Cyber Security News and Education
A rather disturbing internal memo has been leaked from Google which reveals the details of Project Dragonfly, which is a search engine built at the behest of the People’s Republic of China government. Dragonfly has […]
One of the creators of Scan4You has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his assistance in helping hackers cause over $20 Billion in damages with their innovative tool. Antivirus software works on a […]
Equifax has been fined the maximum amount allowed by the Data Protection Act of 1988 because the data breach that caused hundreds-of-thousands of customers to have their data exposed occurred before GPDR went into full […]
UnityPoint Health is reporting that a data breach may have exposed nearly 1.4 million patient’s personal health data, and all of this is because of a phishing attack. Phishing, and especially spear phishing, attacks are […]
The Russian Federation signed the “Yarovaya Laws” into effect on July 6th, and this package contains several severe implications for the cyber landscape. The Yarovaya Law(s) or Yarovaya Package is comprised of two laws, 374-FZ […]
Inmates in an Idaho prison discovered a vulnerability in the system that managed the commissary system in their prison, and by taking advantage of the tables they used to interface with it, which they used […]
Apple has rolled out a new safety feature, USB Restricted Mode, in an attempt to counter the rise of password stealing and cracking services that have been used by criminal elements as well as the […]
California Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) into law yesterday. The CCPA borrows its overall tone and structure from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that was signed into law […]
As cyber attacks increase in volume and intensity, the demand for trained cyber professionals has grown as well. This demand has helped to create a booming cyber security sector, especially in the areas of training […]
Beam Suntory, the company behind the well-known Jim Beam whiskey, has been busy working to upgrade their cyber security systems. This push towards more modern and adaptable security systems comes with the realization that their […]