Beijing-linked hackers penetrated Treasury systems
Updated at 10:25 a.m. on December 31 with comment from the Chinese foreign ministry. A Chinese state-sponsored actor was responsible for a “major incident” that compromised U.S....
Finland identifies seven suspects among crew of alleged Russian ‘spy’ tanker
Finnish authorities have identified but not arrested seven suspects among the crew of an alleged Russian spy ship that was seized after breaking several submarine cables in the...
New HIPAA Rules Mandate 72-Hour Data Restoration and Annual Compliance Audits
Dec 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Compliance
The United States Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has proposed new cybersecurity requirements for healthcare organizations with...
On the sixth day of Christmas, an X account gave to me: a fake...
A social media user with what we assume is the inauthentic handle of @NSA_Employee39 claimed on Monday to have dropped a zero-day vulnerability for the popular, free and...
Finland seizes suspected Russian spy ship and questions crew following cable breaks
Poliisi, Finland’s police service, has transferred a cargo ship suspected of breaking several submarine cables in the Baltic Sea to an anchorage point near the port of Porvoo,...
HIPAA to be updated with cybersecurity regulations, White House says
New cybersecurity rules covering how healthcare institutions protect user data will be proposed under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), according to a White House official....
Texas hits data brokers for not registering, underscoring a larger privacy problem
Data broker registries are now operative in four states but many do not register, a fact which makes it difficult for authorities to track their business practices and...
Blue Yonder says November ransomware attack not connected to Cleo vulnerability
Blue Yonder, the supply chain management giant that was hit by a ransomware attack last month that caused ripples throughout the retail sector, said it is investigating claims...
US adds 9th telecom company to list of known Salt Typhoon targets
Nine U.S. telecommunications firms have been breached in a sweeping Chinese espionage campaign, a top White House official said on Friday, as the U.S. preps policy responses to...
Brazilian Hacker Charged for Extorting $3.2M in Bitcoin After Breaching 300,000 Accounts
Dec 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware
A Brazilian citizen has been charged in the United States for allegedly threatening to release data stolen by hacking into a company's network in...
