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Europol: “The Hidden Internet Is No Longer Hidden, and Your Anonymous Activity is Not Anonymous”
Europol this week has announced the arrest of 179 vendors of illicit goods on the dark web, in a coordinated operation known as DisrupTor. According to the press release, operation DisrupTor follows ...
WeChat Banned, TikTok Saved
The past few weeks have seen a flurry of activity surrounding two Chinese apps, TikTok (Bytdance) and WeChat (Tencent) and their ability to continue to have a presence in the United States ...
BBB Warns of Scammers Targeting Immigrants Aspiring to a US Visa
A recent BBB scam warning sheds light on how scam artists, posing as US government officials, lure would-be immigrants to the US with the prospect of receiving one of the 50,000 visas ...
US K-12 and Colleges Suffered 1,300 Data Breaches in 15 Years
More than 24.5 million records belonging to K–12 school districts and colleges in the United States have been hit by around 1,300 data breaches since 2005, according to a new report from ...
Online Voting Platform in Three U.S. States Vulnerable to Multiple Types of Attacks
Security researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Michigan found numerous security issues and vulnerabilities within Democracy Live’s OmniBallot platform. The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing more states ...
COVID-19: China and Russia Disinformation and Shenanigans
As we sit here at the beginning of April, it is sometimes hard to remember that it was Nov. 17, 2019, when China discovered a virus emanating from a central fish and ...
Firefox Enables DNS over HTTPS by Default in the United States
Mozilla is turning on DNS over HTTPS by default for users in the United States and is making it available for users throughout the rest of the world if they choose it ...
Election Security a 2020 Myth?
As the 2020 election season shifts into high gear, the importance of election security becomes one of the most important issues facing the U.S. Thousands of hours have been spent within government ...
Low-Intensity Conflict: Cyber, Iran’s Next Move
Iran’s next move could be one of low-intensity conflict that could have a big impact on our cyber infrastructures The level of angst and concern of a hot-war between Iran and the ...
US mayors agree to boycott future ransomware attacks following hacking spree on city systems
Numerous big cities across the United States have fallen victim to ransomware attacks costing the municipalities tens of millions of dollars to recover. While some city administrators refrain from giving in to ...
