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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…

2 months ago

WeChat Banned, TikTok Saved

The past few weeks have seen a flurry of activity surrounding two Chinese apps, TikTok (Bytdance) and WeChat (Tencent) and…

3 months ago

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…

4 months ago

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…

5 months ago

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…

6 months ago

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,…

8 months ago

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…

9 months ago

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…

10 months ago

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…

11 months ago

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…

1 year ago