Ukrainian security service’s cyber chief suspended following media investigation
The head of the cybersecurity department at Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), Illia Vitiuk, has been suspended from his official duties following a media investigation. Vitiuk has been...
The Drop in Ransomware Attacks in 2024 and What it Means
The ransomware industry surged in 2023 as it saw an alarming 55.5% increase in victims worldwide, reaching a staggering 5,070. But 2024 is starting off showing a very different...
Sweeping bipartisan comprehensive data privacy bill to be introduced by congressional leaders
A comprehensive data privacy bill unveiled Sunday would offer historic privacy protections and appears to have momentum on both sides of the aisle. The sweeping bill envisioned...
UK government urged to get on ‘forward foot’ with ransomware instead of ‘absorbing the...
Officials in Westminster are being urged to put more money behind operations to disrupt ransomware gangs in the wake of a growing number of attacks impacting a wide...
Congress prepares for FISA Round 3
The U.S. House next week will try — for the third time — to renew powerful spying authorities that are slated to expire in a matter of days,...
‘An attack on the reputation of Palau’: officials question who was really behind ransomware...
Government employees on the island of Palau came into work on March 14 and booted up their computers like any other day. But when the Windows screens wouldn’t...
Japanese optics company Hoya says cyber incident affected production
Hoya Corporation, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of lenses and other optical gear, said on Thursday that a possible breach of its systems has affected some production...
Volt Typhoon and 4 other groups targeting US energy and defense sectors through Ivanti...
Several China-based hacking groups, including Volt Typhoon, are targeting a trio of vulnerabilities affecting IT giant Ivanti alongside multiple cybercriminal operations. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...
How Ukraine’s volunteer hackers have created a ‘coordinated machine’ around low-level attacks
Before Russia invaded Ukraine almost three years ago, a Ukrainian entrepreneur who goes by the alias Ted said he spent his time building tech companies in Ukraine and...
