Security News

FBI Issues Payment Card Skimming Warning
2019-10-24 21:04

DHS Joins FBI in Offering Mitigation AdviceThe FBI issued a warning this week about skimmer attacks designed to steal payment card data from e-commerce sites. The U.S. Department of Homeland...

FBI urges businesses to use biometric factors to mitigate multi-factor authentication risk
2019-10-14 13:13

The FBI Cyber Task Force recently issued a Private Industry Notice on how businesses can deal with vulnerabilities tied to token and phone-based multi-factor authentication methods.

Hackers bypassing some types of 2FA security FBI warns
2019-10-11 11:13

Some types of 2FA security can no longer be guaranteed to keep the bad guys out, the FBI warned US companies.

FBI: Cybercriminals Are Bypassing Multifactor Authentication
2019-10-09 14:48

Threat Actors Using Social Engineering, Other Technical Techniques to Circumvent MFA ProtectionsThe FBI is warning banks, businesses and other organizations that cybercriminals are using social...

FBI softens stance on ransomware: it's (sort of) okay to pay off crims to get your data back
2019-10-03 23:59

Feds OK that some companies are opening the checkbook The FBI is easing up a bit on its hardline stance against paying ransomware demands.…

FBI called in to investigate 2018 Mountain State mobile voting system hacking
2019-10-02 23:29

'West Virginia, mobile ballots, country votes, nearly pwned' The state of West Virginia says someone attempted to hack its citizens' votes during the 2018 mid-term elections.…

FBI Reviewed Cybersecurity Firm's Evidence in 2016 DNC Election Hack
2019-09-27 07:31

CLAIM: The FBI only relied on the word of a cybersecurity firm, CrowdStrike, to determine that Russia hacked the emails of the Democratic National Committee. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. CrowdStrike...

Russians Hack FBI Comms System
2019-09-24 11:33

Yahoo News reported that the Russians have successfully targeted an FBI communications system: American officials discovered that the Russians had dramatically improved their ability to decrypt...

Report: FBI Subpoenaed Data From Banks, Credit Agencies
2019-09-20 19:18

Corporations Received 'National Security Letters' Demanding InformationThe FBI has issued hundreds of subpoenas to major banks, the big three credit rating agencies and other corporations as part...

FBI asks Google for help finding criminals
2019-09-03 10:39

FBI agents issued Google with a warrant in November 2018, seeking its help with a bank robbery the month before.