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How to Vet Budgeting and Investing Apps Before You Hand Over Your Information
There are thousands of free or low-cost personal finance applications people can use for saving, investing and more. Here’s what to know before you download.
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Scammers Are Claiming to Sell Covid-19 Vaccines on the Dark Web for Up to $1,000 Worth of Bitcoin
Sellers on the dark web have been advertising Covid-19 vaccines, asking for bitcoin payments and not delivering the goods, cybersecurity firm Check Point found.
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Signal and Telegram Downloads Surge After WhatsApp Says It Will Share Data With Facebook
WhatsApp updated its terms of service agreement that appears to give users little choice to opt out of sharing data with parent company Facebook.
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SolarWinds Hackers Accessed DOJ Emails, But There's No Indication They Reached Classified Systems
On Tuesday, U.S. intelligence agencies said Russians were likely behind the breach, which impacted multiple government departments.
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U.S. Feds Say Russians Likely Behind SolarWinds Hack That Breached Government Networks
It’s the first time the government has publicly said it appears likely the attack was Russian in origin.
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WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Cannot Be Extradited to U.S., Judge Rules
Assange is wanted in the U.S. over the publication of hundreds of thousands of classified military documents and diplomatic cables in 2010 and 2011.
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Op-Ed: What Nobody Else Will Say About the New Cybersecurity Crisis
The culprit is said to be Russia, but equal responsibility lies much closer to home.
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‘Bullet Has Left the Chamber': Biden Will Not Likely Roll Back Trump Campaign Against China Tech
One thing is for certain — the tech battle between the U.S. and China will continue under a Biden presidency.
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No Emails Have Leaked From the 2020 Election Campaigns Yet — Tiny USB Sticks May Be One Reason Why
This year campaigns and party committees adopted physical security keys from Google and other companies to prevent the sort of email leak that happened in 2016.
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Biden Condemns Security Attacks, Pledges to Strengthen Security Efforts
President-elect Joe Biden condemned the massive security breaches against American businesses and government agencies and pledged to make cybersecurity a priority in his first 100 days as president.
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Attorney General Barr Breaks With Trump, Says SolarWinds Hack ‘Certainly Appears to Be the Russians'
By singling out Russia, Barr sided with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the rest of the national security establishment but contradicted Trump.
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China Criticizes Trump Suggestion It Is Behind Cyber Spying
China’s government has criticized President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Chinese hackers, not Russia, might be behind a cyber espionage campaign against the United States
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Trump Contradicts Pompeo, Plays Down Alleged Russian Role in Cyberattack
The company at the center of the attack, SolarWinds, has not assigned blame to any country thus far.
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Suspected Russian Hack Is Much Worse Than First Feared: Here's What You Need to Know
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the threat “poses a grave risk to the federal government.”
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Cloudflare CEO Says ‘Zero-Trust Architecture' Is an Answer to U.S. Government Breach
“What that means is, effectively, if a hacker gets into one part of your organization that it’s contained,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince told CNBC’s Jim Cramer.
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Palo Alto Networks CEO: All Companies Must Ensure They Weren't Hit in Suspected Russian Cyberattack
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora also told CNBC he doesn’t think it’s the last major attack.
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With Trump Silent, Reprisals for Hacks of US Government May Fall to Biden
All fingers are pointing to Russia as the source of a punishing hack of U.S. government agencies
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Russian Hack Against US Government ‘Will Take Years to Overcome,' Former National Intelligence Official Says
Susan Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence, says the massive cyberattack targeting federal agencies “will take years to overcome.”
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Hack Against US Is ‘Grave' Threat, Cybersecurity Agency Says
The government’s cybersecurity agency is expressing increased alarm about a hack of computer systems in the U.S. and around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russia
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50% of U.S. Tech Execs Say State-Sponsored Cyber Warfare Their Biggest Threat: CNBC Survey
A new CNBC survey found that most tech execs believe state-sponsored cyber attacks are the biggest threat to their company and should be Biden’s top priority.