The CISA cyber security bill passes US Senate despite tech giants, privacy advocates, and civil liberties groups express their disappointment.
CISA Passes Senate, criticism about privacy and security
Anonymous will reveal names of about 1,000 KKK members
"Ku Klux Klan, We never stopped watching you," "We know who you are." Anonymous plans to reveal the identities of up to 1,000 Ku Klux Klan members.
LowLevel04 ransomware exploits Remote Desktop to spread
Experts at Bleeping Computer blog are reporting a new strain of ransomware dubbed LowLevel04 that is spreading via Remote Desktop and Terminal Service.
Hackers infect MySQL servers with malware for DDoS attacks
Hackers are exploiting SQL injection flaws to infect MySQL database servers with a malware program that's used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Crypto researchers: Time to use something better than 1024-bit encryption
It's actually possible for entities with vast computing resources – such as the NSA and major national governments - to compromise commonly used Diffie-Hellman key exchange groups, so it's time for businesses to switch to something else like elliptic curve cryptography, researchers say.
WhatsApp collects phone numbers, call duration, and a lot of metadata
A group of experts has conducted a research that demonstrates the type of data that can be gathered through the forensic study of WhatsApp.
US proposal aims to regulate car privacy, make hacks illegal
A subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives has proposed requiring vehicle manufacturers to state their privacy policies, besides providing for civil penalties of up to US$100,000 for the hacking of vehicles.