Posts for category: US News

UC Berkeley Breach

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Japan Critical Infrastructure Hack – Operation Dust Storm

Source: https://threatpost.com/five-year-dust-storm-apt-campaign-targets-japanese-critical-infrastructure/116436/ Cylance's research team SPEAR released reports about a 5 year campaign that ...

IRS Breach larger than first stated

Source: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/26/new-irs-cyberattack-total-is-more-than-twice-previously-disclosed-dj-citing-irs.html The number of people that were affected by the IRS hack just keeps ...

DHS & FBI Data Leak

Source: http://www.csoonline.com/article/3030702/security/hackers-leak-dhs-staff-directory-claim-doj-is-next.html Posted February 7, 2016 Personal information of more than 9,000 Department of ...

Being Responsible With Your Personal Information & Internet of Things (IoT)

Source: http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/02/this-teddy-bear-could-have-exposed-your-childs-identity/ Posted February 2, 2016 Most people these days are not familiar with what "IoT" means, but it is ...

NSA planning to restructure organization to face digital threats

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/national-security-agency-plans-major-reorganization/2016/02/02/2a66555e-c960-11e5-a7b2-5a2f824b02c9_story.html The National Security ...

Scammers using Syrian War to Extort Money

Source: http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/spam/2015/Nigerian-Scammers-Use-the-War-in-Syria-to-Extort-Money-from-the-International-Community The original source of this message is from December 7, ...

GOP Presidential Candidate Wants to Create New Federal Agency Devoted to Cyber Security

Source: Fox News via Youtube GOP Presidential Candidate Ben Carson would like to propose the formation of a new federal agency devoted completely to cyber security. (Youtube) Summary: Ben Carson ...