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By an oversight, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shared with a third party 2.3 million of records of natural disaster survivors, report authors of the book ‘Learn ethical hacking‘, in conjunction with experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS). FEMA accidentally shared personal details classified in twenty different categories; because of […]
Bangladesh Bank suffered a security incident that resulted in a millionaire robbery; they point to the possible participation of North Korean hackers According to ethical hacking and network security experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security, Bangladesh Bank has filed a lawsuit with the federal Court of new York to try to recover the […]
According to the judge who issued the order, this is tantamount to violating the U.S. Constitution Fifth Amendment A judge in the United States denied the police an order to unlock several devices with biometric identifiers (such as fingerprint register or facial recognition). According to network security specialists at the International Institute of Cyber Security, […]
Legislators from both political parties presented a bill designed to protect American technological infrastructure Senators Marco Rubio (Republican Party) and Mark Warner (Democratic Party), members of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, presented the bill for the creation of the Office of Critical Technologies and Security. According to cybersecurity and digital forensics experts from the International […]
With just a few weeks left for the official release, developers revealed that a security incident led to the theft of some unfinished copies of the videogame Cybersecurity specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security reported that some copies of Kingdom Hearts 3 for Xbox One were stolen; in addition, some images and videos […]
Due to a US government sanction, users who perform transactions with the indicted persons will face high economic penalties Have you been a victim of ransomware and are you trying to pay criminals to decrypt your files? Maybe you’d like to think twice because, according to cybersecurity and digital forensics specialists from the International Institute […]
The HSBC headquarters in Istanbul are pictured on June 9, 2015. Scandal-hit bank HSBC said on June 9 it would cut its global headcount by up to 50,000 as part of a restructuring that entails its withdrawal from Brazil and Turkey, while it also mulls abandoning London as its HQ. AFP PHOTO/ OZAN KOSE (Photo […]
Federal agencies claim that in this hacking campaign 13 firms were attacked for the benefit of a Chinese aerospace company Last Tuesday, federal prosecutors disclosed charges accusing two Chinese government intelligence officers and eight alleged conspirators of having made informatics intrusions held in 13 companies in an attempt to steal designs for an engine used […]
Short Bytes: There’s no sign that the USA president-elect, Donald Trump, has given up his personal Android device. The security experts have called his regular Android smartphone a security threat to the USA and its allies. While Trump wishes to continue using his personal phones, this won’t be possible due to the high risks involved. […]
Short Bytes: The UN is expected to announce its decision on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s release on Friday. The whistleblower website has tweeted that the UN’s WGAD body will announce the immediate release of Mr. Assange. It should be noted that the WikiLeaks founder is currently living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The United Nations is set […]