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The US sanctions a Russian citizen accused of playing a key role in the Medibank ransomware attack
The US government has sanctioned a Russian national for allegedly playing a “key role” in the ransomware attack against Australian health insurance giant Medibank that exposed…
Wouldn’t you like to know what the tech giants know about you? That’s exactly what Russian government hackers want. On Friday, Microsoft revealed that the hacker…
Google researchers say they have evidence that a notorious Russian-linked hacking group — tracked as “Cold River” — is evolving its tactics beyond phishing to target…
In the past We’ve seen Uber’s former security chief convicted in federal court of mishandling a data breach, a federal regulator indicting SolarWinds’ security chief for…
Anyone who knows your WhatsApp number can tell if you only use the mobile app or its companion web or desktop apps, a security researcher has…
It’s hard to spend an hour or two on YouTube without encountering an ad or paid promotion for a VPN subscription service like NordVPN, ExpressVPN or…
Framework says hackers accessed customer data following a phishing attack on an accountant partner
US repairable laptop maker Framework has confirmed that hackers accessed customer data after successfully phishing an employee at its accounting services provider. In an email sent…
US software giant Ivanti has confirmed that hackers are exploiting two critical-rated vulnerabilities affecting its widely used enterprise VPN appliance, but said patches will not be…
A geo-protection warrant typo dropped a location dragnet that stretches two miles over San Francisco
Defenders of civil liberties have long argued that “geographical attack” search warrants are unconstitutional because of their ability to ensnare completely innocent people who were nearby…
Artificial intelligence helps nation-state hackers, but also helps US spies find them, says NSA cyber director
Hackers and state-sponsored criminals are using genetic artificial intelligence in their cyberattacks, but US intelligence is also using artificial intelligence technologies to detect malicious activity, according…