If you’ve been wondering when you’ll be able to order the flame-throwing robot that Ohio-based Throwflame first announced last summer, that day has finally arrived. The Thermonator, what Throwflame bills as “the first-ever flamethrower-wielding robot dog” is now available for purchase. The price? $9,420. Thermonator is a quadruped robot with an ARC flamethrower mounted to […]
U.S. President Joe Biden has issued an Executive Order that prohibits the mass transfer of citizens’ personal data to countries of concern. The Executive Order also “provides safeguards around other activities that can give those countries access to Americans’ sensitive data,” the White House said in a statement. This includes sensitive information such as genomic […]
The White House issued an executive order on Wednesday that is designed to improve maritime port security by creating new requirements for stronger cyberdefenses in the sector while expanding the authorities of the U.S. Coast Guard to respond to cybersecurity incidents. The Biden administration said the executive order will force the sector to bolster its […]
Jan 04, 2024The Hacker NewsEthical Hacking / Vulnerability Assessment Section four of the “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity” introduced a lot of people in tech to the concept of a “Software Supply Chain” and securing it. If you make software and ever hope to sell it to one or more federal agencies, you […]
Two New York hospitals are seeking a court order to retrieve stolen data stored on a cloud storage company’s servers after a ransomware attack. The stolen data includes sensitive information such as patients’ personal and health information.
Scammers are taking advantage of the last-minute rush to order Christmas gifts, with one threat intelligence vendor claiming to have seen a 34% increase in new phishing sites impersonating delivery services. Group-IB said it identified 587 sites designed to look like legitimate postal operators and delivery companies in the first 10 days of December, up […]
Threat actors are known for impersonating popular brands in order to trick users. In a recent malvertising campaign, we observed a malicious Google ad for KeePass, the open-source password manager which was extremely deceiving. We previously reported on how brand impersonations are a common occurrence these days due to a feature known as tracking templates, but this […]