FBI Analyst Charged With Stealing Counterterrorism and Cyber Threats Info
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) indicted an employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for illegally removing numerous national security documents and...
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New Study Warns of Security Threats Linked to Recycled Phone Numbers
A new academic study has highlighted a number of privacy and security pitfalls associated with recycling mobile phone numbers that could be abused to...
CISO Conversations: Raytheon and BAE Systems CISOs on Leadership, Future Threats
Much of SecurityWeek’s CISO Conversations this series discusses how to be a leader. Here we start with a slight variation: how do you become...
Leaked Apple Schematics & Extortion Threats Removed From Dark Web – E Hacking News
According to MacRumors, the ransomware group that stole schematics from Apple supplier Quanta Computer last week and threatened to release the trove of...
CERT-In Issues “High” Severity Rating Advisory for WhatsApp Threats – E Hacking News
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has cautioned WhatsApp clients in India of various vulnerabilities it identified in the instant messaging platform,...
Russia has created a new data transmission device with protection against cyber threats – E Hacking News
It is the first SD-WAN-class development that supports Russian encryption algorithms and is included in the Russian software registry. Sberbank’s press service reports that...
After Hack, Officials Draw Attention to Supply Chain Threats
The U.S. government is working to draw attention to supply chain vulnerabilities, an issue that received particular attention late last year after suspected Russian...
Pandemic threats: The common threads in COVID-19 scams and criminal schemes
Researchers have explored how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the cybercrime space and the common trends found between COVID-related schemes. In a new Trend...
Insider Trading Threats on Dark Web – E Hacking News
Insider trading can be done more effectively now than ever before, due to a great extent to the continuing proliferation of encrypted and...
Government censorship threats over TikTok spiked interest in VPNs
TikTok, the video-sharing social network, drove a lot of interest from consumers last year. It also piqued their interest in Virtual Private Networks (VPNs),...