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The recent wave of ransomware attacks on school districts in various U.S. states does not stop and has claimed new casualties. Digital forensics specialists reported an incident at some schools in Wakulla County, in Florida, where the school district has already met with its insurance company to determine the most appropriate measure. Robert Pearce, the […]
It seems that the start of the school year at a New York school should be re-scheduled. According to web application security specialists, an elementary school in Orange County has been the victim of a ransomware attack that prevents its normal operations. “A cybersecurity threat has significantly impacted operations all around the school district, so […]
Even though the complex cybersecurity solutions currently available on the market, a system, network, or computer will never be 100% protected against security threats. Cybersecurity services experts report an incident in New York City that compromised the security of a school district despite having antivirus and firewall solutions. It is an infection of the dangerous […]
Last Saturday night, a blackout in New York left the entire Manhattan area without electric power; interestingly, the incident occurred on the anniversary of the massive blackout that happened in 1977 that left the entire city without power, crippling traffic and all work, academic and domestic activities, network security specialists report. Con Edison, one of […]
Last weekend the New York government announced that the city suffered a ransomware attack that managed to compromise some government administrative systems, reported ethical hacking training specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS). The attack focused almost exclusively on the Albany area, capital of New York, and affected the regular functioning of some […]
Following the adoption of strict regulations such as GDPR and CaCPA, New York takes vigorous action to demonstrate that cybersecurity is not optional For ethical hacking specialists, this 2018 has been marked by the approval of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CaCPA). Ethical hacking experts from the International Institute of […]
New York’s Erie County police department has revealed that it used Stingray spying tool for tracking users’ cellphone for 47 times without a warrant. The Erie County police department in New York has made it difficult for the New York Civil Liberties Union to provide records regarding the “Stingray”, a surveillance tool they use which […]
A Supreme Court judge in Buffalo ordered the Sheriff Office at Erie Country to disclose secret information to public which was collected from the public through Stingray surveillance device including phone numbers and locations of New Yorkers. Apart from the utterly questionably legality and constitutionality of this sort of mass surveillance, it is the high level […]