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Hackers Were Inside Citrix for Five Months
Networking software giant Citrix Systems says malicious hackers were inside its networks for five months between 2018 and 2019, making off with personal and financial data on company employees, contractors, interns, job ...
Cyber-enabled crimes cost U.S. citizens $3.5 billion in 2019
The Internet Crime Report recently released by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) sheds light on Internet-related crimes. The data analyzed covers a year’s worth of cybercrime complaints from consumers and ...
FBI Outlines Technique Behind DDoS Attacks on US Voter Registration Website
Hackers who unleashed DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks on a state-level voter registration and voter information website in the US used a technique called Pseudo Random Subdomain Attack (PRSD,) which ...
DDoS Attack Potentially Targeted State Voter Registration Site, Says FBI
The FBI said that a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack potentially targeted a state-level voter registration site. In a Private Industry Notification (PIN) released on February 4, the FBI said that a state-level ...
FBI warns of spoofed websites and hiring scams that target your wallet
A recent public service announcement from the FBI warns job seekers of risks they may face when seeking jobs online. When you are in search of honest work, you should not be ...
Domain Name of WeLeakInfo.com Seized by FBI and DOJ
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that they have seized the domain name for weleakinfo.com. On January 16, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District ...
FBI seizes WeLeakInfo.com website for allegedly selling sensitive data breach info
The FBI, in cooperation with law enforcement from the UK, Netherlands, Germany and Ireland, seized the WeLeakInfo.com web site for allegedly selling personal information from data breaches. Crafted as a typical search ...
Alleged Member of Neo-Nazi Swatting Group Charged
Federal investigators on Friday arrested a Virginia man accused of being part of a neo-Nazi group that targeted hundreds of people in "swatting" attacks, wherein fake bomb threats, hostage situations and other ...
GozNym cyberattackers sentenced in Pittsburgh and Tbilisi, Georgia
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the sentencing of three members of the network behind the GozNym cyberattacks on U.S. entities resulting in the theft of $100 million. Krasimir Nikolov, 47, ...
The Password Reuse Problem, US Government IoT Recommendations, Smart Lock Security Disaster
In episode 99: Password reuse is still a very large problem, US government recommendations for securing Internet of Things devices, and yet another smart lock device security disaster. ** Show notes and ...
