On Wednesday, TikTok users across the U.S. were told “Congress is planning a total ban of TikTok.” But this most recent attempt to curtail the app’s reach in the US is just a strange amalgamation of sloppy politics and hypocrisy.
Should we ban ransom payments?
As cybercriminals continue to reap the financial rewards of their attacks, talk of a federal ban on ransom payments is getting louder. U.S. officials have long urged against […]
NSA says it’s tracking Ivanti cyberattacks as hackers hit US defense sector
The U.S. National Security Agency has confirmed that hackers exploiting flaws in Ivanti’s widely used enterprise VPN appliance have targeted organizations across the U.S. defense sector. NSA spokesperson […]
UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare hacked by nation state, as pharmacy outages drag on
U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group said Thursday in a filing with government regulators that its subsidiary Change Healthcare was compromised likely by government-backed hackers. In a filing […]
US, UK authorities claim seizure of LockBit ransomware gang’s dark web leak site
A coalition of international law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the U.K.’s National Crime Agency, have disrupted the operations of the prolific LockBit ransomware gang. LockBit’s dark-web […]
A16Z will give literally any politician money if they help deregulate tech
Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz has announced its intent to begin lobbying the US government, and their plan is as tone-deaf and obtuse as this summer’s dreadful “Techno-Optimist […]
CISA says US government agency was hacked thanks to ‘end of life’ software
U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA has warned that unknown hackers broke into the servers of a federal government agency by taking advantage of a previously known vulnerability in software […]
Ukraine fires top cybersecurity officials
The Ukrainian government has fired two of its most senior cybersecurity officials following accusations of alleged embezzlement. Yurii Shchyhol, head of Ukraine’s Ukraine’s State Special Communications Service of […]
‘The Marvels’ teases a Young Avengers team-up — here’s how
“The Marvels” promises the start of the Young Avengers, which would include Kamala Khan, Kate Bishop, and Cassie Lang.
Maine government says data breach affects 1.3 million residents
The government of Maine has confirmed over a million state residents had personal information stolen in a data breach earlier this year by a Russia-linked ransomware gang. In […]