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Outgoing U.S. President, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.

This is HUGE: Biden’s Cybersecurity Exec. Order — Big Parting Gift to Trump

Wow. Just Wow: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. hits the emergency “do something” button ...

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Hack-for-Hire Campaign Targeting Climate Activists, Government Hypocrisy on Encryption

Tom Eston | December 16, 2024 | china, Climate, Climate Activists, Cyber Security, cyber threat, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, encryption, Episodes, exxonmobil, FBI, Hack-For-Hire, Hacking, Hacking Campaign, Information Security, Infosec, Journalists, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Salt Typhoon, security, technology, Weekly Edition

In Episode 359 of the Shared Security Podcast, the team examines a shocking hack-for-hire operation alleged to target over 500 climate activists and journalists, potentially involving corporate sponsorship by ExxonMobil. They explore ...

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Jeff Greene, CISA executive assistant director for cybersecurity

China is Still Inside US Networks — It’s Been SIX Months

Hell froze over: FBI and NSA recommend you use strong encryption ...

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Huge Leak of Customer Data Includes Military Personnel Info

Jeffrey Burt | November 25, 2024 | china, elasticsearch, enamelpins, leaked data, Phishing

EnamelPins, which manufactures and sells medals, pins, and other emblematic accessories, for months left open an Elasticsearch instance that exposed 300,000 customer emails, including 2,500 from military and government personnel. The company, ...

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Canadian “mounties” marching down the street

Ô! China Hacks Canada too, Says CCCS

Plus brillants exploits: Canadian Centre for Cyber Security fingers Chinese state sponsored hackers ...

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“Oh, won’t somebody please think of the children?”

Digital Crack for Kids: TikTok Sued Again by 14 AGs

Richi Jennings | October 9, 2024 | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, , spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Won’t somebody think of the children?

For You Plague: TikTok’s in trouble once more—this time, some states complain it’s breaking laws by harvesting children’s data and keeping them addicted ...

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China, threats, scams, CISA TP-Link Volt Typhoon Salt Typhoon

FBI Disrupts Another Massive Chinese-Linked Botnet

Jeffrey Burt | September 18, 2024 | Botnet Attack, china, DDoS attack, Flax Typhoon, Mirai Malware

The FBI and other U.S. and international law enforcement agencies disrupted a massive botnet created by China-linked threat group Flax Typhoon that had pulled in more than 200,000 IoT and other connected ...

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