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President Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey, prompting practically every member of Congress to weigh in. Many — including some prominent Republicans — are furious, dubbing the dismissal "Nixonian" and "a constitutional crisis."
Cyberwarfare can knock out physical machines and the attack can come from anywhere on the planet, reports Doug Olenick.
There is no simply way to rank the nation-state or criminal entity that poses the greatest cybersecurity threat to the United States – and the world in general.
Broadcaster Keith Olbermann praised former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday as an "American hero," whose fearless testimony before a Senate committee "used to be the minimum standard for public servants." But "now, in the era of Trump, she stands out like a champion," he added.
Dogs could be dying as part of a proposed experiment at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and members of Congress say they want more information about animal testing at the facility.
In a Monday letter to the Veterans Affairs Inspector General, Nevada Rep. Dina Titus and eight members of Los Angeles' delegation demanded to know more about the experiment, including how much it could cost and what other experiments the Los Angeles VA is conducting on animals.
Five members of the U.S. House of Representatives have formed the "Congressional Caucus on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality Technologies for the 115th Congress," according to a press release from Congresswoman Suzan Delbene (via Gamasutra).
Hackers have exploited long-known vulnerabilities in the SS7 networking protocol to drain customer bank accounts, despite years of warnings about the security holes.
Signaling System No.7 (SS7), as the protocol is known, is used by more than 800 telcos around the world, allowing customers in one country to send text messages to users in different countries.
The protocol also helps with interoperability between networks, and allows for phone calls to go uninterrupted while in low signal areas.
There's a major vulnerability in the way phone networks talk to each other - and hackers have used it to drain victims' bank accounts.
What's more: The issue has been known about for years, and public demonstrations have highlighted the issue, but nothing had been done about it.
It was designed as a security measure to increase protection of internet users across the globe.
But hackers have used a well-known security vulnerability in worldwide mobile telecoms networks to steal access codes to online bank accounts.
The exploit could be used against any bank that uses two-step login verification, as well as high-profile websites like Facebook, Google and many others.
Hackers have exploited the Signaling System #7 international telecommunications signaling protocol as part of a two-stage attack designed to drain money from people's online bank accounts.
The attacks successfully targeted online bank account holders in Germany by using call-forwarding features built into the SS7 protocol, German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reports.
A U.S. congressman is again calling for the FCC and telecom industry to fix a security flaw in the Signalling System No. 7 (SS7) that is allowing hackers to bypass two-factor authentication and wipe out bank accounts.
The issue was again brought to light when European carrier O2-Telefonica reported that some of its customers had been hit with attacks taking advantage of the SS7 vulnerability resulting in money being removed from their bank accounts.