US Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Turkey in Thursday in order to try and get Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to halt his military campaign in …
US Ordered Secret Cyber-Strike on Iran: Report
After Drone strikes targeted two Saudi Aramco oil facilities last month, disrupting about half of the kingdom’s oil capacity, the United States government carried out a cyberattack on Iranian IT …
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Warning: Russian Hackers Break Into European Embassy In Washington
A new study by ESET shows that the Russian state-backed hacking group Cozy Bear, which has been linked to the notorious Democratic National Committee (DNC) hack during the 2016 US Presidential …
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Typosquatting Websites Proliferate in Run-up to US Elections
Researchers with Digital Shadows have found hundreds of "typosquatting" domains linked to the 2020 US Presidential elections. Typosquatting is the practice of registering domains that very closely …
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Turkey-Syria offensive: Erdogan rejects US ceasefire call
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said that he will "never declare a ceasefire," in response to calls by the US government to halt the Turkish military campaign in northeastern Syria. …
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Florida Women’s Clinic Warns 520,000 Patients of Data Breach
In April of this year, North Florida OB-GYN, an organization providing specialized health care for women, suffered a cyberattack impacting the private data of 528,188 patients, the clinic announced …
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Russia moves to fill void left by US in northern Syria
Russia has deployed troops to northeastern Syria in order to prevent a confrontation between Syrian forces and the Turkish troops that have been moving into the area since last week. The Turkish …
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Syrian army moves to confront Turkish forces as US withdraws
Syrian President Bashar Assad has begun deploying troops to the northeastern part of the country, opening up the possibility of a direct conflict with the Turkish forces that have moved into the …
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Mississippi Shows Flagrant Disregard for Cybersecurity
The cybersecurity posture of Mississippi state entities, including agencies, boards, commissions and universities, tends to be incredibly poor, the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) discovered during …
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China’s Huawei claims it faces 1 million cyberattacks per day
Chinese tech giant Huawei is the target of about 1 million cyberattacks per day, Senior Vice President John Suffolk recently stated. The attacks allegedly aim to steal Huawei's 5G technology, but so …
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