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Security News Bites for March 7, 2025

Prez Eases Attacks On Moscow to Cozy Up to Putin As the president tries to get Putin to the negotiating table by continuing to make concessions to him, the Pentagon has told the NSA to stop offensive cyberattacks against Russia. This is the exact opposite of what he said he would do during the campaign. […]

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Security News Bites for February 28, 2025

Screens at HUD Display AI Video of Donald Trump Sucking … Okay, I know that was click bait. As Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) employees walked into headquarters on Monday, they were greeted by large television screens showing video of the President sucking Elon Musk’s toes. Staff could not initially turn off the […]

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EU’s “Gatekeeper” Rules Boost Smaller Players

And big US players are not happy. Apple has been forced to allow users to specify non-Safari browsers as their default. Browser choice was also opened in the Android world although users could already use any browser they want to. Mostly, it is about companies like Apple, Google, TikTok and a few other mega players […]

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Security News Bites for February 21, 2025

Is Russia Reining-In Ransomware? Historically, if you are a ransomware hacker you are in heaven in Russia as long as you don’t attack targets favored by the Kremlin. Putin has arrested, unexpectedly, Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, a famous Russian hacker who was indicted in the U.S. He paid a fine and had to give Putin a […]

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Security News Bites for February 14, 2025

Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.Gov Website The web site pulls from a database that anyone can edit. The ultimate definition of full transparency, I guess. It is also not hosted on a government server. Credit: 404 Media VP Calls for Less AI Regulation at Summit The Veep spoke at the Paris AI Action […]

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China, Russia Continue Cyberattacks Unabated; Unclear What US Intends to do

Multiple Chinese hacking groups continue to go after US and other companies and agencies with, apparently, no consequences. China’s Salt Typhoon, who hacked a dozen or more major US telecom and Internet providers including Verizon and AT&T, is now using vulnerabilities in Cisco firewalls worldwide. In December and January the Chinese government hackers successfully broke […]

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