July 18, 2022

8 months on, US says Log4Shell will be around for “a decade or longer”

When it comes to cybersecurity, ask not what everyone else can do for you...

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November 13, 2021

FBI email hack spreads fake security alerts. Here’s what to do…

Fake warnings and false accusations - it's a "call to distraction"

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April 17, 2020

US offers up to $5m reward for information on North Korean hackers

UN experts believe the DPRK cyber-steals and launders money, extorts companies and funnels the cash into its nuclear program.

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March 13, 2020

Homeland Security sued over secretive use of face recognition

As of June 2019, CBP had processed more than 20 million travelers using facial recognition, civil rights group ACLU says.

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March 10, 2020

Ex-Inspector General indicted for stealing data on 250k govt colleagues

Crime doesn't pay, even if you have the audacity to try to sell your employer its own, free software and personal data on your own colleagues.

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February 20, 2020

Ransomware attack forces 2-day shutdown of natural gas pipeline

The attacker(s) infected both IT and operational networks with an unspecified ransomware strain, though the facility never lost control.

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November 14, 2019

Warrantless searches of devices at US borders ruled unconstitutional

The border is NOT a constitution-free zone, according to the ruling: No more suspicionless fishing expeditions into travelers' devices.

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June 17, 2019

Widely used medical infusion pump can be remotely hijacked

These vulnerable infusion pumps can be remotely hacked to alter the delivery of IV fluids and medications such as painkillers or insulin.

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June 10, 2019

Laptops used in 2016 NC poll to be examined by feds – after 2.5 years

The e-voting vendor in North Carolina was spearphished days before the election but still went ahead and used remote access software.

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