Security News

FBI: No Link Found Between Cyberattack and Navy Base Attack
2019-12-12 12:22

The FBI said Monday it has found no signs of any link between a cyberattack on computer systems of a Florida Panhandle city and last week’s attack at the naval air station there in which a Saudi...

FBI Puts $5 Million Bounty On Russian Hackers Behind Dridex Banking Malware
2019-12-05 10:29

The United States Department of Justice today disclosed the identities of two Russian hackers and charged them for developing and distributing the Dridex banking Trojan using which the duo stole...

FaceApp Could Pose 'Counter-Intelligence Threat': FBI
2019-12-04 16:04

Authorities Raise Concerns About Potential Russian Access to DataThe Federal Bureau of Investigation warns that the photo-editing app FaceApp and other applications developed in Russia could be a...

FBI Warns of Smart TV Dangers
2019-12-04 13:48

Cameras, Microphones and Security Flaws - A Bad RecipeThe FBI has a new suspect in its sights, and there's one in nearly every home: smart TVs. It warns consumers to be wary because the devices...

FBI: Russia-based FaceApp is a ‘potential counterintelligence threat’
2019-12-04 10:18

It's a grabby little app, data-wise, but how is it different from, say, Google or Facebook?

FBI confirms: FaceApp image-slurper poses a possible 'intelligence threat' from Russia
2019-12-03 00:34

Feds tell Congress that Russian apps are a real security risk Users who fire up FaceApp for fun might be unknowingly putting national security at risk, according to the US Feds.…

The FBI multi-factor authentication notification that should have never been
2019-11-12 06:30

While reviewing the recent Private Industry Notification from the FBI about using social engineering and technical attacks to circumvent multi-factor authentication, I was floored at how each of...

Watchdog Sues FBI Over Facial Recognition Secrecy
2019-11-01 05:21

A civil liberties watchdog Thursday sued the FBI and other federal agencies claiming the government is improperly withholding information on how it uses a facial recognition database of millions...

Former FBI General Counsel Jim Baker Chooses Encryption Over Backdoors
2019-10-28 11:22

In an extraordinary essay, the former FBI general counsel Jim Baker makes the case for strong encryption over government-mandated backdoors: In the face of congressional inaction, and in light of...

FBI extends voting security push, LA court hacker goes down, and more D-Link failures
2019-10-28 07:01

Plus, Kaspersky opens doors on its intelligence portal Here's your Reg roundup of security news beyond all the bits and bytes we've already covered.…