The SolarWinds attack is one of the most devastating cyberattacks in recent memory, and it was all caused by a weak password: solarwinds123. This password was left on GitHub … [Read more...] about Weak Password At SolarWinds: Saturday Sitrep
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SolarWinds May Shape Cyber Policy: Saturday Sitrep
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) is young, barely two years old, and charged with keeping the country safe from cyberthreats. The SolarWind attack (which gets … [Read more...] about SolarWinds May Shape Cyber Policy: Saturday Sitrep
Cyberpunk 2077 Source Code Sold: Saturday Sitrep
CD Projekt Red found itself hacked and its files encrypted by the HelloKitty ransomware, and the hackers behind the attack threatened to either dump the data or sell it to the … [Read more...] about Cyberpunk 2077 Source Code Sold: Saturday Sitrep
Clubhouse May Be Blocked in Mainland China
Users experiencing disruptions when trying to access social networking app Clubhouse Social networking app Clubhouse may be blocked in mainland China. The outage began early … [Read more...] about Clubhouse May Be Blocked in Mainland China
Prisoner’s Bitcoin Worth Millions: Saturday Sitrep
A man arrested by German authorities is in possession of a cryptocurrency wallet containing at least 1,700 Bitcoin (worth $68,883,830 at the time of publishing this article), which … [Read more...] about Prisoner’s Bitcoin Worth Millions: Saturday Sitrep
Catfishing Might Be A Crime: Saturday Sitrep
The Utah House of Representatives is considering HB 239, the Online Impersonation Prohibition bill, which may, under certain conditions, make impersonating another individual with … [Read more...] about Catfishing Might Be A Crime: Saturday Sitrep
NGO to Map All 18k NYC Surveillance Cameras
Amnesty International launching crowdsourced map of facial recognition cams in Ban the Scan Human rights organization Amnesty International is leading an effort to map … [Read more...] about NGO to Map All 18k NYC Surveillance Cameras
President Biden’s Peloton: Saturday Sitrep
The President of the United States has access to a wealth of sensitive, confidential, and classified material by nature of their position, and access to even a sliver of that … [Read more...] about President Biden’s Peloton: Saturday Sitrep
Email Service Cuts Off Gun Rights Nonprofit
Tech censorship continues against second amendment organizations Marketing service provider Mailchimp has ended its business relationship with the Virginia Citizens Defense … [Read more...] about Email Service Cuts Off Gun Rights Nonprofit
Feds Warn of Microsoft Defender Security Bug
Windows Defender antivirus app Microsoft Defender Vulnerable to Hackers The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) … [Read more...] about Feds Warn of Microsoft Defender Security Bug
