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Disinformation Threat! Data of Over 186 Mn U.S. Voters Found on Darknet

Ever since the U.S. election campaigns began, there have been concerns over rising disinformation campaigns. Security experts from Trustwave SpiderLabs stated they found a...

Lapse in Security! Pfizers Inadvertently Exposes PII of U.S. Prescription Drug Users

Global pharmaceutical company Pfizer inadvertently exposed Personal Identifiable Information (PII) of hundreds of prescription drug users in the U.S. after its misconfigured Google Cloud...

75% U.S. States and Territories Graded ‘C’ for Poor Cybersecurity

A survey from cybersecurity firm SecurityScorecard revealed the overall security posture of all 56 U.S. states and territories, which are leading up to the...

Paying Ransom is Now Illegal! U.S. Dept of Treasury Warns

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that paying ransom to cybercriminals is now illegal. In an official...

92% U.S. Organizations Suffered Data Breach Due to Vulnerabilities in Vendor Ecosystems

A study from cybersecurity solutions provider BlueVoyant revealed that 92% of organizations in the U.S. suffered a security breach last year due to vulnerabilities...

U.S. House Passes Bipartisan IoT Security Bill to Strengthen IoT Networks

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act, which is intended to improve the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices...