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US Army Follows Navy in Banning TikTok App: Report
2020-01-02 16:48

The U.S. Army is following the lead of the Navy in banning soldiers from using TikTok, a Chinese-made video sharing and social media app, on their government-issued phones, according to the news site Military.com. In guidance issued Dec. 16, the Defense Department, in a "Cyber Awareness Message," identified TikTok as having "Potential security risks associated with its use" and requested that military personnel remove the app from government-issued phones, according to Military.com.

Report: Cloud Hopper Attacks Affected More MSPs
2019-12-31 09:48

Wall Street Journal Names Companies Affected By Tenacious Chinese HackersA persistent question over the past several years is which managed service providers were affected by APT10, a tenacious...

US Cybercom Considers Bold Election Security Moves: Report
2019-12-27 17:03

Measures Could Include 'Limited Cyber Operation' Against RussiansThe U.S. Cyber Command is weighing several cyber strategies to counter Russian influence and interference during the 2020...

Citrix Vulnerability Could Affect 80,000 Companies: Report
2019-12-26 16:18

Positive Technologies: Potential Risks Include DDoS, Phishing and Malware AttacksResearchers at Positive Technologies say they discovered a vulnerability in enterprise software offerings from...

Popular Mideast App Pulled After Report it Was Spying Tool
2019-12-24 14:02

A popular mobile application developed in the United Arab Emirates has been removed from both Apple and Google's online marketplaces following a report it was used for widespread government...

Database Left 267 Million Facebook IDs Exposed: Report
2019-12-20 19:18

Security Researchers Say Criminal Group Scraped Phone Numbers and Other DataAn unsecured Elasticsearch database exposed the identities and phone numbers of over 267 million Facebook users for...

Hiding malware downloads in Taylor Swift pics! New SophosLabs report
2019-12-19 16:03

Just because a malware family isn't all over the headlines doesn't mean it isn't interesting... or important... or dangerous!

Cyberespionage Campaign Spreads: Report
2019-12-18 19:48

CyberX: Hackers Targeting Intellectual Property at Companies in South Korea and ElsewhereA new cyberespionage campaign has targeted hundreds of manufacturing and other industrial firms in South...

Report: Financial firms still losing customer data to malware and hackers
2019-12-16 22:04

Capital One mega breach in March 2019 was the third worst data loss ever.

Payroll Data of 29,000 Facebook Employees Stolen: Report
2019-12-16 20:48

Data Stored on Unencrypted Hard Drives Stolen From Car, Bloomberg ReportsThe payroll data of 29,000 current and former Facebook employees was potentially exposed when several unencrypted hard disk...