“In China the fingerpointing over who is responsible for China’s economic mess has begun.”
“RDP administrators have been slow to adopt techniques like two-factor authentication and rate-limiting, which could prevent attacks like this one.”
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/11/17559510/airport-security-login-rdp-attack-dark-web
“No research was done and no panel formed by the banking regulator before coming down heavily on the exchanges.”
Read more: https://qz.com/1321076/bitcoin-ban-how-rbi-choked-indias-cryptocurrency-ecosystem/
“The Pew study indicates that there is a significant cognitive problem among US people in being able to assess facts from opinions.”
“The U.S. government is calling on its allies to zero out imports of oil from Iran by November 4, or else face sanctions, and Washington is leaning towards granting no waivers at all. An official from the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that it had plans to follow up on the matter with Turkey, India and China, even as the U.S. is trying not to ‘adversely impact’ these countries, Bloomberg reports.”
Read more: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Oil-Jumps-As-Trump-Asks-Allies-To-Cut-Off-Iranian-Oil.html
“Trump reportedly invoked the War of 1812 to suggest that Canada might be a national security threat.”
Read more: https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/7/17435174/trump-trudeau-war-1812-history
“Seeking to soothe feathers ruffled by comments from the US ambassador to Berlin, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert only made it worse by citing the Allied landings in Normandy as an example of US ties with Germany.”
Read more: https://www.rt.com/usa/428949-nauert-d-day-germany-strong-relations/
“The two men ensnared in Ukraine’s ‘clever’ ruse to weed out Putin’s assassins have turned out to be former Ukrainian counterintelligence officials, who despise Russia, and pledge allegiance to radical, ultra-right neo-Nazi group ‘Right Sector’.”
“A large number of government agencies, marketing firms, healthcare organizations and IT support companies are publishing credentials via public Trello boards.”
Read more: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/06/further-down-the-trello-rabbit-hole/
“If Homeland Security were genuinely concerned about public safety, they’d transfer those armed INS agents to serve as security guards in the baggage claim area, and leave intelligent, trained and — what the hell — polite and welcoming passport checkers to handle the paperwork end.”
Read more: https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/06/05/welcome-to-police-state-america-weary-traveler/