaign. He was charged with one count of cyberstalking and two counts of sending interstate threats. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/feds-ramp-up-investigations-into-online-harassment-cyberstalking-and-threats/
Microsoft Adds Post-Quantum Cryptography to an OpenVPN Fork

Microsoft has recently published an interesting open source project called "PQCrypto-VPN" that implements post-quantum cryptography (PQC) with OpenVPN. This project is being developed by the Microsoft Research Security and Cryptography group as part of their research into post-quantum cryptography. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-adds-post-quantum-cryptography-to-an-openvpn-fork/
Apple Unveils iOS 12 at the WWDC. Here's What's New

Today at the Apple World Wide Developer Conference today, Apple unveiled the next version of the mobile operating system called iOS 12. This version includes numerous improvements and features and will be available on all phones that are currently able to run iOS 11 [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-unveils-ios-12-at-the-wwdc-heres-whats-new/
Intel Announces the Intel Core i7-8086K 5Ghz Limited Edition CPU

At the Computex Tapei conference, Intel has officially announced the upcoming availability of their 8th Generation Intelยฎ Coreโ„ข i7-8086K Limited Edition CPU. This processor is being released to to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Intel's 8086 processor & Intel's first consumer desktop processor that runs out-of-the-box at speeds. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/intel-announces-the-intel-core-i7-8086k-5ghz-limited-edition-cpu/