This week a Russian hacker pleaded guilty in what the U.S. Department of Justice called “a massive computer hacking campaign targeting U.S. financial institutions, brokerage firms, financial news publishers, and other companies.”
A new website titled Hire Military Heroes pretends to help U.S. veterans find jobs, but cybersecurity researchers have discovered it to be a malicious site run by an Iranian nation-state hacking group. Dark Reading reports the group is called Tortoises…
Drones, the popular name for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are a new toy for hobbyists, a tool for commerce, and a multi-purpose device for the military.
It’s easy to see the value in preparing for emergencies, yet when it comes to cybersecurity, this is still a top challenge for many small and medium businesses (SMBs). Small businesses often lack the time, budget, and resources for a proactive defense,…
“There are just too many things we have to think about every day, too many new things we have to learn. New styles, new information, new technology, new terminology … But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim,…
Testing the security of medical institutions, researchers found 24.3 million medical records unprotected. SC Magazine reported that the records spanned 52 countries and contained patient names, birthdays, examination dates, and miscellaneous medical in…
Businesses are embracing technology and relying more heavily on the web for communications — attracting cybercriminals with new attack methods. Phishing is a tactic defined by the U.S. government as an online scam that targets users by sending em…
This week the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions targeting North Korean state-sponsored hacking groups, including Lazarus, which paralyzed 300,000 computers in 150 countries with the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack.
Last Friday, the Wikimedia Foundation issued a statement that a malicious attack had forced its popular information site Wikipedia to go offline for intermittent periods in several countries. The foundation confirmed to Forbes that it had been hit by a…
The city of Portland, Ore. has set out to fully leverage the Internet of Things and emerge as a model “smart” city.