Cyber

Up-to-date Microsoft customers are safe from the purported National Security Agency spying tools dumped online, the software company said Saturday, tamping down fears that the digital arsenal was poised to wreak havoc across the internet.

Shoney’s restaurant chain is privately owned, run out of Nashville, Tennessee, and counts around 150 company-owned and franchised restaurants operating across 17 states.

Facebook says it has targeted 30,000 fake accounts linked to France ahead of the country’s presidential election, as part of a worldwide effort against misinformation.

The Information Sharing and Analysis Organization Standards Organization, with support from the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will host the inaugural International Information Sharing Conference to be held Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

While some organizations may struggle to separate the overlap, and understand which guidance/framework/regulation to follow first, it’s important these documents are dynamic.

Following up on its January guidance to identify gaps in cybersecurity and information technology positions, the Office of Personnel Management wants agencies to designate a contact to measure their progress.

Unable to attract the millions of dollars for which they were hoping to sell their trove of purported government surveillance tools, the hacking group Shadow Brokers released it online for free this week.

Before leaving office, President Obama told Trump that North Korea should be treated as his number one national security priority. In turn, President Trump has clearly stated his administration’s determination to “resolve” North Korea, ideally with China’s help – but alone, if necessary.

A clear and rising danger of large scale digital attacks called for broad international cooperation and observance of the rule of law, with a special role for IT companies.

A new quarterly report on cyber threats from McAfee Labs looks at the challenges and proposed guidance for threat intelligence sharing in the face of an increasing volume of attackers.