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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party in Washington, D.C., on January 31, 2024 (SOURCE: FBI)

Chinese Hackers Attack Every Day American Citizens As Well As Political and Military Targets

Thu Feb 1, 2024 07:28 pm Cardinal News

Atlas Organization founder Jonathan D.T. Ward reacts to FBI Director Christopher Wray’s warning over China’s threat to U.S. national and economic security and a report of Chinese companies with Iranian ties present in U.S. markets. […]

Washington Post: Apple’s “Tightly Controlled” App Store Has Scam Apps with Consumer Losses of $48 Million

Mon Jun 7, 2021 08:05 pm Cardinal News

Apparently, Apple customers should not put as much trust in the Apple App Store as Apple would have customers believe. Apple has long maintained that its exclusive control of the App Store is essential to […]

Cybersecurity Researchers: Apple Left Suspicious “Adware Security App” on Mac App Store for Weeks

Sat Sep 8, 2018 02:08 am Cardinal News

Apple once allowed a purported adware security checker app to be sold on its renowned App Store, where customers trust they can download Apple-vetted software to their Apple equipment. However, cybersecurity researchers recently discovered that […]

Burlington Electric Utility Company Finds Alleged Russian Malware on Company Laptop

Sat Dec 31, 2016 09:48 pm Cardinal News

A Vermont electric company, Burlington Electric, said it found malicious software that US authorities believe was used by Russian hackers in the US election on one of their company laptops. CNN’s Polo Sandoval reports. Burlington […]

CYBERATTACK: Mirai Malware Believed Used in Major Distributed Denial of Service Attack on Dyn Inc.

Sun Oct 23, 2016 09:04 am Cardinal News

On Friday, October 21, 2016 major cyberattacks crippled the major internet firm Dyn Inc., and repeatedly disrupted the availability of popular websites across the United States. A hacker group claiming responsibility said that the day’s […]

Arlington Heights Police and FTC Warn About “Pending Consumer Complaint” Email

Thu Apr 10, 2014 12:16 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police today forwarded an alert from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Federal Trade Commission is warning small businesses that an email with a subject line “Pending consumer complaint” is not from the […]

Federal Reserve: Smartphone Fraud Rising, People Aren’t As Careful with Phones As With Computers

Wed May 15, 2013 03:19 pm Cardinal News

Rogue applications can give end attackers complete control over your phone. There’s growing concern at the Federal Reserve and the banking industry about increasing attacks on smartphones by fraudsters. In a paper presOnline account takeovers […]

Lizamoon Attack: Over 1 Million Websites Infected, Display Fake Warning for Security Fix

Sun Apr 3, 2011 10:33 am Cardinal News

Over 1 million websites were known to be infected with malicious code that causes web viewers to see a warning posing as a Microsoft Security Alert — the Windows Stability Center — reporting that there […]

Malware Alert: Trojan Attack Posing As UPS Delivery Problem, Rise in Infected Emails, SMSME Failure

Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:50 am Cardinal News

Have you received an e-mail about a package delivered to your home. Or about to be delivered? Does the e-mail have an attachment? BEWARE! UPS rarely sends emails with attachments. But there is an email […]

McAfee: Big Jump in Scareware/Malware Began in First Quarter 2009

Tue Mar 16, 2010 08:05 am Cardinal News

McAfee warned consumers on March 9 that “scareware,” or fake anti-virus software, may be the most costly online scam in 2010, causing significant monetary loss and damage to users’ computers. Apart from the scareware files […]

Anti-malware-scanner.com: Fake Malware Scanner Site Brings Popup to Mac and Windows

Thu Feb 5, 2009 07:27 am admin

While antimalware.com’s malware Antivisus2009, etc probably cannot affect Macs, it is best to avoid any risk by using the COMMAND-OPTION-ESC key combination to effect a FORCE QUIT of Safari when a malware scanner popup appears. […]

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