The state government of Nevada did not pay a ransom to cybercriminals who took down critical government systems in August, the state said in a post-mortem review of the attack.
Privacy and civil liberties advocates have decried the proposed expansion for how it will allegedly facilitate mass surveillance and large scale data privacy violations.
A prominent Italian communications executive and political adviser has revealed that he was targeted with Paragon spyware, making him the fifth Italian to come forward in a scandal that has rocked the Italian government.
The Russian state-backed hacking unit Sandworm has been targeting Ukraine's grain industry with wiper malware amid Moscow's ongoing efforts to undermine Kyiv's wartime economy.
Japanese media giant Nikkei said hackers gained unauthorized access to its internal Slack communication system, potentially exposing data linked to more than 17,000 people.
Rep. Jim Himes said things have changed for House Democrats when it comes to their potential to back legislation to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
The cross-border investigation led to more than 60 house searches and 18 arrests across Germany, the U.S., Canada, Singapore, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.
Researchers at Google said Wednesday that they recently observed malware "that employed AI capabilities mid-execution to dynamically alter the malware's behavior."
As several high-profile companies responded to cyberattacks, Polish Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said incidents involving Poland’s public and private infrastructure are becoming “commonplace.”
A spokesperson for the European Commission told the journalists that officials are “concerned with the trade of geolocation data from citizens and Commission officials.“
An IT company, a financial institution and eight men accused of aiding cybercrime and IT worker scams are now on the U.S. government's list of sanctioned North Korean entities.
A multinational operation in late October targeted a network that “created dozens of fake cryptocurrency investment platforms that looked like legitimate websites and promised high returns,” but simply took the money and laundered it, Eurojust said.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Tuesday introduced legislation that would add new privacy protections to health data gathered by smartwatches, health apps and other new technologies.
Questioning how Flock Safety protects sensitive user accounts, Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi want the FTC to investigate the police surveillance tech provider.
SK Telecom said the sharp decline stemmed from compensation and recovery costs following a large-scale cyberattack disclosed in April that exposed the personal data of about 27 million customers.
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