Cyber Security News and Education
Saturday Sitrep: Compliance with the CCPA The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) is in effect, and now organizations must comply with its requirements. Currently, personal data originating from individuals residing in California (“Consumers”) is the […]
US Army Bans TikTok App for Soldiers Using Military Owned Phones Due to Security Concerns – China Connection The US Army joined the US Navy in banning service members from using TikTok on any US […]
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month – A Collaboration Between the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), which is a collaborative […]
What is the CISA? – US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Duties and Law – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 (H.R.3359) 115th Congress (2017-2018) […]
IRS Warns of Email Impersonation Tax Scam That Delivers Malware Attack The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) warned taxpayers of a new tax scam. Even though it is not tax season, the warning is a […]
Encryption Crackdown – Attorney General Barr Calls for Access to Amrican’s Personal Electronics US Attorney General William Barr called for increased access to Americans’ personal electronic devices and argued that tech companies should be compelled […]
Tax Scams – Beware of Two New IRS Tax Scams The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning taxpayers about two new tax scams. Even though tax season and the height of tax scam season […]
Amazon solidly defeats a proposal to stop sales of facial recognition tech to police Amazon shareholders voted not to limit the sales of the company’s facial recognition technology to law enforcement and governmental agencies. They […]
Perceptics license plate reader technology hacked Perceptics, a US technology firm that sells land border security technologies to governments was hacked. Perceptics deals in border security vehicle data acquisition, commercial vehicle inspection, electronic toll collection, […]
List of Advanced Persistent Threat Groups. The hackers behind some of the most successful and well-known cyber attacks in the world Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups are organized hacking and cyber intelligence actors, including individuals […]