internet

Internet Association to FCC: Delay Net Neutrality Vote

The Internet Association (AI) on Wednesday sent a letter to FCC to Chairman Ajit Pai calling for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to delay...

SEC’s Cyber Unit Files Charges in Initial Coin Offering Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday announced that it has obtained an emergency asset freeze to halt a fast-moving Initial Coin Offering (ICO)...
net neutrality

Senators Urge FCC to Delay Vote Aimed at Repealing Net Neutrality Rules

A group of senators have written a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai expressing their concern regarding his proposal to “dismantle” current net neutrality...
cyberattack

FBI, International Partners, Dismantle Andromeda Botnet

Europol said Monday the FBI worked in close cooperation with the Luneburg Central Criminal Investigation Inspectorate in Germany, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), the...
security

Security Researchers Discover Data Breach From National Credit Federation

Cybersecurity firm UpGuard said it has discovered what it called “new and damaging exposure” from within a financial firm, which, beyond revealing critical internal...

Apple Releases Security Update to Address Vulnerability in macOS High Sierra

Apple has released a supplemental security update to address a vulnerability in macOS High Sierra 10.13. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take...
malware

UK’s National Cyber Security Centre Provides New Intelligence on Tools Used by Turla group...

The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released an advisory to highlight Neuron and Nautilus tools used alongside Snake—malware that provides a...
uber

Washington State AG Sues Uber for Failure to Disclose Massive Data Breach

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson (D) on Tuesday filed a multi-million dollar consumer protection lawsuit against ride sharing company Uber, alleging thousands of...

Uber’s PR Crisis Deepens With Revelations it Paid Hackers to Destroy Evidence of Breach...

A data breach in 2016 affected approximately 50 million riders and 7 million drivers on the Uber platform. The breach exposed the names, phone numbers...

FCC Unveils Plan to End Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proceeding with its plan to fully repeal net neutrality rules that require broadband providers to give consumers equal...