DoD Cyber: A Conversation with Melissa Vice, COO for DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program
WhatsApp users should update the application for vulnerability CVE-2025-30401, which Meta recently patched when WhatsApp was released for Windows version 2.2450.6....more
TikTok has reported that it is responding to a cyber attack targeting a limited number of known brands and celebrity accounts. The BBC has identified that Paris Hilton’s account as being targeted, but TikTok says it was not...more
The Federal Trade Commission kicked off Pride Month yesterday, acknowledging that “some of the most egregious scams and abuses target the LGBTQ+ community.” The scams that those in the LGBTQ+ community experience include...more
CYBERSECURITY - Education Sector Continues to Get Hit with Ransomware Attacks - According to Emsisoft, the education sector continues to experience ransomware attacks, with a whopping 1,043 schools affected by ransomware...more
Researchers from the Mozilla Foundation reviewed the privacy policies of 32 mental health apps ranging from guided meditation to telehealth counseling services and flagged 28 of them as having “Privacy Not Included.” In...more
CYBERSECURITY - State Department Offers $10M Reward for Information on Russian Officers Involved in Malicious Cyber Activities - The U.S. Department of State has announced a $10 million reward for “information leading to...more
While investors used to need to possess a certain level of tech-savviness to trade cryptocurrency, that is less and less the case these days. In recent years, many mainstream brokerage firms began to allow customers to buy...more
CYBERSECURITY - Microsoft Issues Emergency Software Update for PrintNightmare Zero Day Vulnerability - Following the release of a U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (US-CERT) Coordination Center...more
CYBERSECURITY - FBI + CISA Issue Joint Alert on Vishing Attacks - When the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) get together to issue an alert to warn us...more
CYBERSECURITY - Connecticut Insurance Department Reminds Licensees to Comply with Data Security Law - On July 20, 2020, the Connecticut Insurance Department issued a bulletin to licensees reminding them that the Connecticut...more
This week, China-based DJI, the drone industry’s leading manufacturer of drones, issued a public statement regarding the recent reports released by cybersecurity researchers (neither Synacktiv nor GRIMM) about the security of...more
FBI Warns of Retaliatory Cyber-Attack from Iran - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a heightened likelihood of Iranian cyber-attacks following the escalation of tension between the U.S. and Iran. This...more
A recap of Carlos Ghosn’s big media moment on Wednesday, which was short on the escape details everyone wanted to hear and long on accusations against other execs at Nissan and Japan’s justice system....more
Although Amazon and Google respond to reports of vulnerabilities in popular home smart assistants Alexa and Google Home, hackers continually work hard to exploit any vulnerabilities in order to listen to users’ every word to...more
The Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recently issued a public service announcement warning private companies about the increasing numbers of ransomware attacks affecting private industry....more