Wells Fargo Employees Advised to Delete TikTok from Company Phones

The popular TikTok app was deemed a security risk by Wells Fargo, and its employees have been told to delete the app from their phones. It’s not the first company to suggest this course of action, following mixed messages from Amazon. TikTok took… Continue reading Wells Fargo Employees Advised to Delete TikTok from Company Phones

US Now Considers Huawei and ZTE Threats to National Security

Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE Corp have been designated national security threats by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), citing the companies’ close ties with the Chinese Communist Party and the military. The United States took a n… Continue reading US Now Considers Huawei and ZTE Threats to National Security

US Law Enforcement Takes Down COVID-19-related Online Malicious Campaigns

The Department of Justice cooperated with several private companies and internet domain providers and registrars to disrupt hundreds of websites and malicious campaigns that tried to exploit the current COVID-19 pandemic. Following a wave of complaints… Continue reading US Law Enforcement Takes Down COVID-19-related Online Malicious Campaigns

FBI Outlines Technique Behind DDoS Attacks on US Voter Registration Website

Hackers who unleashed DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks on a state-level voter registration and voter information website in the US used a technique called Pseudo Random Subdomain Attack (PRSD,) which is a form of attack that uses DN… Continue reading FBI Outlines Technique Behind DDoS Attacks on US Voter Registration Website

Head of ‘Cardplanet’ Stolen Credit Card Marketplace Pleads Guilty in the US

Aleksei Burkov, 29, pleaded guilty in the United States to money laundering, device fraud and other crimes after he was caught running an illegal website, called Cardplanet, that sold stolen credit card data. Burkov had been on the run since 2013 when … Continue reading Head of ‘Cardplanet’ Stolen Credit Card Marketplace Pleads Guilty in the US