November 7, 2018 AT&T prepares to disconnect over a dozen pirates How much piracy does it take to have your internet connection terminated in the US? The answer to that question will surely depend on your ISP's policies, the countermeasures used to hide that piracy, and how you respond to repeated warnings from your ISP that they know you are infringing copyright. For over a dozen AT&T customers, the tolerance limit has been reached and their service is about to be terminated.
November 6, 2018 Fox on Tech: Midterm election security in the spotlight Winning an election is hard, but securing those elections can be just as difficult, and a monumental task in today's cyber-savvy world as more states convert to online or electronic balloting. And according to a new survey from Unisys, election security is certainly on the minds of voters as they head to polls across the country.
November 6, 2018 Voting machines can be hacked in two minutes, expert warns How long does it take to hack an election?
November 6, 2018 Midterms cyber fear: One in five Americans may not vote over security worries, survey says Nearly one in five Americans will not vote or are highly unlikely to vote in Tuesday’s midterm elections over concerns about the integrity of U.S. voting systems, according to new research.
November 5, 2018 Foreign hackers have US election networks in their crosshairs, report says Foreign hackers are reportedly increasing their efforts to target America’s election infrastructure ahead of Tuesday’s midterms.
November 5, 2018 Private Facebook messages from 81K accounts for sale online More than Over 81,000 Facebook accounts in the Ukraine, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, and Brazil have been compromised, with their private messages published and possibly sold.
November 3, 2018 ‘Sextortion’ scam uses password breaches to target victims Cyber-scammers are the ultimate opportunists. And the latest scam uses stolen passwords and sexual blackmail, according to a report from Barracuda Networks, an IT security company.
October 28, 2018 North Korea amps up currency scams to raise funds, avoid sanctions, report says North Korea is turning to cryptocurrency scams to raise money and circumvent sanctions, a new report says.
October 23, 2018 Saudi investment conference site taken down by hackers The fallout from the killing of Saudi journalist and activist Jamal Khashoggi continued Monday when a high-profile investment conference known as "Davos in the Desert" saw its website defaced by hackers.
October 19, 2018 Kentucky man sold program that spied on victims, must forfeit $725G A Kentucky man who peddled malicious spy software on hacker forums got his comeuppance courtesy of the FBI.