Christian Vasquez

Christian covers industrial cybersecurity for CyberScoop News. He previously wrote for E&E News at POLITICO covering cybersecurity in the energy sector. Reach out: christian.vasquez at cyberscoop dot com

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White House proposes rule to ban Chinese, Russian parts for networked vehicles

Policy

General view of the Microsoft store on Fifth Avenue on July 19, 2024 in New York City. Businesses and transport worldwide were affected by a global technology outage that was attributed to a software update issued by CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm whose software is used by many industries around the world. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Microsoft’s security culture reboot includes cyber governance council, all-staff trainings

Cybersecurity

Craig Newmark (left) pictured with Ann Cleaveland at the June 2024 Cyber Civil Defense Summit. (UC Berkeley)

Newmark initiative will bring online a network of civil defense hackers

Cybersecurity

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FBI joint operation takes down massive Chinese botnet, Wray says

Threats

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CISA warns of hackers exploiting bug for end-of-life Ivanti product

Cybersecurity

Muenster, Germany – April 9, 2011: A close up macro shot of a Mastercard credit card. Mastercard is one of the biggest credit card companies in the world. (Getty Images)

Mastercard buys Recorded Future for $2.65 billion

Money

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WordPress.org to require two-factor authentication for plugin developers

Cybersecurity

Microsoft Romania headquarters in City Gate Towers situated in Free Press Square, in Bucharest, Romania. (Getty Images)

Here’s what Microsoft fixed in September’s Patch Tuesday

Threats

The logo of American cloud computing and virtualization technology company VMware. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP) (Photo by JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images)

VMWare releases Fusion vulnerability with 8.8 rating

Threats