How Realistic is the Prospect of a ‘Quantum Apocalypse’?
“The complexity of quantum computers could make them much faster at certain tasks, allowing them to solve problems that remain practically impossible for modern machines – including breaking many of the encryption algorithms currently used to protect sensitive data such as personal, trade and state secrets.” By Norman Lewis via RT Image: © Getty Images / Pobytov A new generation … Continue reading
Scraped Data of 1.5 BILLION Facebook Users Offered for Sale on the Dark Web – Reports
“It’s the “biggest and most significant Facebook data dump to date,” according to the publication…” via RT Headline Image credit:© REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp are all down, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg has another headache: The personal data of 1.5 billion customers, scraped from his platform, is reportedly being offered for sale on the dark web. User IDs, … Continue reading
Cybersecurity Company Discovers Classified NSA, Army Data Sitting Unprotected Online
A cybersecurity company said Tuesday it found top secret files related to classified Army communications systems sitting unprotected online for anyone to see. The data belonged to the U.S. Army’s Intelligence and Security Command, a division of both the Army and the National Security Agency. It’s the latest known setback linked to the NSA where former agency contractor Edward Snowden … Continue reading
US Dept. of Homeland Securitry Orders Removal of Kaspersky Products over ‘Russian Intelligence Ties’
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ordered all government agencies to “develop plans to remove” all “information security products, solutions, and services” produced by Kaspersky Lab, the Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider. The DHS issued a Binding Operational Directive (BOD) that calls “on departments and agencies to identify any use or presence of Kaspersky products on their … Continue reading
‘Gooligan’ Malware Hijacks More than a Million Google Accounts
More than a million Google accounts have been hijacked by “Gooligan” malware, according to the company and a cybersecurity firm. “The number continues to rise at an additional 13,000 breached devices each day,” said cybersecurity firm Check Point, which discovered the attack and is working with Google to combat it. Hundreds of infected accounts belong to businesses rather than individual … Continue reading
