Biden order will limit how much data can be sold to Russia and China
Data brokers and other companies peddling Americans’ personal information to hostile countries such as Russia and China are now in the crosshairs of the Biden administration, which on Wednesday...
Australia facing its highest-ever threat from espionage and foreign interference
More Australians are “being targeted for espionage and foreign interference than ever before,” the head of the country’s domestic security agency has warned.
“Australians need to know that the threat...
Irish foreign affairs ministry says ‘no evidence’ of cyber breach following extortion claim
Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said there was currently “no evidence of any breach” of its IT systems following a claim by a new cyber extortion group that...
eBay, VMware, McAfee Sites Hijacked in Sprawling Phishing Operation
Attackers have compromised more than 8,000 subdomains from well-known brands and institutions to mount a sprawling phishing campaign that sends malicious emails numbering in the millions each day.MSN, VMware,...
Russia and Belarus targeted by at least 14 nation-state hacker groups, researchers say
Researchers say that over the past year, at least 14 state-sponsored hacker groups from around the world have targeted Russia and some former Soviet Union members — Azerbaijan, Belarus,...
After decades of memory-related software bugs, White House calls on industry to act
The Biden administration is continuing to pressure the tech industry to make products that are secure from the outset, issuing a call on Monday for greater use of memory-safe...
Change Healthcare incident drags on as report pins it on ransomware group
Healthcare IT platform Change Healthcare continued Tuesday morning to push out a now-familiar alert about a “cyber security issue” that disrupted pharmacy services nationwide, as a news report said...
Why We Must Democratize Cybersecurity
With breaches making the headlines on an almost weekly basis, the cybersecurity challenges we face are becoming visible not only to large enterprises, who have built security capabilities over...
CISA Warning: Akira Ransomware Exploiting Cisco ASA/FTD Vulnerability
Feb 16, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a now-patched security flaw impacting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense...
FBI’s Most-Wanted Zeus and IcedID Malware Mastermind Pleads Guilty
Feb 18, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cybercrime
A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. to his role in two different malware schemes, Zeus and IcedID, between May 2009 and February...
