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DDoS attack on US Health agency part of coordinated campaign

March 18, 2020 0 Comments coronavirus, covid-19, DDoS, disinformation campaigns, Government security, hhs, human services, Law & order, nation state hacking, nation-state, security threats, us department of health

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:54:20 +0000

It coincided with a disinformation campaign carried out via SMS, email and social media claiming that national quarantine was imminent.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/eIFGE7W8MpI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Senate bill would ban TikTok from government phones

March 17, 2020 0 Comments ban, bill, china, government phones, Government security, josh hawley, Law & order, legislation, rick scott, senate, spying, subcommittee, terrorism, TikTok

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:26:55 +0000

Concerns over cybersecurity risk and possible spying by China have already brought about bans from DHS, DoD, TSA, and the State Department.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JZyyYvFBZdk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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EARN IT Act threatens end-to-end encryption

March 17, 2020 0 Comments #nobackdoors, backdoor, backdoors, communications decency act, Cryptography, earn it act, earn-it, encryption, end-to-end encryption, Government security, Law & order, no backdoors, section 230

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 13:12:27 +0000

The bill, which would undercut Section 230 protections for online publishing, presents itself as a way to stop online child abuse.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SqOImXCXz8A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US and UK call out Russian hackers for Georgia attacks

February 21, 2020 0 Comments Georgia, Government security, gru, nation state hacking, national crime agency, nca, russia, russian hacking, sandworm, security threats, uk, US

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:43:24 +0000

The US and UK governments have both accused Russia of launching a cyber attack against the Georgian government last year.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/k1GSfrG1_cs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ransomware attack forces 2-day shutdown of natural gas pipeline

February 20, 2020 0 Comments cisa, cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, department of homeland security, dhs, Government security, infrastructure, malware, natural gas facility, phishing, Ransomware, security threats, spearphishing, utilities

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:35:31 +0000

The attacker(s) infected both IT and operational networks with an unspecified ransomware strain, though the facility never lost control.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/YqiqInxA_Kc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Nearly half of hospital Windows systems still vulnerable to RDP bugs

February 20, 2020 0 Comments BlueKeep, dejablue, Government security, Medical Devices, Microsoft, nhs, Operating Systems, security threats, vulnerability, Windows, wormable, worms

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:58:46 +0000

Almost half of connected hospital devices are still exposed to the wormable BlueKeep Windows flaw nearly a year after it was announced, according to a report released this week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wGhEwriWtkU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Council returns to using pen and paper after cyberattack

February 18, 2020 0 Comments Government security, local government, malware, national crime agency, nca, ncsc, Ransomware, redcar and cleveland council, security threats

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:44:46 +0000

Ten days after a suspected ransomware attack, residents of the English borough of Redcar and Cleveland must be starting to wonder when their Council’s IT systems will return.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OeNzmMzg6c4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Senator calls for dedicated US data protection agency

February 17, 2020 0 Comments california consumer protection act, CCPA, consumer online privacy rights act, copra, data protection, facebook, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Government security, kirsten gillibrand, Law & order, online privacy, personal data, personally identifiable information, PII, Privacy, selling data

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:55:15 +0000

The US needs a data protection agency of its own, and Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the one that makes it happen.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mOUsx7W00QI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Officials raise alarm about Chinese hacking

February 11, 2020 0 Comments autotrader, china, Government security, made in china 2025, nation state hacking, security threats, state-sponsored attackers, trade theft, us attorney general william barr, usa

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:29:30 +0000

Officials pointed to ongoing threats against US institutions, painting a dire picture of hacking efforts to support Chinese economic goals.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/oi3tJfEjikw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FBI director warns of sustained Russian disinformation threat

February 10, 2020 0 Comments ballot tampering, disinformation, disinformation campaigns, election meddling, fake news, FBI, Government security, nation state hacking, russia, security threats, us elections, vote fixing

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 11:20:55 +0000

Russia is still using social media in a sustained campaign to dabble in US affairs, according to FBI director Chris Wray.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/KHa-fKvAVcA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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