A new initiative aims to make it easier to report personal abuse and harassment within the information security industry – without the involvement of social media mobs. Respect in Security, launched today with support from …
The shadowy world of private spyware has long caused alarm in cybersecurity circles, as authoritarian governments have repeatedly been caught targeting the smartphones of activists, journalists, and political rivals with malware purchased from unscrupulous brokers. …
An Explosive Spyware Report Shows the Limits of iOS Security Read More »
More than 1,000 GB of data and over 1.6 million files from dozens of municipalities in the US were left exposed, according to a new report from a team of cybersecurity researchers with security company …
1,000 GB of local government data exposed by Massachusetts software company Read More »
While we encourage anti-tracking and more privacy, sometimes all you want to know is, “Who is actually tracking me?” You can easily find out. Install Privacy Badger for your browser (we recommend Firefox), developed by …
Who’s tracking my political beliefs? Find out in under 5 minutes Read More »
A government official told Kyodo News on Wednesday that login IDs and passwords for the Tokyo Olympic ticket portal had been posted to a leak website following a breach. The official said the leak was …
Japanese government official says Olympic ticket data leaked Read More »
China state hackers are compromising large numbers of home and office routers for use in a vast and ongoing attack against organizations in France, authorities from that county said. The hacking group—known in security circles …
Home and office routers come under attack by China state hackers, France warns Read More »
A Russian cybercriminal that is known worldwide as the “bot master” has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for federal crimes, according to Security Week. Peter Levashov pleaded guilty three years ago to aggravated …
Russian Cybercriminal Levashov Sentenced to Time Already Served Read More »
The Spanish National Police have, at the request of America, arrested UK citizen Joseph O’Connor in Estepona, Spain, in connection with the July 2020 takeover of more than 130 Twitter accounts. The US Department of …
Spanish cops cuff Brit bloke accused of playing role in 2020 celeb Twitter hijacking Read More »
Today, the French national cyber-security agency warned of an ongoing series of attacks against a large number of French organizations coordinated by the Chinese-backed APT31 hacking group. It appears from our investigations that the threat …
France warns of APT31 cyberspies targeting French organizations Read More »
Chinese state-sponsored attackers have breached 13 US oil and natural gas (ONG) pipeline companies between December 2011 to 2013 following a spear-phishing campaign targeting their employees. The end goal of the attacks was to help …
Chinese state hackers breached over a dozen US pipeline operators Read More »
China has done what was expected of it, and dismissed the Exchange hack attribution made earlier this week by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and a collection of nations, including the United States, European …
China dismisses Exchange attribution and accuses US of whitewashing its cyber heists Read More »
The Indian government’s new Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code (“2021 Rules”) pose huge problems for free expression and Internet users’ privacy. They include dangerous requirements for platforms to identify the origins of messages …