Can You be Hacked by the World Around You?
By Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University You’ve probably been told it’s dangerous to open unexpected attachment files in your email – just like you…
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Smart Meters Create A “Honeypot” Of Personal Information To Exploit
By Catherine J. Frompovich Over a year ago, reporter Ruth Lyle of the UK’s Daily Mail, published a rather introspective article about how AMI Smart…
Smart Meter Data: Privacy and Cybersecurity – Congressional Research Report 2012
By Catherine J. Frompovich In February of 2012, three attorneys with the Congressional Research Service (CRS) issued a lengthy report “Smart Meter Data: Privacy and…
PA Attorney General Concerned About Equifax Cyberattack; Will U.S. Attorneys General Be Upset About Utility Smart Meters Hacking?
By Catherine J. Frompovich According to news reports [1], Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is concerned about and investigating the credit bureau Equifax’s data breach…
U.S. Government Announces 21 States Had Hackers Target Their System – Leaves Out DHS Hackers
By Aaron Kesel The federal government just announced on Friday that election officials in 21 states had Russian hackers target their systems before last year’s presidential election according…
Credit Agency Equifax Threatened To Pay Up In Bitcoin Or Else
By Aaron Kesel Credit reporting agency Equifax was hacked, potentially endangering 143 million Americans’ social security numbers, birth dates, and other private information. Unless, according to…
Who Will Pay The Ransom When Smart Meters Are Hacked Into?
By Catherine J. Frompovich Do you recall that a hospital actually paid hackers $17,000 ransom for the release of the hospital’s data? That was the…
US Wages Cyberwar Abroad Under Cover of “Activism”
By Joseph Thomas The threat of cyberterrorism has competed for center stage in American politics with fears of “Russian hackers” disrupting everything from elections to…
Jailed Hacker Guccifer Says U.S. Govt Fabricated Guccifer 2.0 As An “Inside Job”
By Aaron Kesel During his plane ride extradition from Romania to the United States, Guccifer told Fox News’ Pamela Browne that one of his handlers…
Marcus Hutchins “MalwareTechBlog” Pleads Not Guilty, Released on Bail
By Aaron Kesel The hacker arrested for his alleged involvement in creating and selling a banking trojan who infamously stopped the WannaCry malware attack may…
Hackers Took Over Electronic Voting Machines In Two Hours At DEF CON
By Aaron Kesel Hackers at the Las Vegas’ annual DEF CON event took over electronic voting machines in a display of a simulation run for…
Hacker Proves Anyone Can Fire A Locked Smart Gun: Here’s How
By Dawn Luger Those on the left end of the political spectrum are constantly attempting to push the “Smart Gun” as if it’s some sort…
Is the NSA Spying on Your International Payments?
With cross-border transactions growing at an incredibly rapid rate, the question of secure payments has become a pressing issue for those who work in the…
MSM Runs with Claim of Russia Hacking Nuclear Plants Despite Admitting to Zero Evidence
By Aaron Kesel MSM ran with a report about “Russians hacking nuclear plants” – there is just one problem, the report they are all citing…