Big Tech’s influence in Ukraine is overhyped

DDoSers are abusing Microsoft RDP to make attacks more powerful

Enlarge / Hacker attacking server or database. Network security, Database secure and personal data protection (credit: Getty Images) DDoS-for-hire services are abusing the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol to increase the firepower of distributed denial-of-service attacks that paralyze websites and other online services, a security firm said this week. Typically abbreviated as RDP, Remote Desktop Protocol […]

4 people died as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol

Four people died as supporters of President Donald Trump violently occupied the U.S. Capitol. Washington, D.C., Police Chief Robert Contee said the dead on Wednesday included a woman who was shot by the U.S. Capitol Police, as well as three others who died in “medical emergencies.” Police said both law enforcement and Trump supporters deployed […]

“A boondoggle”:” Trump admin. ‘s $300M COVID-19 advertisement campaign flounders

Expand / Former Trump campaign official Michael Caputo arrives in the Hart Senate Office building to be contested by Senate Intelligence Committee staffers on May 1, 2018 at Washington, DC. (charge: Mark Wilson / Getty Images) The Trump government’s more-than-$300-million”public marketing and awareness effort” about the COVID-19 pandemic is viewed as A-list actors back away […]