LOS ANGELES – An Illinois man was found guilty today by a federal jury for running websites that allowed paying users to launch powerful distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks that flood targeted computers with information and prevent them from being able to access the internet. Matthew Gatrel, 32, of St. Charles,…
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) Former U.S. intelligence operatives are facing federal charges after allegedly having worked as cyber-mercenaries for the United Arab Emirates. The men, all of whom are ex-employees of the National Security Agency, are accused of helping the UAE government to break into computer systems all over the world, including some in…
Muhammad Fahd, a 35-year-old Pakistani national, has been sentenced to 12 years of prison in the United States for his role in a scheme that involved illegally unlocking AT&T phones and hacking into the telecoms giant’s systems. The scheme started in 2012, when Fahd and others recruited AT&T call center employees for help in unlocking…
Using OMI on Microsoft Azure? Drop everything and patch this critical vulnerability, snappily named OMIGOD. But wait! You probably don’t know whether you’re using OMI or not. Y’see, Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) is often silently installed on Azure—as a prerequisite. And, to make matters worse, Microsoft hasn’t rolled out the patch for you—despite publishing the…
British supermodel Naomi Campbell has spoken about being a first-time mother. In an exclusive interview with BBC HARDtalk, she told Zeinab Badawi: “I’m really lucky, I think I have a dream child.” Ms Campbell, 51, made the surprise announcement in May, and said she hoped her daughter would follow her example of being a strong…
Defense DOD wants industry to continue with CMMC prep amid program review The Pentagon wants defense contractors to keep pushing forward with preparing for the implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program despite pending results from its internal review, which could bring significant changes to the program. Dr. Christine Michienzi, chief technology officer…
BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at the best tech news stories of the week including: Apple unveiled new iPhone 13 handsets which come with Cinematic Mode, a portrait-style option for shooting videos with depth of field. TikTok launched a range of mental health features, with some support resources linked to the search term “suicide”. Australian…
No one likes passwords because of the inconvenience, and they are the very prime target. From the year’s security is a most crucial part of digital lives like email, bank account, video games, shopping cart, etc. This is expected that everyone creates a unique and complex password, and remembers them. Very frequently, they also need…
The supermodel and businesswoman Naomi Campbell has spoken of her sorrow over the rift between the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex. She told Hardtalk‘s Zeinab Badawi she was sad to watch the Oprah Winfrey interview with Harry and Meghan earlier this year. “For me knowing Princess Diana, to see that her two boys were not…
The prosecutor tasked with examining the U.S. government’s investigation into Russian election interference charged a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on Thursday with making a false statement to the FBI. The case against the attorney, Michael Sussmann, is just the second prosecution brought by special counsel John Durham in two-and-a-half years of work. Yet neither case brought…
