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New Jersey Town Schools Closed After ‘Cybersecurity Event’
New Jersey Town Schools Closed After ‘Cybersecurity Event’
Schools in one town in New Jersey closed on Monday following an announcement by the district of a cybersecurity incident. The assistant superintendent of the Freehold Township School District posted on social media that the distri...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on February 1, 2024
Password Sharing Crackdown: New Rules for Hulu and ESPN+ Users
Password Sharing Crackdown: New Rules for Hulu and ESPN+ Users
Disney+ is expanding its efforts to prevent password sharing, a policy that will now also apply to ESPN+ and Hulu — the latter of which is merging with Disney. The company announced the new rules in an email to Hulu subscribers...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on February 1, 2024
1Password Implements SSH Security Features
1Password Implements SSH Security Features
1Password, the popular password manager company, has integrated a new set of features aimed at protecting your SSH keys. It may not be something you’d think about, but SSH keys are actually quite important to protecting your de...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on February 1, 2024
NordVPN Releases Free URL Checking Website
NordVPN Releases Free URL Checking Website
NordVPN has released a free tool that can be used to check any suspicious URLs. Threat actors will use a variety of methods to try to trick you into visiting fraudulent sites. It can be as simple as replacing a letter in the URL a...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on February 1, 2024
Fulton County, Georgia, Faces Cyber Attack
Fulton County, Georgia, Faces Cyber Attack
Fulton County, Georgia, faced a cyber attack from a threat actor that resulted in county-wide technical outages and problems. The attack was revealed in a press release by Fulton County Chair Robb. He stated that the problems with...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on February 1, 2024
New US Bill Addresses Cybersecurity Concerns In Agriculture
New US Bill Addresses Cybersecurity Concerns In Agriculture
US legislators passed a new bill focused on addressing cybersecurity concerns in the agriculture department. The new bill dubbed the Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act (PDF) saw widespread bipartisan support among the US political pa...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on January 31, 2024
US Government Mandates AI Companies Disclose Safety Testing
US Government Mandates AI Companies Disclose Safety Testing
AI companies will soon have to start sharing their safety test results with the US government. White House special adviser on AI, Ben Buchanan, said the US government wants “to know AI systems are safe before they’re released t...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on January 30, 2024
NSA Buys Americans' Internet Browsing Data Without Warrants
NSA Buys Americans' Internet Browsing Data Without Warrants
The National Security Agency has been purchasing Americans' internet browsing data from commercial data brokers without warrants, according to the agency’s outgoing director. Gen. Paul Nakasone, the director of the NSA, communi...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on January 29, 2024
Venmo, Zelle, Cash App Users at High Risk of Fraud, Manhattan DA Warns
Venmo, Zelle, Cash App Users at High Risk of Fraud, Manhattan DA Warns
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sent letters to the companies that own Venmo, Zelle, and Cash App, demanding that they increase protections for consumers. DA Bragg argued in his letters that these companies don’t offer...
Penka Hristovska by Penka Hristovska Published on January 26, 2024
Activision Blizzard lays off 1,900 Video Gaming Employees
Activision Blizzard lays off 1,900 Video Gaming Employees
Activision Blizzard laid off 1,900 employees at the behest of its parent company, Microsoft. The move isn’t a complete surprise — over the last several months many major tech companies have been forced to make layoffs. The job...
Tyler Cross by Tyler Cross Published on January 26, 2024