November 3, 2020 Voters should be wary of ‘meme warfare’ Voters should be wary of deceptive memes that may claim false victories or foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election, a cybersecurity firm said.
October 28, 2020 Russian hackers are going after everything, from elections to industrial systems Russia is a relentless, increasingly malicious hacker of everything American, recent threats show.
October 27, 2020 Election meddling by Iran, Russia, China to amp up prior to presidential election In the wake of the Treasury Department citing “brazen attempts to sow discord” in the U.S. election process by Iran, other nation-state actors are ratcheting up activity in the final week before the election.
October 25, 2020 Russian hackers 'can't change votes,' Trump's national security adviser says U.S. officials said that Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the United States in recent days, stealing data from at least two servers.
October 22, 2020 Voter data widely available on dark web, cybersecurity experts say Targeting millions of voters with misinformation may be as easy as clicking the right button in 2020.
October 22, 2020 Texting scams are on the rise: report In the samples analyzed, the scammers masqueraded as major brands including Amazon, USPS, FedEx, Cash App, Netflix.
October 16, 2020 Hacked? Steve Scully held to higher standard than MSNBC’s Joy Reid because C-SPAN has ethics, critics say C-SPAN announced Thursday it had suspended political editor Steve Scully indefinitely after he admitted he lied about his Twitter account being hacked, but the scandal has renewed interest in hacker claims once made by MSNBC host Joy Reid.
October 14, 2020 FBI, DHS say hackers have gained access to election systems Hackers, possibly nation-state actors, have penetrated U.S. government networks and accessed election systems, the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a joint alert.
October 13, 2020 Amazon Prime Day causing cyber criminals to ‘prey on the unwary’ Amazon Prime Day is here. Scams are too.
October 7, 2020 Hospitals increasingly targeted by ransomware attacks, report says Ransomware attacks are up sharply in the U.S., with hospitals becoming a favorite target, according to a new report.