Security News

Dozens of .gov HTTPS certs expire, websites offline, FBI on ice, IT security slows... Yup, it's day 20 of Trump's govt shutdown
2019-01-11 02:02

Hackers may be rubbing their hands with glee The IT impact of the ongoing partial US federal government shutdown has begun to show up in the form of degraded computer security. According to...

Report: Trump Weighs Executive Order Banning Huawei, ZTE
2018-12-27 13:48

Move Would Prohibit All US Use of Chinese Manufacturers' Telecommunications GearPresident Donald Trump is reportedly continuing to weigh an executive order that would ban all U.S. organizations...

Talk in Trump's tweets tells whether tale is true: Code can mostly spot Prez lies from wording
2018-11-21 20:54

And no, it's not simply return true;... Study finds language analysis is fairly good at detecting deception Boffins from the Netherlands and France claim that the word choices and sentence...

US Says China Hacking Increasing Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting
2018-11-21 15:25

BEIJING (AP) — A U.S. government report ahead of a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping accuses China of stepping up hacking aimed at stealing American technology as a tariff...

Infosec's Thanksgiving turkey triumvirate: Tesla, Tumblr, Trump (as in Ivanka)... and tons more
2018-11-21 02:07

It's like a turducken of screw-ups Roundup As America prepares for Thursday's Thanksgiving rituals of turkey, football, and awkward conversations with extended family, three organisations are...

'Trump' Spam Trumps All Other Spam
2018-11-06 12:48

Love Him or Loathe Him, Surname Dominates Spam Emails, Proofpoint FindsWith the U.S. midterm elections occurring on Tuesday, the "trump" keyword remains king for spammers. "Spam campaigners...

U.S. Intel Budget Soars Under Trump
2018-11-01 20:02

US spending on intelligence has soared under President Donald Trump, figures released on Tuesday showed, as the government stepped up cyber warfare activities and boosted spying on North Korea,...

Donald Daters app for pro-Trump singles exposes users’ data at launch
2018-10-17 10:56

A security researcher found a publicly exposed Firebase data repository that was hardcoded in the dating app.

Dating app for Trump loners commits YUGE blunder: It leaks more than the West Wing
2018-10-15 22:46

Donald Daters application more insecure than the president A much-hyped dating site for Donald Trump supporters in the US is being blasted for shoddy security that may have exposed all of its...

Trump's axing of cyber czar role has left gaping holes in US defence
2018-09-27 13:14

Damning report shows Uncle Sam falling behind Comment A cybersecurity czar has been a long-established presence in US government – until recently. Against a rising tide of attacks on the nation's...