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Day: January 29, 2024
Tower 22 and the Path to a Wider War
SUBSCRIBER+REPORTING – A deadly strike by an unmanned aerial drone that took three American lives at a U.S. base in Jordan is stoking fears of […] More
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California EDD Prepaid Debit Card SMISHING Scam
This morning I received a text message informing me that my California EDD Prepaid Debit Card was being suspended with a deposit of $6,390 until I verified my Bank of America credit card: If you don’t live in California, this screams scam; but if…
Phobos Ransomware Family Expands With New FAUST Variant
FortiGuard said the variant was found in an Office document using a VBA script
US Senator Exposes NSA Purchase of Americans’ Internet Records
The call follows an FTC order saying data brokers must secure consent before selling user data
Nigerian ‘Yahoo Boys’ Behind Social Media Sextortion Surge in the US
Nigeria-based cybercriminals known as Yahoo Boys are the main drivers of a financial sextortion increase on TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat, targeting English-speaking teenagers
The State Department Assessment of American Nuclear Deterrence
In October 2023 the International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) of the US Department of State (DoS) issued the “Report on Deterrence in a World of Nuclear Multipolarity.” The ISAB report was overshadowed by the report from the bipartisan Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United State’s issuing their final report America’s Strategic Posture. […]
The State Department Assessment of American Nuclear Deterrence was originally published on Global Security Review.
Microsoft Provides Defense Guidance After Nation-State Compromise
Microsoft said the Russian nation-state group Midnight Blizzard obfuscated its attack through the use of an OAuth application
IN IMAGES: Spain’s devilishly explosive correfoc celebrations
Devils, dancing, fire and dragons, discover all about the explosive correfoc festivals held in northeastern Spain.
Russia hacks Microsoft: It’s worse than you think
Another day, another hack of Microsoft technology. Ho-hum, you might think, this has happened before and will happen again — as surely as the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.This time is different. Because this time the targets weren’t Mi…