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Cybersecurity Headlines

CYBER SECURITY HEADLINES

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...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 12, 2020

Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs show "Court records in an arson case show that Google gave away data...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 9, 2020

UK issues a report on Huawei 5G rollback The UK House of Commons defence committee issued a report finding that "It is clear that Huawei...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 8, 2020

Singapore introduces cybersecurity rating for ‘smart’ devices From home Wi-Fi routers to robot vacuums, home appliances sold in Singapore can now opt-in to a voluntary...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 7, 2020

Paying ransomware ransom is now illegal, according to the Treasury Department "In an official advisory, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...

Cyber Security Headlines – October 6, 2020

Ransomware disrupts COVID-19 vaccine trials The attack hit the Philadelphia-based eResearchTechnology on September 20th, which provides services for electronic patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials. Researchers...