Hoping to thwart a sophisticated malware system linked to Russia that has infected hundreds of thousands of internet routers, the F.B.I. has made an urgent request to anybody with one of the devices: Turn it off, and then turn it back on. The malware is capable of blocking web traffic, collecting information that passes through…
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is probing potential obstruction of justice including a March 2017 meeting at Mar-a-Lago during which President Trump allegedly asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reverse his decision to recuse himself from the investigation of Russia’s interference with the presidential election and possible collusion with members of the Trump campaign. But Trump…
Once a vulnerability is announced, the average attacker has a seven-day window of opportunity to exploit the flaw before a defender is even aware they are vulnerable, according to report from Tenable. Researchers looked at the difference in time between when an exploit is publicly available for a given vulnerability and the first time that…
NEWARK N.J. – A Georgia man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for using fake driver’s licenses in order to obtain checks issued in response to false statements and representations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Abdulrasheed Yusuf, 30, of Lilburn, Georgia, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden to an…
Vendor plans to integrate Binisoft’s Windows Firewall Control into the Malwarebytes endpoint protection platform. Malwarebytes is acquiring Binisoft, a privately held Romanian company, to strengthen its endpoint protection platform. Binisoft is behind Windows Firewall Control, designed to improve firewall management, and USB Flash Drives Control, which regulates the use of USB drives. Windows Firewall Control…
Most people paying attention would expect that the cost of cybercrime has gone up in recent years. But a new report has put a number on it: Worldwide cybercrime costs an estimated $600 billion USD a year. That’s up from $500 billion USD in 2014, the last time security vendor McAfee and think tank the Center for…
A newfound flaw in email clients that use PGP and S/MIME to encrypt messages can be exploited to expose the plain text of the missives, according to a paper published Monday. By injecting malicious snippets of text into encrypted messages, attackers can use the flaw to make the email client exfiltrate decrypted copies of the emails, explained…
Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in the United States. In 2013, someone became a victim of identity fraud every two minutes, totaling 13.1 million people. The cost of cleanup is, on average, $500 per person. Amy Krebs describes what it feels like to become a victim. Is it okay to publish your name? Yes. You might think, ‘She’s…
A Loyola Blakefield student squinted at his laptop screen and scrolled slowly through rows of computer code. One classmate typed deliberately beside him; another clicked between a few open windows. Over the loudspeaker, someone issued a warning: Remember to use your library voices. “It’s about as exciting as watching paint dry,” joked Bernie Skoch, the…
Highlights • Cybersecurity is a public concern receiving insufficient awareness. • Cybersecurity is complex, intangible and hard to grasp. • Paradoxes are identified complicating policy-making. • Evidence-based framing can result in societal and political awareness. • Framing strategies for creating societal and political awareness are presented. Cybersecurity is a global phenomenon representing a complex socio-technical…