Human rights activists fear that the patent will accelerate the growth of such technologies before lawmakers have time to foresee all the risks. Clearview AI’s patent application for facial recognition technology has been approved by the US federal government. The software developed by Clearview scrapes publicly available images on social...
All indications are that the company has fallen victim to ransomware. Colorado’s Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) is painfully recovering from a devastating cyberattack that destroyed all of its data over the past 25 years. An attack last month forced the company to shut down 90% of its internal computer systems....
Collaboration with companies was banned due to national security concerns. Bureau of Industry and Security, United States Department of Commerce added 27 companies on the list of organizations prohibited from doing business with the United States, including several Chinese quantum computing firms. The list includes such companies as Hefei National...
Iranian media reports on prevention of hacker attack on computer systems of private airline Mahan Air Iranian airline Mahan Air was cyberattacked, but it did not damage the air carrier, Fars reports. Mahan Air explained that hackers attacked the company’s “internal systems”. At the same time, there were no failures...
Iranian hackers infiltrated the computer systems of Lee Enterprises Inc., a major American publishing house in 2020. Computer systems of the large American publishing house Lee Enterprises Inc. were hacked by Iranian hackers in 2020. About it reported the Wall Street Journal newspaper. “Iranian hackers last year infiltrated the computer...
According to Kasparov, America should be tougher on cybercriminals. Legendary chess master Garry Kasparov said the US is “lagging behind” in cyber warfare and lacks a strategy to counter cyber threats. According to Kasparov, who is the ambassador for antivirus software developer Avast, America should be tougher on cybercriminals. As...
The authorities of the United States and Israel have agreed to mutually counter hackers using extortion software. The US and Israeli authorities have reached agreements on cooperation in the fight against hackers using ransomware viruses, as well as in the field of ensuring the security of financial infrastructure. This was...
The drone has been specially modified to cause short circuits and damage transformers. The US authorities spoke about an attempt by unknown criminals to attack the Pennsylvania power grid last year using a drone. This was reported by the news service ABC News, which was in possession of a joint...
More than 50% of all known transactions of the Chatex crypto exchange are associated with illegal activities. U.S. Department of the Treasury introduced sanctions against the cryptocurrency exchange Chatex for helping cyber ransomware groups bypass sanctions and obtain ransom from victims. In September 2021, the Ministry of Finance also imposed...
Hacking could potentially lead to the compromise of classified military data. American Defense Enterprise Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) reported about hacking your mail system and leaking files containing personal information. The attacker seized control of one of the company’s email accounts on August 2, 2021, according to a statement filed...
Federal agencies have 60 days to review and update their internal cybersecurity programs. The US Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issues first mandatory operating room this year directive (binding operational directive, BOD), directing federal civil agencies to fix the vulnerabilities used by cybercriminals during attacks in strict time frames....
The incident led to the disruption of gas stations throughout the country. The head of the Iranian Civil Defense Organization, Golamreza Jalili, who oversees the country’s cybersecurity sphere, accused the United States and Israel of carrying out a cyberattack, which this week led to unrest in the field of supplying...
The Russian is a member of the hacker group that used the “malicious network” Trickbot. Russian Vladimir Dunaev, extradited to the United States on charges of cybercrimes, faces 60 years in prison. Writes about this Reuters with reference to the US Department of Justice. According to the investigation, Dunaev developed...
The company must cease operations in the United States within 60 days. The US government banned a division of China Telecom Ltd., one of China’s largest state-owned telecom operators, from operating in the country, citing a threat to national security. According to order The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), China...
The MPA is calling for changes to the US government cybersecurity regulation. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPA) is calling for changes to the US government’s cybersecurity regulation to help fight piracy more effectively. Among other things, according to the MPA, the decree should oblige IaaS providers, including hosting...
The court allowed the FBI to require the suspect to unlock the smartphone using a fingerprint. The FBI used one of its most controversial methods to obtain information about the activities of the man accused of participating in the capture of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and the attack...
