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Cybersecurity Headlines

CYBER SECURITY HEADLINES

Cyber Security Headlines – November 2, 2020

Cybersecurity specialists list their election week fears Calling it the Super Bowl for malicious actors, cybersecurity specialists have a long list of fears over election...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 30, 2020

Hackers steal funds from the Wisconsin Republican Party According to the party’s chairman Andrew Hitt, the attackers stole $2.3 million from the state, with suspicious...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 29, 2020

NSA refuses to say if it still uses encryption backdoors The National Security Agency declined to disclose to Sen. Ron Wyden its promised new guidance...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 28, 2020

TikTok partners with Shopify on social commerce "The deal aims to make it easier for Shopify’s over one million merchants to reach TikTok’s younger audience...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 27, 2020

Twitter to “pre-bunk” voter misinformation On Monday Twitter began placing messages at the top of a user's feed to pre-emptively debunk misinformation about voting by...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 26, 2020

New Emotet attack urges recipients to upgrade Microsoft Word "Emotet operators have started using a new template that pretends to be a Microsoft Office message...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 23, 2020

Firefox testing 'Site Isolation' feature Site Isolation browser techniques were first deployed in Chrome in mid-2018, that separates each web page and web iframes in...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 22, 2020

DOJ official accuses China of protecting cybercriminals John Demers, the assistant attorney general for national security, says that China has created a “safe haven” for...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 21, 2020

Justice Department charges Google in antitrust lawsuit The suit alleges that Google uses anti competitive tactics to preserve a monopoly for its flagship search engine...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 20, 2020

US files charges against high profile attackers The unsealed charges are against six Russian nationals believed to work for the prominent Russian hacking group Sandstorm...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 19, 2020

Google offers details on Chinese hacking group that targeted Biden campaign Google on Friday offered new details on tactics used by alleged Chinese government-linked hacker...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 16, 2020

US DOJ unseals charges against malware money laundering ring The DOJ unsealed 14 charges against the group known as QQAAZZ. The group has reportedly operated...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 15, 2020

Twitter hack sparks a call for monitoring social media platforms The New York State Department of Financial Services concluded that Twitter let itself be rolled...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 14, 2020

Security experts warn of Amazon Prime Day scams With Amazon Prime Day in full swing, security experts are warning of "a deluge of phishing activity...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 13, 2020

Five Eyes alliance call for encryption backdoors (again) Members of the alliance as well as representatives from Japan and India called on tech companies to...