Cyber Force measure expected to resurface in House defense bill debate
Members of the House Armed Services Committee are prepared to push a bipartisan proposal that would require the Pentagon to study establishing a military cyber service. The...
Feds nab alleged money launderers for pig butchering scheme
Two alleged ringleaders behind a scheme that laundered some $73 million stolen in pig butchering scams are in U.S. custody, the Department of Justice announced Friday. Yicheng...
Grindr’s chief privacy officer on the dating app’s data controversies
Hundreds of Grindr users filed suit against the LGBTQ+ dating app late last month for allegedly sharing their HIV status with third parties without consent. The accusations are...
SEC to require financial firms to have data breach incident plans
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced new rules on Thursday requiring certain kinds of financial institutions to have well-defined plans for what to do when a data...
Australian government warns of ‘large-scale ransomware data breach’
The Australian government warned on Thursday of a “large-scale ransomware data breach” affecting healthcare data in the country. The incident, also disclosed by prescription company MediSecure on...
Researchers Uncover 11 Security Flaws in GE HealthCare Ultrasound Machines
Security researchers have disclosed almost a dozen security flaws impacting the GE HealthCare Vivid Ultrasound product family that could be exploited by malicious actors to tamper with patient data...
EU failure to rein in spyware reflects lack of political will, parliamentarian says
A leading member of the European Parliament on Wednesday condemned Europe’s governing bodies for not doing more to address rampant spyware abuses across the continent. Parliamentarian Sophie...
US offers $5 million for info on North Korean IT workers involved in job...
Editor's note: Story updated 12:35 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Eastern U.S. time with details from Department of Justice and FBI announcements. The U.S. is offering a reward...
Cybercriminals Exploiting Microsoft’s Quick Assist Feature in Ransomware Attacks
May 16, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Incident Response
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said it has observed a threat it tracks under the name Storm-1811 abusing the client management tool Quick Assist...
GCHQ to protect UK election candidates’ phones from cyberattacks
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) launched a new service on Wednesday to prevent cyberattacks targeting the mobile phones of high-risk individuals. The...
