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2018 US voter records offered for sale on hacking forum
2018-10-16 12:42

Somebody is selling US voter registration databases on an English-language speaking dark web hacker forum and the offer comes with the promise they will be updated every week, Anomali and Intel...

US Voter Records for Sale on Hacker Forum
2018-10-16 10:33

Exposure Highlights Scant Protection Afforded to Voter Registration RecordsA batch of U.S. voter registration records from 20 states has appeared for sale online in what appears to be an...

Hunt for Red Bugtober: US military's weapon systems riddled with security holes – auditors
2018-10-15 21:41

Death from a-bug. Dr Strange-bug. Top Bug. We could do this all day... Computer security vulnerabilities are widespread in US military hardware, and the Pentagon is only beginning to understand...

Penta-gone! Personal records of 30,000 US Dept of Defense workers swiped by miscreants
2018-10-15 18:25

Travel details for thousands of citizens slip into hands of slippery scumbags Someone has reportedly siphoned personal information on 30,000 or more US Department of Defense workers.…

Azure goes quiet, Canada mulls Huawei ban, US Senators are after Google, and more
2018-10-13 00:36

Also, Flash fakers seek out crypto marks Roundup This week we caught wind of another Facebook blunder, a dodgy Patch Tuesday bundle, and more China trouble.…

What Kanye West can teach us about passcodes
2018-10-12 14:00

Kanye West gives the world a teachable moment about passcodes.

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Bloke gets six months for fixing up Russia's US election trolls with bank accounts, fake identities
2018-10-11 19:36

Pinedo avoids serious time after spilling beans to Mueller on account sales A California man who provided bank accounts to Russian online trolls seeking to monkey with America's 2016 elections...

French Dark-Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in US Prison
2018-10-11 09:33

A dark web drugs kingpin who was arrested last year when he arrived in the United States to compete in the World Beard and Mustache Championships has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison. On...

Oh no, Xi didn't! Chinese spymaster cuffed in Belgium, yoinked to US on aerospace snoop rap
2018-10-11 00:17

Xu can play at this espionage game, Feds allege US prosecutors have unsealed charges against a collared Chinese national, accusing him of stealing trade secrets from American aerospace companies.…

Security Vulnerabilities in US Weapons Systems
2018-10-10 11:21

The US Government Accounting Office just published a new report: "Weapons Systems Cyber Security: DOD Just Beginning to Grapple with Scale of Vulnerabilities" (summary here). The upshot won't be a...