TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has spoken out after the Palm Beach Republican Party was accused of endorsing the suspect in a child sex abuse investigation for local office. That suspect — Michael Caruso, 67 — was suspended from his position as the Palm Beach County clerk of…
For years, credit unions relied on a simple, effective security check: personal familiarity. When a member called to initiate a large wire transfer, a member service representative (MSR) could confirm their identity by the sound of their voice or historical context. In modern cybersecurity, unstructured trust is a critical vulnerability….
Peer pressure and popularity in school are nothing new, but the way cell phones are being used to generate so-called social currency in teens is raising new concerns. A new study finds that it is increasingly common for adolescents to use mobile porn and participate in “sexting” or sending sexual…
Japanese investigators have detained a suspected key member of an international hacking group accused of carrying out cyberattacks against companies around the world. Investigative sources say the suspect was handed over to German authorities earlier this month. The suspect is said to be a 28-year-old Russian national who is believed…
Personal information of about 100,000 people registered on an online education site managed by the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission was leaked. The leak followed a hacking incident at the corporations operating the site. On the 6th, according to the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) and others, personal information…
A new hacking group claims to have stolen data on over 3,000 Trump Mobile customers by infecting an employee at a related company with malware. Straight Arrow News first reported on the alleged hack, for which a group called BYOD has claimed responsibility. Last week, the gang’s site on the…
The FBI and law enforcement partners have arrested “multiple” suspects as part of an investigation into a September hack allegedly involving data-theft-and-extortion group ShinyHunters, the bureau told The Register. “The bureau continues to aggressively investigate the recent cyber incident allegedly involving ShinyHunters, having already worked with partners to arrest multiple…
Dell warned customers to patch a critical vulnerability in the System Update (DSU) command-line interface (CLI) deployment tool as soon as possible. DSU lets enterprise IT administrators deploy BIOS, firmware, and software updates onto Linux and Windows systems on PowerEdge enterprise server infrastructure. In a Thursday security advisory, the company said the…
U.S. Based Rare Earth Company Winner Water to Join SPD and Mobix Labs (Nasdaq: MOBX) National Security Matters Initiative Federal awards totaling $53 million have propelled Winner’s technology from laboratory chemistry to a demonstration plant under construction Special Project Delivery, Inc. (“SPD”) today announced it has entered into a definitive…
Microsoft’s X account was hacked yesterday to promote Clippy-themed cryptocurrency. As The Verge reports, the @Microsoft account, which has 13 million followers, reposted a tweet from a Clippy crypto account, changed its profile image to feature Clippy, and then posted a message saying it would bring Clippy back if it…
