Folks in America: Your senators have just a few weeks left to pass the PRESS Act, a federal “shield” bill that the House passed with unanimous and bipartisan support earlier in January but has been waiting in the Senate for a final vote ever since. The PRESS Act, if passed into law, would enshrine nationwide […]
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Two U.S. senators are accusing the Department of Defense of not doing enough to protect the communications of its military personnel, as the U.S. government contends with an ongoing Chinese hacking campaign targeting American phone and internet giants. The senators say the Department of Defense still relies too heavily on old fashioned landline calls, and
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U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America’s largest phone and internet providers, weeks after the long-running hacking campaign first came to light. Cybersecurity agency CISA said in a call with reporters the affected telecom giants are still trying to evict
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U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America’s largest phone and internet providers, weeks after the long-running hacking campaign first came to light. Cybersecurity agency CISA said in a call with reporters the affected telecom giants are still trying to evict
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Security firm iVerify said a leader of a big company was among several individuals whose iPhones were recently targeted with the Pegasus spyware. While journalists, human rights defenders, lawmakers, and political officials are frequent targets of state surveillance, reports of spyware compromising the phones of business leaders are rare, but not unheard of. The findings
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Cyberattacks are on the rise. In Q1 2024, organizations experienced an average of around 1,300 attacks per week. The cost of attacks is climbing, as well. Per Statista, cybercrime-related losses could surge to over $13 billion by 2028. Software is one way to combat these attacks. Hardware is another. Startup Axiado is a proponent of
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Cyberattacks are on the rise, and the victims are high-profile. According to a KPMG survey, close to half of companies with $1 billion or more in annual revenue recently suffered a security breach. Surprisingly, an overabundance of security tools may be contributing to the problem. In a separate poll, 43% of businesses said their teams
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U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America’s largest phone and internet providers, weeks after the long-running hacking campaign first came to light. Cybersecurity agency CISA said the affected telecom giants are still trying to evict the hackers, in part because
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Two U.S. data brokers have agreed not to collect private location data on Americans as part of a pair of settlements with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which accused the companies of unlawfully tracking millions of people near to sensitive locations like healthcare facilities and military bases. The two settlements, announced Tuesday, will prohibit Virginia-based
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a new rule that would block data brokers from selling personal and financial information on Americans, including their Social Security numbers and phone numbers, under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. In proposing the new rules, months after President Biden signed an executive order to curb the sale of
