Category: cybersecurity
Russia, China and Iran target US elections with cyberattacks
Russia is once again trying to interfere with a US presidential election, according to a new disclosure from Microsoft that also names China and Iran.The attacks have targeted both Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s campaigns, as well as other officials an… Source
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White House issues ‘SPD-5’ cybersecurity policy for space
The Trump administration’s latest Space Policy Directive, SPD-5, details policies the government believes the country’s public and private space agencies should adopt to protect their systems from hacking threats. Some of the best practices the docum… Source
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How it feels to survive Silicon Valley and a pandemic
It shouldn’t feel like it took a pandemic to get Twitter to boot 7,000 QAnon accounts (and crack down on 150,000 more related to the violent conspiracy group), but it does. At least Twitter is doing harm mitigation around its role in this interconnec… Source
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Nigerians face US charges over online fraud worth ‘hundreds of millions’
US law enforcement is cracking down on a pair of alleged online fraudsters that appear to have been wildly successful. The United Arab Emirates has sent the US two Nigerian nationals, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas and Olakean Jacob Ponle, to face charges rela… Source
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Hackers targeted the UK’s coronavirus vaccine research
On top of everything else, add cybersecurity threats to the list of things the UK's National Health Service (NHS) has had to contend with during the coronavirus pandemic. In an interview with the Cheltenham Science Festival, Jeremy Fleming, the head… Source
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Recommended Reading: He bought StubHub right before the pandemic
Worst. Deal. Ever.Noah Kirsch, ForbesIn November, Eric Baker’s online ticket marketplace Viagogo purchased rival StubHub for $4 billion. Baker was actually one of StubHub’s co-founders before he was fired from the company. The deal closed in February… Source
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