Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Deborah Ross have introduced a bill that would require companies to disclose ransomware payments.
Homeland Security Investing Fake N95 Mask Scam
As if the pandemic is not bad enough, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is investigating a scam involving fake N95 masks.
DHS Tested Mask-Thwarting Facial Recognition
The Department of Homeland Security (DSH) has been testing facial recognition systems that can recognize faces with masks on.
PSA: Update Firefox Immediately—Critical Vulnerability Being Exploited
A recent release of Mozilla Firefox has a vulnerability severe enough that even the Department of Homeland Security is telling everyone to update. According to Mozilla, “incorrect alias information in IonMonkey JIT compiler for setting array elements could lead to…
7-Eleven Raids: Nine Arrested For Illegal Workers
The U.S. Attorney’s Office today unsealed two indictments charging nine 7-Eleven store owners and operators with wire fraud, steling identities, and concealing and harboring illegal immigrants. The defendants are accused hiring “dozens” of illegal immigrants and giving them identities stolen…
Homeland Security: 3D Printed Guns May Be Impossible To Stop
The government is concerned about the proliferation of 3D printed guns. That much was obvious when the State Department demanded Defense Distributed remove the blueprints for the first 3D printed gun – The Liberator – from its Web site. Now…