A week in security (August 1 – 7)
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FCC warns of steep rise in phishing over SMS
After the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) made a huge splash weeks ago when it told Google and Apple to pull TikTok from their …
FCC Warns of Rising Robotext Scams
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has noticed “substantial increases” in complaints about scam robotexts, it warned this …
Low-income consumers preyed on by fake ISP during pandemic, FCC says
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has proposed a fine of $220,210 against Kyle Traxler of Ohio for allegedly establishing the …
More than a quarter of Americans fell for robocall scam calls in past year
More and more Americans have been falling victim to phone scams since 2019. According to the latest report from Truecaller (Google Docs …
Kaspersky Is Declared A US National Security Threat And Is Banned By The FCC
Kaspersky, a cybersecurity and antivirus company, appears in our news coverage fairly often, as the company’s researchers frequently …
FCC Warns That Kaspersky Poses National Security Risk
The FCC has added Kaspersky, China Mobile, and China Telecom to the list of companies affected by the Secure and Trusted Communications …
US Adds Kaspersky to List of Firms Posing Threat to National Security
HackerOne and Dicker Data have also cut ties with Kaspersky after FCC’s decision amid the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia. …
FCC adds Kaspersky to Covered List due to unacceptable risks to national security
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added Kaspersky to its Covered List because it poses unacceptable risks to U.S. national …
FCC Adds Kaspersky and Chinese Telecom Firms to National Security Threat List
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday moved to add Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab to the “Covered …
FCC puts Kaspersky on security threat list, says it poses “unacceptable risk“
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday determined that security products from Kaspersky posed an unacceptable risk to US national …
Kaspersky added to FCC list that bans Huawei, ZTE from US networks
Written by Joe Warminsky Mar 25, 2022 | CYBERSCOOP The Federal Communications Commission added Russia-based cybersecurity giant Kaspersky …
FCC proposes $45 million fine for health insurance robocaller
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed the largest-ever fine against a robocaller for Telephone Consumer Protection …
FCC gets $5.6 billion in requests to access $1.9 billion pot for ripping out Huawei and ZTE
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Friday it has seen a “robust” response to its Secure and Trusted Communications …