August 26, 2019 Beware Medicare scammers, warns FCC chief The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is out with a new warning for the elderly. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in an interview with ӣƵ on Monday says scammers are finding new and sophisticated ways to collect Medicare information.
August 23, 2019 Sextortion scams are back, security expert warns Sextortion is seeing an uptick after a lull at the beginning of the year.
August 22, 2019 Snapchat used by arms traffickers to market illegal weapons A Nevada man used Snapchat to market illegal weapons to buyers in California, according to a new report.
August 22, 2019 Pentagon 'very carefully' watching China, it's 'No. 1 priority,' Defense Secretary Mark Esper tells ӣƵ China is the Pentagon's “number one priority,” and the United States is watching Beijing "very carefully" in order to safeguard America.
August 17, 2019 Ransomware attack cripples at least 20 local Texas agencies, state government says At least 20 local government entities across Texas have been taken hostage by a coordinated ransomware attack, the Texas Department of Information Resources announced Friday.
August 8, 2019 FBI warns on dating, romance Internet scams Dating and romance fraud is more rampant than ever.
August 1, 2019 Suspect in Capital One breach threatened to 'shoot up' California social media company, feds say Prosecutors say the Seattle software engineer arrested over the hacking of Capital One repeatedly boasted about the hack and has threatened to “shoot up” a California social media company.
July 30, 2019 Alleged Seattle hacker arrested in Capital One breach, boasted on social media: report Authorities claim a Seattle software engineer was responsible for the hacking of Capital One and obtained the personal data of over 100 million people in what appears to be one of the biggest breaches of a big bank in history.
July 29, 2019 Capital One data breach exposes info of 106M customers, applicants; suspect arrested Capital One Financial Corp., the fifth-largest U.S. credit-card issuer, said Monday that a hacker accessed the personal information of approximately 106 million card customers and applicants, one of the largest ever data breaches of a big bank.
July 12, 2019 Alleged Iranian hacker who aided cyber espionage attacks on the US unmasked For years, “Mr. Tekide” has been well-known as a red flag within international cybersecurity communities. The alias has managed to evade being publicly identified despite being deemed a top malware developer and hacker whose crypters – which are used to conceal malware in an attack – have been used in cyber espionage attacks on the United States and broader West, as well as Sunni Arab countries and Israel.