5 Russia-Linked Groups Target Ukraine in Cyberwar
Information on the attributed cyberattacks conducted since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war shows that a handful of groups conducted…
‘We will never back down in our defense of the 2nd Amendment’: Smith & Wesson president and CEO says politicians push policies that worsen crime problem then scapegoat gun manufacturers
Smith & Wesson president and CEO Mark Smith issued a statement in which he said that politicians who have denigrated…
CBS gets savaged for pushing study blaming climate change for childhood obesity: ‘May be one of the dumbest things I’ve read in a while’
A recent segment from CBS promoting a study that linked childhood obesity to climate change was widely hammered and the…
Patch Madness: Vendor Bug Advisories Are Broken, So Broken
Duston Childs and Brian Gorenc of ZDI take the opportunity at Black Hat USA to break down the many vulnerability…
Two House Republicans join most Democrats in passing ‘Assault Weapons Ban of 2022,’ but the measure will likely stall in the Senate
The House of Representatives on Friday passed the "Assault Weapons Ban of 2022," a bill that would ban various semi-automatic…
CosmicStrand UEFI malware found in Gigabyte, ASUS motherboards
Chinese-speaking hackers have been using since at least 2016 malware that lies virtually undetected in the firmware images for some…
ICYMI: Neopets & the Gaming Problem; SolarWinds Hackers Are Back; Google Ads Abused
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Biden is running out of time to lead on climate
The Northern Hemisphere is sweltering in a miserable vision of future life seared by climate change, just at the moment…
Russian hackers use fake DDoS app to infect pro-Ukrainian activists
Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG), whose primary goal is to defend Google users from state-sponsored attacks, said today that Russian-backed threat groups are…
Heroic Houston cop thwarts possible mass shooting by bum-rushing heavily armed man: ‘I had in my mind I was going to get shot’
A Houston cop is being lauded as a hero for thwarting a possible mass shooting at a Texas mall. The…