The Kaspersky Lab CEO forewarns of a dark future if we do not secure infrastructure Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab, has issued a frightening warning of the complete shutdown of society that could be instigated by hackers taking advantage of unsecure infrastructure. In this modern world that has so eagerly become deeply and widely […]
by Gigi Sohn Last week, on a party-line vote, the Senate voted to repeal the Federal Communications Commission’s 2016 broadband privacy rules giving consumers the power to choose how their ISPs use and share their personal data. Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote, and if the House also votes to repeal the rules, the […]
Operatives for the Hamas terrorist group hacked into dozens of Israeli combat soldiers’ cellphones by posing as attractive Israeli women on Facebook. Using Israeli women’s photos and identities stolen from social media, the operatives would initiate personal and intimate relationships with the soldiers and then ask them to download what they said was an application […]
Cyber security expert John McAfee joins ‘News With Ed’ to discuss evidence in the report which supposedly pointed to Russian involvement, which according to McAfee actually vindicates Moscow.
In addition to the detailed analysis posted on our website showing that there is no evidence of Russia hacking the 2016 election, Wordfence, a security company specializing in protecting WordPress websites, has put together its own analysis and conclusion on the report released by the DHS and FBI. Here are some questions and answers they have […]
by Jethro Mullen and Jose Pagliery The U.S. government is still trying to figure out who carried out the massive cyberattack that crippled popular websites around the globe last week, but “preliminary” evidence indicates it was not done by a government. But there are clues. On Tuesday, Director of National Security James Clapper told the […]
Today a massive cyber hack that floored Amazon, Twitter, HBO, paypal and Reddit could be just ‘practice for election day’ or more. Wikileaks supporters among those claiming responsibility for massive security breach and many fear it is just a warm-up, but it not just Wikileaks supporters that have the know how. Today’s attack was not […]
Just weeks after Obama outsourced oversight of the internet to foreigners, a widespread cyber-attack was carried out against some of the world’s biggest websites on Friday, with users unable to access PayPal, Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify, Wikileaks and many others for hours on end. The attack targeted Dyn, a company that helps people connect to websites, with […]
Charles Murray | 10/12/2016 It would be difficult and highly unlikely, but it’s certainly possible for computer hackers to change the outcome of next month’s presidential election, experts say. “I’m not sure that a single hacker could do it alone,” Eugene H. Spafford, professor of computer science at Purdue University, told Design News. “But an organized team […]
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai (R) stated that the plan to “essentially give up the US oversight role…of the Internet” to ICANN is something that should worry anyone who cherishes “free expression, and free speech rights generally,” and could potentially cede oversight of the Internet to “foreign governments who might not share our values.” He further […]
