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FCC Adds Russian Cybersecurity Company Kaspersky Lab to List of National Security Risks

March 27, 2022
Coronavirus Update: Hiring Up; Scammers Target Firms; Rental Cos Reassure Consumers
International // March 05, 2020

The coronavirus could have wide-reaching effects on the movie industry and malware, while it may not have impacted employment, among other sectors. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus around the world. Sony Pictures is temporarily shutting down offices in Paris, London and a city in...

Kaspersky Lab Sees Spike In Mobile Banking Cyberattacks
Security & Fraud // May 23, 2019

Kaspersky Lab, a cybersecurity and anti-virus company, has reported a rise in a specific malware intended to steal money and credentials from people’s bank accounts. The company found 29,841 files of the malware in Q1 of 2019, which is up from 18,501 in Q4. Attacks...

Gas Station Software Vulnerable To Hacking
Security & Fraud // May 03, 2019

Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency has issued an advisory about a popular gas station software that has flaws, making it highly vulnerable to hacking. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) gave the Orpak SiteOmat software a vulnerability severity rating of 9.8 out of 10, revealing...

Kaspersky: Mobile Malware Attacks Doubled In 2018
Security & Fraud // March 05, 2019

A new report by Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based cybersecurity and anti-virus company, has revealed that attacks on mobile devices with malware doubled from 66.4 million in 2017 to 116.5 million in 2018, according to a press release from the company. Also troubling is the fact...

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End-Of-Summer Edition: Malware Goes Retro, Bitcoin Splits And Apple Watch Breaks Free

August 21, 2017
This week, Americans will have something of a rare opportunity in the digital age: The chance to all do the same thing at once. That same thing will, of course, be looking up. Today, between 12:05 p.m. EST/9:05 a.m. PST in Oregon and 2:48 p.m. EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse […]

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FCC Adds Russian Cybersecurity Company Kaspersky Lab to List of National Security Risks

March 27, 2022
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has added Kaspersky Lab, a Russian cybersecurity company, to the list of companies posing an “unacceptable” risk to U.S. national security, a report says. This marks the first time a Russian company has been added to the list. The list is primarily made up of companies from China like Huawei […]

Kaspersky Lab Sees Spike In Mobile Banking Cyberattacks

May 23, 2019
Kaspersky Lab, a cybersecurity and anti-virus company, has reported a rise in a specific malware intended to steal money and credentials from people’s bank accounts. The company found 29,841 files...

Gas Station Software Vulnerable To Hacking

May 03, 2019
Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency has issued an advisory about a popular gas station software that has flaws, making it highly vulnerable to hacking. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)...

Kaspersky: Mobile Malware Attacks Doubled In 2018

March 05, 2019
A new report by Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based cybersecurity and anti-virus company, has revealed that attacks on mobile devices with malware doubled from 66.4 million in 2017 to 116.5 million...