Cybercrime
Iran Targeted 2020 Presidential Campaign as Hacker Dangers Mount
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The security of presidential campaigns is questioned after Microsoft recently reported that Iran attempted a “highly motivated” hack of a U.S. presidential campaign.
Cybercrime
Experts Criticize Barr on Cybersecurity, Child Predators
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Cybersecurity experts say the Justice Department’s new focus on child exploitation as a reason to oppose strong encryption as misleading. They worry it could lead the U.S. to compromise security for all consumers.
Cybercrime
Hospitals Hit With Ransomware, FBI Issues New Alert
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This week three Alabama hospitals were forced to turn away “all but the most-critical new patients” after a ransomware attack infected their computers as the FBI warned that these attacks are growing more sophisticated and costly.
Cybercrime
UK Arrest Reveals Ransomware Attacks Threaten Music Industry
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The recent arrest of a 19-year-old UK man who was charged with stealing unfinished songs from the websites of prominent musicians and selling the work for Bitcoin has drawn new attention to the vulnerability of artists to predatory hackers.
Cybercrime
‘Mystery’ Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty in Milestone Case
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The guilty plea of Andrei Tyurin, accused of the largest theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution in history is seen as a victory in America’s legal struggle to arrest and try Russian cybercriminals.
Science & Technology
Think Your Phone is Spying on You? So is Your Dishwasher
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The electronic devices that are now indispensable to our daily lives are also putting Americans under intense surveillance, according to a report in the Journal of Cyber Policy.
Cybercrime
Feds Arrest 281 in ‘Business Email Compromise’ Schemes
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In Operation reWired, five federal agencies worked over three months to charge suspects in the U.S. and nine foreign countries. The operation resulted in the seizure of nearly $3.7 million.
Mass Shootings
Twitter Post Wrongly Linked TX Shooter to Beto O’Rourke
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The tweet, spread by thousands online and retweeted by a member of President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign advisory board, shows the breakneck speed at which misinformation can spread, and illustrates an eagerness to use such events for partisan purposes.
Cybercrime
Cybercriminals Attacking Schools, Governments With Ransomware
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A New York school was forced to delay its starting date because of a ransomeware attack, part of a pattern of cybercrime across the country.
Cybercrime
Canadian Cyberweapon Strategy Raising Questions
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The Canadian government is now openly discussing the possibility of making cyberweapons part of its official national defense strategy, a move that could set the nation on a “precarious path,” argues a research paper.