An Attack on Albanian Government Suggests New Iranian Aggression
In mid-July, a cyberattack on the Albanian government knocked out state websites and public services for hours. With Russia’s war raging in […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
The Microsoft Team Racing to Catch Bugs Before They Happen
As a rush of cybercriminals, state-backed hackers, and scammers continue to flood the zone with digital attacks and aggressive campaigns worldwide, it’s […]
A New Attack Easily Knocked Out a Potential Encryption Algorithm
In the U.S. government’s ongoing campaign to protect data in the age of quantum computers, a new and powerful attack that used […]
The January 6 Secret Service Text Scandal Turns Criminal
As the United States midterm elections near, lawmakers and law enforcement officials are on high alert about violent threats targeted at election […]
The 2022 US Midterm Elections’ Top Security Issue: Death Threats
In the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections in the United States, law enforcement, intelligence, and election officials were on high alert […]
Instagram Slow to Tackle Bots Targeting Iranian Women’s Groups
IRANIAN women’s rights groups have for months faced a deluge of bots following their Instagram accounts and disrupting their digital outreach operations. […]
Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants
The websites you visit can reveal (almost) everything about you. If you are looking up health information, reading about trade unions, or […]
A New Attack Can Unmask Anonymous Users on Any Major Browser
How this de-anonymization attack works is difficult to explain but relatively easy to grasp once you have the gist. Someone carrying out […]
New ‘Retbleed’ Attack Can Swipe Key Data From Intel and AMD CPUs
Retbleed can leak kernel memory from Intel CPUs at about 219 bytes per second and with 98 percent accuracy. The exploit can […]
Chinese Police Exposed 1B People’s Data in Unprecedented Leak
As states grapple with the far-reaching implications of the United States Supreme Court’s June decision to reverse the constitutional right to abortion, […]