City of Vincent turns to automation to handle misinformation and hateful trolls
Social media usage has unsurprisingly soared as a result of COVID-19, but in an attempt to counter the spread of misinformation on such platforms,...
Big Tech Brief: What You Need to Know About Congress’ High-Profile Tech CEO Hearings
The House Antitrust subcommittee grilled the CEOs of four of the largest tech companies in a display that showed the preliminary results of their...
Ahead of US election, Google bans ads linking to hacked political content
Image: Element5 Digital Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be...
Uniting for better open-source security: The Open Source Security Foundation
Eric S. Raymond, one of open-source’s founders, famously said, “Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow,” which he called “Linus’s Law.” That’s true. It’s...
BlackBerry Releases Open Source Reverse Engineering Tool
BlackBerry on Monday announced a new open source tool to help security teams reverse engineer malware. Called PE Tree, BlackBerry said the free tool...
Ransomware Feared as Possible Saboteur for November Election
Federal authorities say one of the gravest threats to the November election is a well-timed ransomware attack that could paralyze voting operations. The threat...
The Digital Ship is Full of Leaks. But There Are Ways to Keep it Afloat.
Years ago, while anchoring the CBS Evening News during an on-air mishap, Dan Rather made an offhand remark, observing that “To err is human....
Hackers Could Target Organizations via Flaws in Mitsubishi Factory Automation Products
High-severity vulnerabilities found by researchers in Mitsubishi Electric factory automation products can be exploited to remotely attack organizations. According to advisories published last week...
How to make privacy your company’s ‘killer app’
For years, privacy was a largely theoretical concern for technology companies. If asked directly, consumers would express concern about how companies gathered, stored, and...
The Council of the EU and Its First-Ever Sanctions against Persons or Entities Involved in Various Cyber-Attacks – E Hacking News
The Council of the European Union imposed its first-ever sanction against persons or entities engaged with different cyber-attacks focusing on European citizens and its...