Twitter this week said that it removed an account that pretended to be Antifa — the anti-fascist organization President Trump has claimed is an instigator of ongoing protests surrounding the police killing of George Floyd — but was actually the handiwork of a white power group. After Russia leveraged social media
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Six Cisco servers compromised when hackers exploited SaltStack Salt flaws
Six Cisco salt-master backend servers were compromised when attackers exploited two recently reported vulnerabilities in SaltStack Salt. Cisco revealed the attacks in an advisory, saying the Cisco Modeling Labs Corporate Edition (CML) and the Cisco Virtual Internet Routing Lab Personal Edition (VIRL-PE) were vulnerable. In early May one or more attackers exploited
House pulls vote on FISA bill
The House late Wednesday nixed a planned vote on the FISA bill passed earlier this month by the Senate and which would authorize three surveillance initiatives in the USA Freedom Act. “We just formally announced a whip against it because, number one, it’s not going to become law,” Rep. Steve Scalise,
Cybersecurity among six sectors booming during Covid-19, with Q1 funding exceeding $1.5B
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to hobble economies around the world, cybersecurity is one of six sectors currently booming, with first quarter funding topping $1.5 billion. That figure is close to a record high, according to Crunchbase Data Evangelist Gené Teare, who told SC Media that instead of seeing cybersecurity companies
Israeli websites defaced, as more offensive cyber activity flares up in Middle East
Following a month of cyberattacks involving Iran and Israel, experts are reluctant to predict all-out digital warfare between the nation states, despite the obvious recent tit for tat that underscores age-old, religion-based tensions. The latest possible salvo came May 21, when approximately 1,000 corporate and manufacturing targets within Israel were afflicted
WolfRAT malware targets WhatsApp, Messenger
A new malware called “WolfRAT is targeting messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Line on Thai Android devices. WolfRAT, according to the Cisco Talos intelligence team, is based on a leak of the previously leaked DenDroid malware family. Talos said in a blog post it highly believes that this modified
FBI, CISA warn China targeting orgs conducting Covid-19-related vaccine, treatment research
China is looking to lift American research on coronavirus vaccines and treatments through cyberattacks, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned health care, pharmaceutical, and research sectors working on COVID-19 response. “China’s efforts to target these sectors pose a significant threat to our nation’s response to COVID-19,”
House Intel Committee releases closed-door testimonies from Russia election interference probe
The House Intelligence Committee released long-promised closed-door testimonies, including those of members of President Trump’s family and inner circle, from its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. “The testimony that the committee is releasing today serves as a stark reminder of the ongoing threat that Russian interference poses
New York City schools OK tailored Zoom platform for remote learning
After privacy issues prompted the New York City Department of Education to transition away from Zoom as a telelearning option, the department has reversed that decision, noting that the teleconferencing company has created a safer platform for the city’s students. “We’ve worked with Zoom to create a tailored platform that provides
Connecticut town drops drone program to combat COVID-19 spread over privacy concerns
Drones chasing people around during a worldwide pandemic to determine if they’ve been infected with the coronavirus seemed too much like something out of a sci-fi movie, fraught with privacy and security concerns, for a Connecticut town that joined, then quickly ditched its plans to participate in, the Draganfly drone