Six-year old bug will likely live forever in Lenovo, Intel products. scoopmedia.co/4aTkS3F via Christian Vasquez

GSA, which runs the govt's single sign-on, Login gov, is piloting face matching tech to ID proof people.

The changes will be felt by many Americans -- over 40 federal/ state agencies use Login as a front door for programs like unemployment insurance

nextgov.com/digital-govern…

.U.S. Department of Justice 'not aware of any' identity theft, fraud following consultant’s data breach, Madison Alder (madialder_ on 🧵) reports. scoopmedia.co/3JfITGv

Now updated after a CISA conference call with reporters. Some good new info, but some details still missing.

House lawmakers will try to advance a two-year spy powers extension this week after an intraparty blowup over privacy concerns. Erik Wasson, Roxana Tiron and I report @bgov: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

New for POLITICO Cantwell is working with House TikTok bill sponsors, Senate Intel Committee leaders and the Bide administration on potential changes to the House TikTok bill put it on strong legal footing, including extending divestment time to 12 months subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0…

Here's our story on CISA releasing the emergency directive we reported on last week: cyberscoop.com/cisa-emergency…

NEW: Apple notified people in 92 countries they may have been targeted with spyware, TechCrunch learned.

“Apple detected that you are being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack that is trying to remotely compromise the iPhone' linked to your Apple ID.

techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/app…

+some good info on Lockbit

Removing access to SaaS apps without SSO remains a perennial challenge for businesses.
'Cano had access to the accounts in his capacity as Orlando’s asst & continued to have access despite no longer being Orlando’s asst or working at Benessere' wired.com/story/truth-so…

Really nice deep dive here by Christian Vasquez on the XZ Utils backdoor and the fragility of the open source ecosystem: cyberscoop.com/xz-utils-open-…

A breach of the business analytics giant Sisense has exposed its customers to a potential supply chain attack, @ajvicens and Tim Starks report. scoopmedia.co/3VU2SCg

Women make less than men in US cyber jobs — but the gap is narrowing cyberscoop.com/women-make-les…

Renewal of controversial surveillance law screeches to a halt in the House scoopmedia.co/49wlATu via Tim Starks

Wow! House E&C just announced a major legislative hearing with just about every big data privacy and kids' online safety bill under consideration for next week

Are these Crowdstrike or Microsoft threat actor names?

Extortion group threatens to sell Change Healthcare data. scoopmedia.co/49x0TqL via AJ Vicens || @ajvicens.bsky.social

Interesting stuff in this!