Category: russian hackers

FEC rules that campaigns can get discounts on cybersecurity

Post author By Randall
Post date July 11, 2019
Categories In area 1, fec, phishing, Politics, russian hackers, russians, Security, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] The cybersecurity firm at the center of the FEC’s decision is Area 1, a California-based firm that focuses on phishing. Founded by a group of former NSA hackers in 2013, the security vendor continuously crawls the web for signs of phishing and claims it can analyze 6 billion URLs and 4.8 billion IP addresses […]

Twitter removes nearly 4,800 accounts linked to Iranian government

Post author By Randall
Post date June 13, 2019
Categories In election interference, election meddling, ira, iran, misinformation, Politics, Russia, russian hackers, Security, spain, Tech, tomorrow, Twitter, venezuela

[ad_1] The Iranian accounts were divided into three categories depending on their activities. More than 1,600 accounts were tweeting global news content that supported the Iranian state. A total of 248 accounts were engaged specifically in discussion about Israel. Finally, a total of 2,865 accounts were banned due to taking on a false persona which […]

EU approves cyber-attack sanctions ahead of election

Post author By Randall
Post date May 17, 2019
Categories In China, cyber attacks, elections, Entertainment, eu, european parliament, european union, jeremy hunt, Politics, Russia, russian hackers, sanctions, Security, spearphishing, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in a statement called the move “decisive action” to deter future cyber attacks. “For too long now, hostile actors have been threatening the EU’s security through disrupting critical infrastructure, attempts to undermine democracy and stealing commercial secrets and money running to billions of Euros,” said Hunt. Russia and China […]