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Canada suffers cyberattack used to steal COVID-19 relief payments

Canadian government sites used to provide access to crucial services for immigration, taxes, pension, and benefits have been breached in a coordinated attack to steal COVID-19 relief payments. […]

31 Jul

US government sites abused to redirect users to porn sites

In an ongoing blackhat SEO campaign tracked by BleepingComputer, scammers are using open redirects found on government websites to redirect visitors to pornography sites. […]

22 Jun

US govt to enforce HTTPS on new .gov sites starting September 1

Starting September 1, 2020, new .gov sites will only be accessible via HTTPS as they will automatically be preloaded according to an announcement made by the U.S. Government’s DotGov Program today. […]

30 Apr

US govt agencies to disable DoH until federal service is ready

US government agencies’ chief information officers were recommended to disable third-party encrypted DNS services until an official DNS resolution service with DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and DNS over TLS (DoT) support is ready. […]

22 Apr

State-backed phishing targets govt employees with fast food lures

More than a dozen state-backed hacking groups are actively targeting U.S. Government employees and healthcare organizations in phishing campaigns that use lures designed to take advantage of the fears surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

13 Apr

US consumers report $12M in COVID-19 scam losses since January

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says that approximately $12 million were lost to Coronavirus-related scams according to consumer reports received since January 2020. […]

04 Apr

DOJ Says Zoom-Bombing is Illegal, Could Lead to Jail Time

The Department of Justice and Offices of the United States Attorneys are warning that ‘Zoom-bombing’ is illegal and those who are involved can be charged with federal and state crimes. […]

22 Mar

Israel Govt’s New ‘Shield’ App Tracks Your Coronavirus Exposure

The Israeli Ministry of Health has released a new mobile app called “The Shield” that will alert users if they have been at a location in Israel at the same time as a known Coronavirus patient. […]

20 Mar

Firefox Reenables Insecure TLS to Improve Access to COVID19 Info

Mozilla says that the support for the insecure TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will be reenabled in the latest version of Firefox to maintain access to government sites with COVID19 information that haven’t yet upgraded to TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3. […]

16 Mar

U.S. Health Department Site Hit With DDoS Cyber Attack

The United States Health and Human Services Department’s web site was hit with a DDoS cyber attack Sunday night to take it offline in the middle of the Coronavirus outbreak. […]

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