A last-ditch attempt by British lawmakers to amend a bill expanding electronic communication interception by the U.K. authorities failed despite concerns over pervasive surveillance. The proposal would authorize interception of bulk personal datasets with "limited or no expectation of privacy."
A Russian state hack against Microsoft was more serious than initially supposed, Microsoft acknowledged in a Friday disclosure to federal regulators. Microsoft said a Moscow threat actor obtained access to "source code repositories and internal systems."
As ransomware groups are causing massive damage and disruption and showing no signs of stopping, cybersecurity policy expert Ciaran Martin said it's time for governments to start asking tough questions and "figure out how to make a ransomware payments ban work."
U.S. President Joe Biden used part of his highly anticipated State of the Union address on Thursday night to call on lawmakers to pass bipartisan privacy legislation and to harness the powers of artificial intelligence while protecting the nation "from its peril."
Hackers are mass-exploiting a recently disclosed critical authentication bypass vulnerability in on-premises versions of TeamCity. JetBrains fixed the bugs in a Monday update, but researchers warn users running unpatched instances to assume compromise.
A Chicago children's hospital has finally restored access to its electronic health records systems following a cyberattack detected in late January. But the pediatrics hospital is still working to bring its MyChart patient portal and various other systems back online.
This week, VMware handled critical vulnerabilities, Capita reported losses, the NSA pushed for zero trust, malware exploited aNotepad, a Taiwanese telecom was breached, the Swiss government dealt with ransomware attack fallout, fake meetings spread malware, Amex was breached and PetSmart was hacked.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency hopes to expand voluntary information sharing between the federal government and open-source software operators with a series of actions the agency announced following a two-day open-source security summit held at its Virginia headquarters.
Election campaigners Michael Blake and Cynthia Wallace discuss the need for accurate information and community involvement to protect electoral integrity and empower underrepresented voters. Strategies for countering misinformation range from sourcing internet posts to hosting barbershop meetings.
Federal authorities have accused a Chinese national who worked as a CTO in a Google supercomputer data center of stealing the company's proprietary artificial intelligence secrets and sharing them with Chinese companies, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday.
Cybercrime reports submitted by victims to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center surged last year, and the total reported losses exceeded $12.5 billion. Investment fraud and business email compromise losses dominated, and ransomware attacks spared almost no critical infrastructure sector.
This week, Binance laid off two-thirds of its staff and said it is exiting Nigeria, Chainalysis released 2023 crime statistics, Fantom said it will seek Multichain's liquidation, hackers stole millions from the WOOFi and Seneca crypto platforms, and Hong Kong blocked six fake websites.
Fusty and fussy operational technology devices are probably the farthest things away from a web server. Except - not anymore. But web servers embedded into industrial firmware are also a potential bonanza for hackers, say researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The Office of the National Cyber Director says a second iteration of the implementation plan for the national cybersecurity strategy is on its way, just as experts tell ISMG under-resourced federal agencies and critical infrastructure entities are struggling to achieve the strategy's framework.
Yaniv Vardi shares how $100 million of strategic growth financing from Delta-v Capital will empower Claroty to secure critical infrastructure across verticals such as the public sector and transportation and geographies including the United States and Japan, setting the stage for an IPO.
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