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Prison officials in Boise, Idaho, stated that 364 inmates hacked their JPay tablets and transferred $225,000 worth of credits into JPay account balances. The tablets are made available to inmates in prisons across the country through a contract with...
Facebook pledged to use a variety of security measures, including artificial intelligence, to counter Russian intelligence officers or other online intruders who use misleading strategies and false information to meddle in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, the Facebook officials...
John McAfee recently announced a reward of $100,000 for anyone who can hack his Bitfi wallet. The founder of McAfee antivirus software stated that Bitfi wallet is the world’s first unhackable device and the  bounty goes to anyone who...
With the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in two years, the Japanese government introduced a new cybersecurity strategy Wednesday in a meeting held at the government's Cyber Security Strategy Headquarters. The meeting was headed by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide...
In the wake of the recent cyberattack on SingHealth, which affected more than 1.5 million patients, the Singapore government has disconnected computers from the internet at public healthcare centers. The health ministry stated that the disconnection will cause “some inconvenience...
Xage Security, a blockchain security startup, recently raised $12 million in a Series A funding round led by March Capital Partners. The other participants included GE Ventures, City Light Capital, and NexStar Partners. The new funds will be used...
Contributed by Jethro Beekman, Fortanix As more organizations continue to migrate to the cloud, concerns remain about security of the infrastructure backing the cloud and privacy of their data. For decades, businesses have been trying to run software with hardened, more...
Google Mail users have been warned about a new Google Mail feature which could be leveraged by hackers to carry out a phishing scam. According to the intelligence report issued by DHS, obtained by ABC News, The Department of Homeland...
Nigeria and Israel are considering areas of partnership to implement measures for tackling cybercrimes. According to a media report, a team of three representatives from the Israeli Embassy visited   Professor U. G Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman and CEO...
Contributed by SecureWorld When I was a cub reporter at KHQ-TV, those of us in the business truly were the first to know: breaking news was coming in across the AP wire, and video was coming in from live trucks...