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A possible high-tech solution to some aspects of the supposed "gun problem" is smart guns, or in other words firearms that have electronic or other advanced control features that only allow operation for select users. The smart gun concept has even been in the movies a few of times.
The Defense Information Systems Agency , the body in charge of the Pentagon's email, said it plans to enable stronger encryption on all emails by July 2018. The agency explained its plans to move to a stronger email encryption technology in a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, this week.
Two men from Latvia ran a malware service that has been in operation for more than a decade and used in major attacks against U.S. businesses, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Alexandria The men, along with an alleged co-conspirator in Virginia, designed a buffet of hacking software that they marketed on cybercrime websites, according to prosecutors. The indictment does not detail which businesses allegedly were affected by the malware or what damage was done by the attacks.
Russian hackers discussed during the 2016 presidential campaign whether they could obtain emails pilfered from Hillary Clinton and ultimately get them to an adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump, according to a report published Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. The Journal said investigators probing Russian meddling in the election have examined intelligence agency reports about how hackers wanted to get emails from Clinton's server to an intermediary and then to Mike Flynn, a retired lieutenant general and senior adviser to Trump who went on to serve briefly as his national security adviser.
Hackers believed to be Russian discussed how to steal Hillary Clinton's emails from her private email server and transfer them to Michael Flynn via an intermediary, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing reports compiled by US intelligence agencies investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election. One of those intermediaries, according to the Journal, may have been a GOP operative named Peter W. Smith - an 80-year-old opposition researcher who assembled a team of t to track down hacking groups with access to the 33,000 emails Clinton deleted from her private email server that she said were personal in nature.
Health insurer Anthem Inc. agreed to pay $115 million to resolve consumer claims over a 2015 cyber attack that compromised data on 78.8 million people, marking what attorneys in the case called the largest data-breach settlement in history. The proposed accord, which would end class-action lawsuits filed in several states, requires approval from a federal judge in San Jose, Calif .
Russian hackers targeted 21 U.S. state election systems in the 2016 presidential race and a small number were breached but there was no evidence any votes were manipulated, a Homeland Security Department official told Congress on Wednesday. U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded the Kremlin orchestrated a wide-ranging influence operation that included email hacking and online propaganda to discredit Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump, a Republican, win the White House in November.
That fact should be driven home by a recent article from The Intercept detailing the contents of a highly classified NSA report that found evidence of a massive Russian cyberattack on voting software and against over 100 election officials. While the NSA concluded the attack was carried out by the most sophisticated of hackers-the Russian military-their entry methods were relatively vanilla.
Election officials have long contended that the highly decentralized, often ramshackle U.S. voting system is its own best defense against vote-rigging and sabotage . New evidence from a leaked intelligence report indicates that hasn't deterred foreign adversaries from exploring ways to attack it anyway.
A leaked intelligence document outlining alleged attempts by Russian military intelligence to hack into U.S. election systems is the latest evidence suggesting a broad and sophisticated foreign attack on the integrity of the nation's elections. And it underscores the contention of security experts and computer scientists that the highly decentralized, often ramshackle U.S. election system remains profoundly vulnerable to trickery or sabotage .
As evidence that Donald Trump has been trying to obstruct investigations into his involvement in Russian attacks against the United States in 2016 continues to grow, the Russian government is spreading a conspiracy theory designed to perpetuate Trump supporters' faith in their stumbling leader. A couple of days ago, the Russian Embassy in London spread a message on Twitter showing a blood-red image of Hillary Clinton's face in the background of a picture of Seth Rich, with the question, "Who killed Seth Rich?" Accompanying this image was this message from the Russian government: "Seth Rich murdered in the U.S., but MSM was so busy accusing Russian hackers to take notice."
Exploits developed by the National Security Agency are very likely at the core of a destructive breed of the WannaCry malware that is wreaking havoc around the globe. The release of NSA tools into the wild by the Shadow Brokers group has raised concerns about the process by which IT vulnerabilities discovered by NSA hackers are shared with software and hardware vendors.
Surf dude who saved the world from global cyber attack: Self-taught web geek, 22, is hailed a hero for foiling attack that used stolen NSA spy weapon and wreaked havoc in 99 countries Kim Jong-Un fires ANOTHER ballistic missile 400 miles towards Japan - after months threatening Trump with nuclear war and days after a new president took office in South Korea 'I deliberately tried to miscarry my baby': Sex slave made pregnant by her ISIS captors reveals her agony after leaving the child behind in her bid for freedom Tennessee teacher, 50, bought a $1,500 kayak and planned to 'paddle from San Diego to Mexico with the 15-year-old student he kidnapped' What's on Donald's mind now? Trump accidentally tweets the word 'We' and quickly deletes it - after a week of 'plunging the White House into chaos with his Comey tweets' Trump wants to nominate new FBI director before the end of next week as ... (more)
'Nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic': Bullish Trump sends a message to James Comey and his detractors during his first commencement address as president Fashion designer Carolina Herrera's nephew is 'taken hostage and killed by a gang in Venezuela despite his family paying his ransom' 'He's out of control': Former FBI official and White House staffers react to Trump's tweets in real time Hunt the hackers: Gang behind 'unprecedented' attack using 'atom bomb of malware' which has now spread to 130,000 systems are targeted by global task force Anonymous British blogger becomes accidental hero by putting brakes on global cyber attack for just $10 as 'atom bomb of malware' cripples hits more than 100 countries 'I deliberately tried to miscarry my baby': Sex slave made pregnant by her ISIS captors reveals her agony after leaving the child behind in her bid for freedom ... (more)
'Nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic': Bullish Trump sends a message to James Comey and his detractors during his first commencement address as president Fashion designer Carolina Herrera's nephew is 'taken hostage and killed by a gang in Venezuela despite his family paying his ransom' 'He's out of control': Former FBI official and White House staffers react to Trump's tweets in real time Hunt the hackers: Gang behind 'unprecedented' attack using 'atom bomb of malware' which has now spread to 130,000 systems are targeted by global task force Anonymous British blogger becomes accidental hero by putting brakes on global cyber attack for just $10 as 'atom bomb of malware' cripples hits more than 100 countries 'I deliberately tried to miscarry my baby': Sex slave made pregnant by her ISIS captors reveals her agony after leaving the child behind in her bid for freedom ... (more)
The Hillary Clinton whinefest continues. I had hoped that like the falling out of favor Kardashians and Caitlyn Jenner, she'd just start fading out of an audience, but she feels compelled to keep complaining about all those who cost her the election.
France's election campaign watchdog is investigating a hacking attack and document leak targeting presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron that his political movement calls a last-ditch bid to disrupt Sunday's tense runoff vote. Fears of hacking and campaign interference have simmered throughout France's high-stakes, closely watched campaign - and boiled over Friday night as Macron's team said it had been the victim of a "massive and coordinated" hack.
A federal judge on Friday handed down the longest sentence ever imposed in the U.S. for a cybercrime case to the son of a member of the Russian Parliament convicted of hacking into more than 500 U.S. businesses and stealing millions of credit card numbers, which he then sold on special websites. Roman Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $170 million in restitution to the business and banks that were the victims of his multiyear scheme.
OCTOBER 08: Political consultant Roger Stone speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival 2016 - 'President Trump: Life As We May Know It,' featuring Max Boot, Amy Davidson, Roger Stone, and Sean Wilentz in conversation with Evan Osnos at MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre on October 8, 2016 in New York City.