## NIST vulnerability bottleneck underscores fragility of software security

### Changelog: Hello to LockBitSupp and goodbye to Changelog

### DARPA’s quest for the (almost) unhackable

**Blake Thompson Heuer**  
_January 30, 2022_

Welcome to Changelog by README! I’m your host, Blake Sobczak. Every Sunday, I’ll deliver cybersecurity news and analysis to your inbox, provided the internet hasn’t gone down in flames.

### Researchers show how platforms can scrub COVID conspiracies, election lies and other misinformation

**Payal Dhar**  
_January 28, 2022_

A team of North American researchers is developing a statistics-based technique to weed out falsehoods from social media platforms, with implications for election integrity, cybersecurity and COVID-19.

### Destructive malware is back in Ukraine. Will it usher in cyberconflict?

**Blake Thompson Heuer**  
_January 21, 2022_

The WhisperGate malware masquerades as ransomware but really breaks computer files beyond repair.

### Hackers square off to close gaps in satellite cybersecurity

**Shaun Waterman**  
_December 10, 2021_

The second annual Hack-A-Sat competition pits security researchers against real satellite equipment as the U.S. military rushes to address space cybersecurity risks.

### Big Tech is mandating MFA. Hackers have workarounds

**Nathaniel Mott**  
_December 03, 2021_

Multi-factor authentication offers users far more protection than a password alone. But experts warn it’s no panacea against hackers.

### Space cyber wargame exposes satellite industry risks

**Shaun Waterman**  
_November 17, 2021_

A tabletop exercise tested how space industry leaders would handle a potentially devastating breach of a satellite’s ground control uplink.

### The internet is hooked on packages. Hackers have noticed

**Nathaniel Mott**  
_November 10, 2021_

Cyberattacks targeting the “packages” that underpin global software programs have rattled the open-source community and exposed gaps in developers’ supply chain security practices.

### Space hacking risks pose cyber policy test for Biden admin

**Shaun Waterman**  
_November 02, 2021_

The White House won’t be defining the space industry as critical infrastructure, despite mounting pressure from business and lawmakers.

### Award-winning cybersecurity journalist Blake Sobczak joins README as managing editor

**Michael B. Farrell**  
_October 15, 2021_

Blake Sobczak, former deputy editor for POLITICO’s Energywire, has joined README as its managing editor.