Hackers directly email customers of immigration firm after damaging cyberattack
A prominent U.K.-based company offering immigration services and legal resources for those with international businesses warned officials in multiple countries that a recent cyberattack may have exposed sensitive...
Justice Department sues TikTok for alleged violations of children’s privacy
The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission filed a civil suit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance on Friday, asserting that the Chinese-owned social media giant...
US releases Russian hackers and spies as part of prisoner swap
Editor’s Note: Story updated 3 p.m. Eastern U.S. time with details of the swap. The United States and other countries released hackers, spies and an assassin Thursday...
Senate confirms first DOD cyber policy chief
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Michael Sulmeyer as the Defense Department’s first cyber policy chief. Sulmeyer will serve as the Pentagon’s assistant secretary of Defense for...
Suspects in ‘Russian Coms’ spoofing service arrested in London, as NCA announces takedown
The two individuals suspected of developing and being the administrators of the “Russian Coms” caller ID spoofing service have been arrested in London, the National Crime Agency (NCA)...
US reportedly preparing to release Russian hackers as part of prisoner swap
Russia is reportedly seeking the return of several alleged hackers, spies and assassins as part of a historic prisoner exchange with several Western countries. The prisoner swap...
Senate passes landmark bill protecting children’s online safety and privacy
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed legislation which significantly broadens online privacy and safety protections for children under age 17 by banning companies from targeting advertising to...
Germany summons Chinese ambassador over cyberattack on cartography agency
German authorities on Wednesday said that a Beijing-backed threat actor was behind a cyberattack three years ago on the country’s state cartography agency, and summoned the Chinese ambassador...
Ransomware attack on major US blood center prompts hundreds of hospitals to implement shortage...
One of the largest blood centers in the U.S. is operating at reduced capacity after ransomware hackers shut down parts of its system. Nonprofit OneBlood, which provides...
VMware ESXi Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Groups for Admin Access
A recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors has been actively exploited by "several" ransomware groups to gain elevated permissions and deploy file-encrypting malware.
The attacks involve the exploitation...
