Tag: U.S.
Ransomware Blocks U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Supplies
A ransomware attack on a U.S. natural gas supplying facility brought its operations to a standstill for two days when the organization’s incidence response...
PhotoSquared App Exposes 100,000+ Customer Photos
The known cybersecurity research duo Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, from vpnMentor, discovered a data breach in the U.S.-based photo printing app, PhotoSquared. The...
New Bill Grants US$400 Million to Address Cybersecurity Risks in the U.S.
A new federal legislation was introduced recently to address cybersecurity threats to information systems of state, local, and territorial governments in the U.S. The...
CryptoAG: The Swiss Spying Machine
According to The Washington Post and German broadcaster ZDF, encryption device provider Crypto AG has been deemed as “The Swiss Spying Machine”, since for...
Medical Cannabis Users Suffer Data Breach
Researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar from security firm vpnMentor discovered an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket on December 24, 2019, that exposed sensitive data...
U.S. and Europe’s Cyber Readiness Numbers Stall as Cyberattack Numbers Soar
A report released by Hiscox, a cyber insurance providing company, pointed that cyberattacks across several verticals in the U.S. and Europe have seen a...