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Facebook finally identifies the Chinese hackers that are targeting Uyghurs in the United States. The giant tech firm confirmed that these cybercriminals are secretly spying on the Uyghurs who are living abroad in Kazakhstan, Turkey, the U.S., and other countries. (Photo : Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)A participant sits with a laptop computer as he…
Cybercrime is one of the most significant threats facing companies today. With the average cost of a data breach reaching an all-time high of $4.24 million, the business case for cybersecurity has never been stronger. Still, some businesses seem to misunderstand the urgency of meeting current cybersecurity standards. It may help to consider the legal…
The mobile phone numbers and other personal information for approximately 533 million Facebook users worldwide has been leaked on a popular hacker forum for free. The stolen data first surfaced on a hacking community in June 2020 when a member began selling the Facebook data to other members. What made this leak stand out was that…
A critical vulnerability in Atlassian’s Confluence Server software is now under active attack. Disclosed last week by Atlassian, CVE-2021-26084 is a remote code execution bug that is considered a critical security risk by the vendor. The flaw, which was rated a 9.8 on the CVSS scale, is due to an injection bug in the…
Microsoft stands to receive nearly a quarter of Covid relief funds destined for US cybersecurity defenders, sources told Reuters, angering some lawmakers who don’t want to increase funding for a company whose software was recently at the heart of two big hacks. Congress allocated the funds at issue in the COVID relief bill signed on…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Legislation & Litigation Proposal Comes as SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange Hacks Are Investigated Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • March 9, 2021 Reps. Colin Allred (left) and Jack Bergman support the legislation. Legislation introduced in the House would allow U.S. citizens to file lawsuits against foreign…