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Mystery Drone Sightings Lead to FAA Ban Despite No Detected Threats
- Hackers can ‘jailbreak’ digital license plates, allowing them to change the license plate number to avoid tolls and tickets, or change their plate to be the same as their enemy.
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency employees fear that the incoming Trump administration will scrap programs that keep Americans safe, or dismantle the agency itself.
- Interpol officials say it's time to rebrand cryptocurrency scams called 'pig butchering' due to its potential to shame victims of the crime to not report it.
- Authorities in Europe warn of drug dealers advertising illegal goods on open web platforms like Instagram, X, and Snapchat.
- FAA temporarily bans drones over critical infrastructure and utility sites in NJ and NY for 30 days due to panic over mysterious drone sightings.
- FAA warns of dangers of people pointing lasers at aircraft, which has been on the rise due to the recent drone hysteria.
- Google to allow advertisers to use fingerprinting starting in Feb 2025, despite previously stating that fingerprinting is a subversion of user choice and is wrong.
- Rostislav Panev, an Israeli citizen and alleged developer of Lockbit ransomware, is facing US extradition for receiving over $230,000 in Bitcoin and developing ransomware tools.
- Organizers of LockBit ransomware claim they have created a new ‘4.0’ version of their tools and will be launching them in February.
- TP-Link, a Chinese technology company and router maker, may be banned in the US due to potential cybersecurity and national security concerns around its routers.
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