Microsoft Under Fire After Hacks of State and Commerce Departments July 14, 2023 By Raphael Satter In late June, one of cybersecurity expert Steven Adair’s clients got an alert from Microsoft: one of the client’s employees...
Ransomware Criminals Are Dumping Kids’ Private Files Online After School Hacks July 7, 2023 By Frank Bajak, Heather Hollingsworth and Larry Fenn The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student...
Indiana Department of Insurance Launches Site for Reporting Cybersecurity Events June 30, 2023 The Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) launched a new online form for insurers and entities to cybersecurity events. The online...
Cyberattacks on Renewables: The Stuff of Nightmares for Europe’s Power Sector June 15, 2023 By Nora Buli, Nina Chestney and Christoph Steitz Saboteurs target a nation leading the world in clean energy. They hack into vulnerable wind and solar power systems. They...
Posing as Islamists, Russian Hackers Take Aim at Sweden May 18, 2023 By Jordan Robertson and Niclas Rolander Since February, a mysterious hacker group calling itself Anonymous Sudan has targeted dozens of Swedish airports, hospitals and banks with...
Cybersecurity Fail: Top 10 Passwords Used by the Insurance Industry April 27, 2023 Despite cybersecurity experts’ repeated warnings, the insurance sector, along with other industries, is not doing a great job when it...
Cyber Watchdog Has ‘No Confidence’ in Emergency Cell Network Security April 12, 2023 By Raphael Satter America’s cybersecurity watchdog has no confidence that the cellular network used by American first responders and the military is secure...
At Least 50 U.S. Government Employees Hit With Spyware, Prompting New Rules March 29, 2023 By Christopher Bing At least 50 U.S. government staffers stationed in 10 countries were targeted with commercial hacking tools, commonly known as spyware,...
TikTok Represents ‘Strategic’ Challenge, Says Top Cyber Official March 28, 2023 By Stephen Nellis The head of the U.S. National Security Agency’s cybersecurity directorate on Monday said TikTok represents a “strategic issue” rather than...
Wall Street Regulator Unveils New Hacking, Data and Market Resiliency Rules March 15, 2023 The top U.S. markets regulator announced a package of proposed policies on Wednesday designed to harden the financial system against...