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For months, fraudsters have been exploiting a loophole that allows them to send spam emails from an internal Microsoft email address commonly used to send legitimate…
An international coalition of law enforcement agencies announced Thursday that they have taken down a popular virtual private network service used by cybercriminals and arrested its…
A US court has sentenced Latvian hacker Deniss Zolotarjovs to more than eight years in prison after being convicted of ransomware attacks. The Justice Department accused…
The US government is warning of a serious CopyFail bug affecting major versions of Linux
A serious security vulnerability that affects nearly every version of the Linux operating system has defenders scrambling to patch after security researchers publicly released exploit code…
The FCC bans the importation of new consumer routers made abroad, citing security risks
The Federal Communications Commission has ordered a ban on the importation of new foreign-made consumer routers, citing cybersecurity risks. The order, posted late Mondaysaid the import…
In 2010, the famous security researcher Barnafrom Jack spectacularly hacked into an ATM cash machine on stage at the Black Hat security conference, causing it to…
US prosecutors have formally linked the arrest of an active-duty US Army soldier in December to a massive theft of US phone records from AT&T and…
Security researchers say malicious hackers are exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability in Fortinet’s firewalls to infiltrate enterprise and corporate networks. In one advisory issued on Tuesdaysecurity…
US charges Russian civilian for allegedly helping GRU spies target Ukrainian government systems with data-destroying malware
The Justice Department has charged a Russian citizen with conspiring to destroy Ukrainian government computer systems as part of a widespread hacking effort by Russia ahead…
Software maker CDK says it will take “several days” to bring its systems back online after a spate of cyber attacks, as US car dealerships and…