The Russia-backed Internet Research Agency has returned with new strategies to sway voters ahead of the 2020 presidential election. …read more Source:: DarkReading

A government watchdog has criticized U.S. border authorities for failing to properly disclose the agency’s use of facial recognition at airports, which included instructions on how Americans can opt out. From a report: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), tasked with protecting the border and screening immigrants, has deployed its face-scanning technology in 27 U.S….

Teacher Christa McAuliffe and the six other astronauts were lost on that cold January day in 1986. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s still crazy expensive, but this $3,750 TV is the best picture quality you can get in 77 inches. …read more Source:: CNet

South Carolina crook jailed for 2 years after flogging $340k of purloined Cisco kit A former IT security director was yesterday given a two-year prison sentence after he admitted to stealing and reselling dozens of networking switches from a county government.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

U.S. agencies must implement vulnerability-disclosure policies by March 2021, according to a new CISA mandate. …read more Source:: Threatpost

That number represents a big uptick over Q1. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Out of scores of federal civilian agencies, only a handful of them have official programs to work with outside security researchers to find and fix software bugs — a process that is commonplace in the private sector. From a report: Now, to put an end to the feet-dragging, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and…

Five years after arrest at LAX, Broadcom secret snatcher sent down A Chinese professor who stole trade secrets from a Silicon Valley semiconductor company was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail and fined $476,835.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

There are savings up to 20% on big items like phones and TVs, plus deals on SSDs, flash drives, chargers and more. …read more Source:: CNet