Cyber-Security
Blockchain Technology Counters US Anti-Message Encryption Bill, AKA EARN IT Act (#GotBitcoin?)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is attempting to alert the public to a bill that seeks to end the encryption of online messages and prevent it from being enacted by the United States Congress. Blockchain Technology Counters US Anti-Message Encryption Bill, AKA EARN IT Act (#GotBitcoin?) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nKAvq8S8Nw&feature=youtu.be[/embed] The so-called EARN…
Cyber Attack Hits Health And Human Services Department Amid Covid-19 Outbreak
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department suffered a cyber-attack on its computer system. Cyber Attack Hits Health And Human Services Department Amid Covid-19 Outbreak Part of what people familiar with the incident called a campaign of disruption and disinformation that was aimed at undermining the response to the coronavirus pandemic…
Intel SGX Vulnerability Discovered, Cryptocurrency Keys Threatened
A vulnerability has reportedly been discovered in Intel’s Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) allowing passwords, encrypted keys, and other sensitive data to be siphoned from a computer’s memory. Intel SGX Vulnerability Discovered, Cryptocurrency Keys Threatened On March 10, computer researcher Daniel Gruss uploaded a video to YouTube describing how the proof-of-concept…
Pentagon Employee Charged With Providing Valuable Secrets To Individual Tied To Hezbollah
Information shared by linguist included real names of individuals spying for the U.S., Justice Department says. Pentagon Employee Charged With Providing Valuable Secrets To Individual Tied To Hezbollah The Justice Department on Wednesday charged a Defense Department linguist with sharing classified information with an individual connected to the Hezbollah terrorist…
Blockchain Storage Offers Security, Data Transparency And immutability. Get Over it!
In November 2019, security firm Risk Based Security called last year the “worst year on record” for breaches, with almost 8 billion records affected. Third-party control over personal data makes privacy something that is no longer a given. Blockchain Storage Offers Security, Data Transparency And immutability. Get Over it! The…
Internet Shutdowns Become A Favorite Tool of Governments: ‘It’s Like We Suddenly Went Blind’
Governments increasingly order telecoms to turn off web access in neighborhoods, regions or whole countries, sometimes for months. Internet Shutdowns Become A Favorite Tool of Governments: ‘It’s Like We Suddenly Went Blind’ Last June, the Myanmar subsidiary of telecom Telenor Group received an urgent government order it was told it…
Trump To Step-up Domestic-Surveillance Programs! (#GotBitcoin?)
Senior White House officials are discussing an overhaul of the government’s surveillance program for people in the U.S. suspected of posing a national-security risk, spurred in part by President Trump’s grievances about an investigation of a 2016 campaign adviser, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump To Step-up Domestic-Surveillance…
Harvard Chemical Biology Department Chair Accused Of Selling Covid19 To Wuhan University
Harvard Professor Among Three Charged With Lying About Chinese Government Ties. Harvard Chemical Biology Department Chair Accused Of Selling Covid19 To Wuhan University [caption id="attachment_16961" align="aligncenter" width="349"] Charles Lieber of Harvard University[/caption] He was being paid $50,000 per month by the Chinese university and given $1.5 million to establish…
Fraud Case In Charleston, S.C., Shines Light On Web’s Dark Corners
Micfo and its founder pleaded not guilty in case revolving around IP addresses and the American Registry for Internet Numbers. Fraud Case In Charleston, S.C., Shines Light On Web’s Dark Corners A first-of-its-kind fraud prosecution of a small technology company and its owner has shed light on how the architecture…
CIA Has Had Keys To Global Communication Encryption Since WWII
As the crypto and blockchain space investigates seemingly private solutions for payments and messaging, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA, has had the backdoor to one of the world’s major encryption systems since World War II. CIA Has Had Keys To Global Communication Encryption Since WWII Beginning in WWII,…
Hostile Spies Target U.S. With Cyber, Encryption, Big Data, Report Finds
U.S. counterintelligence strategy sees challenges from foreign governments, criminal groups, hacktivists. Hostile Spies Target U.S. With Cyber, Encryption, Big Data, Report Finds Intelligence threats against the U.S. are becoming more complex, diverse, and harmful as adversaries turn to innovative hybrid techniques combining traditional spying, economic espionage and cyber operations to…
Hackers Stole And Encrypted Data of 5 U.S. Law Firms, Demand 2 Crypto Ransoms
Hackers compromised five United States law firms and demanded two 100 Bitcoin (BTC) (over $933,000 at press time) ransoms from each firm: one to restore access to the data, one to delete their copy instead of selling it. Hackers Stole And Encrypted Data of 5 U.S. Law Firms, Demand 2…