Hackers affiliating themselves with the hacktivist label have joined the Black Lives Matter backlash after a fatal police shooting on Friday.
Tag Archives: Government security
Congress wants to know who is using spyware against the US
A 2021 intelligence funding draft bill mandates a report on surveillance vendors and which countries or other actors are using spyware.
Nuclear missile contractor hacked in Maze ransomware attack
Attackers hacked and encrypted the computers of a contractor whose clients include the US military, government agencies and major military contractors.
Scammers target COVID-19 CARES Act relief scheme
US states are being flooded by fraudulent unemployment applications in a scam run by a sophisticated cybergang.
FBI finally unlock shooter’s iPhones, berate Apple for not helping
The FBI’s Apple problem.
Uncle Sam to agencies: No encrypted DNS for you!
The US federal government has been protecting its users by blocking malicious destinations for years, but it won’t let them take advantage of the latest protective measure in DNS – encryption – just yet.
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.
Signal: We’ll be eaten alive by EARN IT Act’s anti-encryption wolves
The Big Bad Wolves haven’t blown the house down but did come up with a way to “hold the three little pigs responsible for being delicious,” Signal said.
Hackers target WHO in phishing attack
A cyberattack that targeted the World Health Organization is probably just the tip of the iceberg according to experts reacting to the news this week.
Russia’s FSB wanted its own IoT botnet
If you thought the Mirai botnet was bad, what about a version under the control of Russia’s military that it could point like an electronic cannon at people it didn’t like?