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(USA) The importance of Biden’s first budget (AEI)

James C. Capretta The Biden administration’s first budget will be clarifying when it is finally unveiled. Rarely has so much consequential tax and spending policy...

(USA) Fixing income-driven repayment for federal student loans (AEI)

Jason D. Delisle, Preston Cooper The income-driven repayment (IDR) plan allows all federal student loan borrowers to limit payments to a small share of their incomes...

(Europe/Venezuela) Europe’s last chance: How the EU can (and should) become the indispensable actor in Venezuela’s democratic restoration (AEI)

Ryan C. Berg, Jorge González-Gallarza The EU’s current policy approach toward Venezuela is insufficient to contribute meaningfully to a political transition in the country and protect...

(Cybersecurity) Cisco Jabber for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS is affected by a critical issue (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Cisco has addressed a critical arbitrary program execution flaw in its Cisco Jabber client software for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115931/security/cisco-jabber-critical-flaw.html

(Cybersecurity) Billions of FBS Records Exposed in Online Trading Broker Data Leak (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115925/data-breach/fbs-data-breach.html

(Cybersecurity) Black Kingdom ransomware is targeting Microsoft Exchange servers (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Security experts reported that a second ransomware gang, named Black Kingdom, is targeting Microsoft Exchange servers. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115912/malware/black-kingdom-microsoft-exchange.html

(Cybersecurity) A day before elections, hackers leaked details of millions of Israeli voters (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Hackers have exposed personal and voter registration details of over 6.5 million Israeli voters, less than 24 hours before the election. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115918/hacking/israeli-voters-leak.html

(Cybersecurity) 92% of worldwide Microsoft Exchange IPs are now patched or mitigated (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Microsoft revealed that 92% of all on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers exposed online affected by the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities are now patched. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115896/security/microsoft-exchange-patched.html

(Defense/Cybersecurity) ‘Accelerate change or lose’: Applying Gen. Brown’s action orders to cyberspace education and training (Defense News)

Lt. Col Steven Skipper Following the SolarWinds intrusion, a growing symphony of cyberspace and intelligence agencies continue to earnestly scour their networks, carefully examining cascading...

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