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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…
The US government announced Thursday that it is banning the sale of Kaspersky Antivirus in the country and asking Americans who use the software to switch…
Investors’ promise to fight spyware tainted by previous investments in US malware maker
On Monday, the The Biden administration announced that six new countries had joined an international coalition to combat the spread of commercial spyware, sold by companies…
As cybercriminals continue to reap the financial benefits of their attacks, talk of a federal ban on ransom payments is growing stronger. US officials have long…
The NSA says it is monitoring Ivanti’s cyberattacks as hackers hit the US defense sector
The US National Security Agency has confirmed that hackers exploiting flaws in Ivanti’s widely used enterprise VPN appliance have targeted organizations across the US defense sector.…
Authorities are shutting down the operations of the notorious LockBit ransomware gang
Coalition of Internationals Law enforcement agencies, including the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and the UK’s National Crime Agency, have disrupted the operations of the notorious…
China-backed Volt Typhoon hackers have been hiding inside critical US infrastructure for ‘at least five years’
China-backed hackers have maintained access to critical US infrastructure for “at least five years” with the long-term goal of launching “catastrophic” cyber attacks, a coalition of…
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…
The Maine government has confirmed that more than a million people had their personal information stolen in a data breach earlier this year by a Russian-linked…
The Ukrainian government has fired two of its top cybersecurity officials following accusations of alleged embezzlement. Yurii Shchyhol, head of the State Service of Special Communications…