80% of Net Neutrality Comments to FCC Were Fudged
Broadband providers and a 19-year-old college student were among those who successfully hijacked public comments during a crucial …
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Nine additional AWS cloud service offerings authorized by DISA
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) – Provision, manage, and deploy public and private Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) …
Massive DDoS Attack Disrupts Belgium Parliament
Belgian ISP Belnet has restored its service after a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack earlier this week that cut off …
Feds Shut Down Fake COVID-19 Vaccine Phishing Website
Federal law enforcement in Maryland has shut down a fraudulent website targeting immigrant communities that claimed to be for a company …
Pulse Secure VPNs Get a Fix for Critical Zero-Day Bugs
Pulse Secure has rushed a fix for a critical zero-day security vulnerability in its Connect Secure VPN devices, which has been exploited by …
A Tale of Two Hacks: From SolarWinds to Microsoft Exchange
The past four months have exposed two high-profile attacks, which both had pundits declaring them the “worst-ever” and …
Is the SolarWinds Hack Really a Seismic Shift?
The SolarWinds hack may rank among the worst ever in terms of ambition and likely damage. But those probing the wreckage for signs of some …
Multi-Gov Task Force Plans to Take Down the Ransomware Economy
Ransomware has reached crisis levels across business sectors and across the globe, but a public-private Ransomware Task Force aims to stem …
LuckyMouse Hackers Target Banks, Companies and Governments in 2020
An adversary known for its watering hole attacks against government entities has been linked to a slew of newly detected intrusions …
Government sector faces growing danger from cyber threats
We looked last week at how government agencies are adapting to remote working, but a new report from ESET shows they are also facing a …
DoppelPaymer Gang Leaks Files from Illinois AG After Ransom Negotiations Break Down
The ransomware gang identified as DoppelPaymer has leaked a substantial collection of files from the Illinois Office of the Attorney …
Nintendo Sues Video-Game Pirates
Gaming giant Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against video-game piracy group ringleader Gary Bowser, a Canadian national behind Team Xecuter, …