Technology

Facebook Bans President Trump From Posting For The Rest Of His Presidency
NPR - Thu Jan 7, 2021
Facebook said Thursday it is banning President Trump until the end of his presidency and possibly longer. More»

A Second Hacker Group May Have Also Breached SolarWinds, Microsoft Says
Hacker News - Wed Dec 23, 2020
As the probe into the SolarWinds supply chain attack continues, new digital forensic evidence has brought to light that a separate threat actor may have been abusing the IT infrastructure providers Orion software to drop a similar persistent backdoor on target systems. More»

Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught
Politico - Thu Dec 17, 2020
The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the US nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that hackers accessed their networks as part of an extensive espionage operation that has affected at least half a dozen federal agencies, officials directly familiar with the matter said. More»

Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems
Reuters - Thu Dec 17, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO, California - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it found malicious software in its systems related to a massive hacking campaign disclosed by US officials this week, adding a top technology target to a growing list of attacked government agencies. More»

US treasury hacked by foreign government group
The Guardian - Sun Dec 13, 2020
Hackers backed by a foreign government have been monitoring internal email traffic at the US treasury department and an agency that decides internet and telecommunications policy, according to people familiar with the matter. More»

Watch Out! Adrozek Malware Hijacking Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Yandex Browsers
Hacker News - Fri Dec 11, 2020
Microsoft on Thursday took the wraps off an ongoing campaign impacting popular web browsers that stealthily injects malware-infested ads into search results to earn money via affiliate advertising. More»

U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps
Vice - Wed Nov 18, 2020
A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary peoples personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military. More»

Rudy Giuliani wants Twitter CEO jailed over limitations on unverified Hunter Biden story
The Independent - Fri Oct 30, 2020
President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has said that Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter should be "in jail" for blocking the spread of the controversial Hunter Biden story. More»

FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system
Associated Press - Thu Oct 29, 2020
BOSTON, Massachusetts - Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the US healthcare system designed to lock up hospital information systems, which could hurt patient care just as nationwide cases of COVID-19 are spiking. More»

TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores on Sunday
Yahoo News - Fri Sep 18, 2020
TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores starting on Sunday, September 20th, the US Department of Commerce (DoC) has announced. More»

Bald eagle attacks $950 government drone, sending it to bottom of Lake Michigan
KING-TV - Fri Aug 14, 2020
ESCANABA, Michigan - A bald eagle launched an aerial assault on a drone operated by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy - known as EGLE - ripping off a propeller and sending the aircraft into Lake Michigan. More»

Trump signs executive order forcing Chinese owner of TikTok to sell US assets within 90 days and destroy all American user data
Daily Mail - Fri Aug 14, 2020
President Donald Trump on Friday gave the Chinese company ByteDance 90 days to divest itself of any assets used to support the popular TikTok app in the United States. More»

Florida scientist was fired for refusing to 'manipulate' COVID-19 data
USA Today - Tue May 19, 2020
BREVARD COUNTY, Florida - The scientist who created Floridas COVID-19 data portal wasnt just removed from her position on May 5, she was fired on Monday by the Department of Health, she said, for refusing to manipulate data. More»

Facebook is blocking news articles about the coronavirus pandemic
Business Insider - Tue Mar 17, 2020
Facebook is blocking users from posting some legitimate news articles about the coronavirus in what appears to be a bug in its spam filters. More»

Apple fined for slowing down old iPhones
BBC - Fri Feb 7, 2020
Apple has been fined 25 million euros (€21m, $27m) for deliberately slowing down older iPhone models without making it clear to consumers. More»

Trump Administration Website Defaced By Hackers Claiming To Be Irnians Vowing "Severe Revenge"
Raw Story - Sun Jan 5, 2020
Predictions that Iran would engage in cyber warfare to retaliate for the United States assassination of Qassin Suleimani may have already come true. More»

Rogue TrendMicro Employee Sold Customer Data to Tech Support Scammers
The Hacker News - Mon Nov 11, 2019
Do you always uncomfortable trusting companies with your data? If so, youre not alone. More»

'Enough is enough': Cloudfare terminates 8chan
- Sun Aug 4, 2019
The online message board 8chan, which has been linked to three mass shootings in 2019, will be terminated, Cloudfare announced late Sunday night, just hours after the sites founder called for its end. More»

Cisco "Knowingly" Sold Hackable Video Surveillance System To U.S. Government
The Hacker News - Thu Aug 1, 2019
Cisco Systems has agreed to pay $8. More»

Facebook Fined Record $5 Billion By FTC For Privacy Violations
Associated Press - Wed Jul 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC - Federal regulators have fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and are instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. More»

Trump orders Navy not to use 'electric' because 'nobody knows' how it works
ShareBlue - Sat Jun 1, 2019
Trump wants to scrap an electric launch system for Navy ships, despite the cost savings for taxpayers and increased military power they would allow, because he thinks its too much modern technology. More»

Triton Is The World's Most Murderous Malware, And It's Spreading
Technology Review - Wed Mar 6, 2019
The rogue code can disable safety systems designed to prevent catastrophic industrial accidents. More»

There Are Seat-Back Cameras On Some American And United Air Flights Now
Huffington Post - Sun Feb 24, 2019
Now there is one more place where cameras could start watching you - from 30,000 feet. More»

New Facebook Bug Exposed 6.8 Million Users Photos to Third-Party Apps
The Hacker News - Sun Dec 16, 2018
Facebooks latest screw-up - a programming bug in Facebook website accidentally gave 1,500 third-party apps access to the unposted Facebook photos of as many as 6. More»

Veterans aren't getting their GI Bill payments - because VA's 50-year-old computer system broke
Washington Post - Wed Nov 14, 2018
Daniel Gorman knows what its like to return from war, and he wants to help fellow veterans come home, too: The former sailor turned New York National Guardsman is finishing a graduate degree in social work at Fordham University. More»

Chinese Spying Chips Found Hidden On Servers Used By US Companies
The Hacker News - Wed Oct 3, 2018
A media report today revealed details of a significant supply chain attack which appears to be one of the largest corporate espionage and hardware hacking programs from a nation-state. More»

No.1 Adware Removal Tool On Apple App Store Caught Spying On Mac Users
The Hacker News - Sun Sep 9, 2018
A highly popular top-tier app in Apples Mac App Store thats designed to protect its users from adware and malware threats has been, ironically, found surreptitiously stealing their browsing history without their consent, and sending it to a server in China. More»

Google tracks your movements, like it or not
Associated Press - Sun Aug 12, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. More»

Microsoft Says Russia Tried to Hack Three 2018 Midterm Election Candidates
The Hacker News - Thu Jul 19, 2018
ASPEN, Colorado - Microsoft said it detected and helped the US government to block Russian hacking attempts against at least three congressional candidates this year, a Microsoft executive revealed speaking at the Aspen Security Forum today. More»

Steve Bannon asked Cambridge Analytica to research voter suppression techniques
The Hill - Wed Apr 25, 2018
Whistleblower Christopher Wylie told House Democrats on Tuesday that former Trump campaign strategist Stephen Bannon asked Cambridge Analytica to research voter suppression techniques. More»

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