The charges come following a series of stories published in 2019 by Greenwald’s news site The Intercept, based on a trove of data that it said “provides unprecedented insight into the operations of the anti-corruption task force that transformed Brazilian politics and gained worldwide attention.” The stories included excerpts of…
A leading offshore safety and verification body has reported a rapid rise in the number of ships seeking to gain a cybersecurity classification. Ship classification society Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) says it has seen a surge in the number of ships applying for its “Cyber Managed” notation. The notation…
An American businessman who co-founded a cybersecurity company has admitted to hiring criminals to carry out cyber-attacks against others. Tucker Preston, of Macon, Georgia, confessed to having paid threat actors to launch a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks between December 2015 and February 2016. DDoS attacks prevent a website from functioning…
Hey, admins! It’s been an exciting week, eh? Most of you have been inundated with requests — demands — that you patch all of your systems immediately to protect them from the highly publicized CVE-2020-0601 Crypt32.dll security hole, known as “Chain Of Fools” or “CurveBall.” While you were scrambling to comply with…
Police Scotland has announced plans to establish “cyber kiosks” that will allow officers to scan locked smart devices for evidence. The 41 new kiosks will be located in police stations across local policing divisions, where they will be operated by over 400 specially trained officers. Each kiosk is essentially a desktop computer…
Artificial intelligence can help find illegal opioid sales online
An estimated 130 people die from opioid-related drug overdoses each day in the United States, and 2 million people had an opioid use disorder in 2018. This public health crisis has left officials scrambling for ways to cut down on illegal sales of these controlled substances, including online sales. Now…
Days away from the Iowa caucuses, and less than 11 months from the general election, voting and election security continues to be a challenge for the U.S political system. Threats to a secure election appear to loom as large today as they did in 2016, when Russian state-backed hackers and…
Smart Government Market High Demand Driving Market Profit
Pune, Maharashtra, January 21, 2020 (Wired Release) Prudour Pvt. Ltd. The Global Smart Government Market Research Report is expected to display a high CAGR according to the recent report added by MarketResearch.Biz. Distinct growth driving forces and upcoming trends which will boost the market growth are included in this study….
Hong Kong is set to follow the lead of European regulators in applying tougher penalties for data protection infractions, following a serious breach at airline Cathay Pacific in 2018. Proposed amendments to the regional government’s Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, which cited the GDPR, would see fines levied as a percentage…
The UK government is facing urgent questions after it was revealed that betting companies were given access to a Department for Education (DfE) database containing personal information on 28 million children. Known as the Learning Record Service, the database stores information on students in England, Wales and North Ireland choosing…
Both Microsoft and the US government are warning computer users of a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which is currently being exploited in the wild. The zero-day bug, CVE-2020-0674, exists in the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory in IE, according to a Microsoft advisory…
A £150m public sector cybersecurity framework is set to go live next month, replacing Cyber Security Services 2. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) published the contract notice for Cyber Security Services 3 earlier this month, with the framework available for buyers to purchase from on 14 February. Related articles A dynamic…
With election season ramping up across the country, local election officials are happy to see a new change in federal policy. The FBI announced last week that the agency is working toward a commitment to notify state officials if election systems have been breached. Chris Chambless is the supervisor of…
How Do You Know When You’re Being Manipulated? The Dangers of Dark Design – Brink – The Edge of Risk
An image of a person online shopping. As consumers become increasingly aware of how they use technology and how tech companies use their data, organizations leveraging dark design and misusing user data put their reputation on the line and risk alienating consumers. Photo: Shutterstock Share this article Twitter Facebook LinkedIn…
The Legislative Assembly (AL) on Monday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill amending the current law regulating the powers, functions and duties of the Judiciary Police (PJ), which proposes to expressly grant the Judiciary Police “exclusive competence” to investigate crimes endangering national security and crimes related to cybersecurity. According…
Get Ready to Face Your Fears With ZEE5’s First Tech Horror Film | Television
MUMBAI — India’s largest video streaming platform, ZEE5, is all set to present an ‘App-solutely’ scary, sexy and fun tech horror film starring Hina Khan, Kushal Tandon, Aditi Arya and Rishabh Sinha. Directed by Debatma Mandal and produced by Krasnaya Corporation LLP and Horse Films LLP, the film is currently under…
In terms of technology, the world had been unifying for years. Now it is reverting back to the likes of the VHS-versus-Betamax era, with much bigger consequences. Imagine two countries with completely different sets of hardware and software for the internet, electronic devices, telecommunications, and even social media and dating…
Here’s How to Activate Dark Mode on Facebook Using Chrome and Safari
We have been using Facebook for years now and it has mostly been the same with several design changes. While developers are consistently working to bring dark themes in apps, Facebook has been quite reluctant with it. The company did update Instagram and Messenger with dark mode, but Facebook itself…
Extraditing Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to the US would “embarrass” Canada and undermine its autonomy, her lawyers have argued, kicking off the first day of a court case that has whipped up a geopolitical storm between China and the west. Lawyers acting for Ms Weng, the “Princess of Huawei” who has been under house…
Undercover police snare Preston pervert who tried to abuse young girls
A pervert who tried to meet up with a parent to abuse his two daughters was caught after it turned out to be an undercover police officer. William Gerald Lenehan, from Preston, was in secret online contact with the officer for two months and used secure email accounts based in…
