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A Russian security researcher has published details about a zero-day vulnerability affecting VirtualBox, an Oracle software application for running virtual machines. According to a text file uploaded on GitHub, Saint Petersburg-based researcher…

Data powers the internet of things (IoT). Billions of devices feeding terabytes of data into systems that predict failures, control buildings and cities, and even drive our cars. For people to be safe in a world of internet-connected things, we…

It was the impacts to pharmaceutical giant Merck as well as silent cyber exposure that drove the insurance and reinsurance industry loss from the 2017 Petya / NotPetya cyber attack, according to PCS, providing a further warning of how cyber losses…

The US Department of Defense has opened a narrow door to some malware its units have caught that will be shared with the wider cybersecurity industry. Amid US mid-term election jitters about Russian manipulation, a unit within the US DoD has…

U.S. Cyber Command has made it clear that it must undertake traditional and nontraditional partnerships in order to succeed in a highly dynamic environment. In the latest example of fostering greater partnership, Cyber Command has begun to post…

With help from Eric Geller, Martin Matishak, Christian Vasquez and Cristiano Lima Editor's Note: This edition of Free Morning Cybersecurity is published weekdays at 10 a.m. POLITICO Pro Cybersecurity subscribers hold exclusive early access to the…

In the past few years, there has been a rise in targeted hijacking towards the online accounts of politicians and other high-profile figures. In response, Google launched an Advanced Protection Program last October and works with politicians and…