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02/25/2022
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By Nolan Barton
NRO Director Christopher Scolese: Russians could target satellites to disrupt communications and GPS services
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Director Christopher Scolese warned Wednesday, February 23, that Russia’s military could target satellites to disrupt communications and GPS services if full-scale war ensues in Ukraine. Scolese issued the warning at the National Security Space Association’s Defense and Intelligence Space Conference. “I think we’re seeing pretty clearly that Russia is committed to […]
09/20/2021
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By Nolan Barton
Digitization of critical infrastructure creates new, systemic vulnerabilities to cybercriminals
A push to digitize critical infrastructure has created new opportunities for cybercriminals, putting at risk essential goods and services such as energy, water and healthcare. Operational technology systems older than the internet tend to have outdated security and can be difficult to upgrade. The cyberattack at Colonial Pipeline is a recent example. Hackers had infected […]
08/24/2021
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By Nolan Barton
Big Tech companies looking to “normalize” vaccine passports
Big Tech companies are looking to normalize the use of vaccine passports by making it possible for people to store vaccination status in the digital wallet of their phones. Google, Apple and Samsung have all recently announced plans to offer a feature that readily calls up a QR code that can be scanned to quickly verify a […]
07/28/2021
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By Nolan Barton
Russia successfully disconnects from the global internet during tests
Russia successfully disconnected from the global internet during tests in June and July, Russian business newspaper RBC Daily reported on Thursday, July 22, citing documents from the working group tasked with improving Russia’s internet security. In late 2019, Russia adopted legislation known as the “sovereign internet” law that seeks to shield the country from being […]
07/13/2021
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By Nolan Barton
More than 30 states sue Google over anticompetitive tactics used to thwart competition
Three dozen states and the District of Columbia sued Google on Wednesday, July 7, alleging that the company illegally abused its power over the sale and distribution of apps through the Google Play store on mobile devices. State attorneys general said in a complaint filed in California federal court that Google used anticompetitive tactics to […]
07/09/2021
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By Nolan Barton
Number of cryptocurrency scams in America soared over the last two years
Nearly 26,500 cases of cryptocurrency scams were reported to the government last year, resulting in a loss of $419 million. This year, the number of cases is on pace to exceed those numbers. Glenn Titus of Salem, Oregon was among those who got scammed recently. Titus was hit by what’s known in the world of […]
06/24/2021
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By Nolan Barton
Google surreptitiously installs COVID-19 exposure notification app in Android phones without telling users
Google appears to have automatically installed the coronavirus (COVID-19) exposure notification app for Massachusetts on some Android phones. “We have been working with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to allow users to activate the Exposure Notifications System directly from their Android phone settings,” the tech giant said in a statement. The app, called MassNotify, […]
06/24/2021
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By Nolan Barton
Biden administration takes down dozens of Iran-linked websites
The Biden administration took down dozens of Iranian-linked websites at a critical moment in nuclear negotiations and less than a week after Iran elected a new president. Several of the sites were back online within hours with new domain addresses. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday, June 22, it seized the domains of […]
06/17/2021
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By Nolan Barton
El Salvador plans to use geothermal energy from volcanoes for bitcoin mining
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has instructed a state-owned geothermal electric company to put up a plan to use geothermal energy from the country’s volcanoes for bitcoin mining. Bukele announced his move on Twitter at 1:35 a.m. Thursday, June 10, just hours after El Salvador became the first country to authorize bitcoin as a legal tender. […]
06/15/2021
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By Nolan Barton
Cybercriminals ditching Bitcoin in favor of Monero
Cybercriminals who thought transacting in cryptocurrency automatically protected them from scrutiny were proven wrong when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) successfully breached a crypto wallet held by the Colonial Pipeline hackers. Now with this in mind, hackers have started turning to coins with anonymity built into them, such as Dash, Zcash and Monero. Monero, in particular, is quickly becoming […]
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