Aviation experts are raising serious national security concerns about ensuring the U.S. government properly vets risks from companies that provide air traffic control (ATC) technologies to China, pointing out that the U.S. could be vulnerable to cyberattacks if such companies are permitted to design or operate American ATC systems like the new common automation platform.
The Islamist Iranian regime reportedly hacked into a British power plant and shut it down for multiple days in a deeply concerning demonstration of power.
Google has disclosed that multiple state-backed hacking groups, including a North Korean threat actor, have been utilizing its Gemini AI platform to enhance reconnaissance activities and accelerate various stages of cyber attacks.
Residents in four states experienced 911 outages on Wednesday amid warnings of cyberattacks.
The Australian government said it was responding to a “significant cyber security incident” affecting several ports that could last a multiple days.
A cyber security attack on the Clorox Company last month is reportedly causing product availability issues and an impact on its first-quarter earnings.
The Holy See’s website was shut down for many hours Wednesday by a cyber-attack after the Vatican offended both Russia and China in past days.
President Joe Biden warned Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was preparing a series of “consequential” and “sophisticated” attacks against the United States as he grows increasingly desperate in Ukraine.
A major United States port became the target in August of suspected nation-state hackers, officials said this week.
The State Department has reportedly experienced a cyber attack and notifications regarding a possible serious breach were issued by the Department of Defense Cyber Command, a source recently told Fox News.
Saudi Aramco confirmed on Wednesday that a “limited amount” of its company data held by third-party contractors was recently leaked amid reports that an unidentified extortionist is holding a terabyte of the Saudi Arabian oil giant’s data hostage and demanding a $50 million ransom for its deletion, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
Joe Biden took notes out of his jacket when asked about a “hack by the Russians” during an ostensibly unscripted visit to a store in Michigan.
Mandarin-speaking cyber hackers posing as United Nations (UN) representatives are launching online attacks against ethnic Uyghurs, a Turkic minority group in China’s westernmost Xinjiang territory, the MIT Technology Review reported on Thursday. Researchers from the U.S.-Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point and
While the FBI and CIA are distracted with intersectionality and pronouns, an oil pipeline was hit with a devastating cyber-attack.
Hackers stole data during the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack Thursday ahead of the pipeline operator shutting down from the apparent attack.
A major fueling pipeline was taken offline late Friday by its operator due to an apparent cyberattack.
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) allegedly ordered a hacker group to conduct cyberattacks on roughly 200 Japanese research institutions, defense firms, and companies from 2016-2017, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday.
Hackers who wanted $40 million in ransom from a Florida school district that refused to hand over the money recently published almost 26,000 stolen files.
The Polish and Lithuanian governments say they have been the target of a cyber attack aimed at undermining relations between the NATO allies.
French websites were targetted by alleged Islamist cyber attacks Sunday, thought to be in response to comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron. The cyberattack was confirmed by an official French government Twitter account on Sunday which stated that a
Extinction Rebellion has claimed allegedly man-made climate change is “100 times a greater threat to humanity” than the Chinese coronavirus while vowing to launch cyberattacks against the Labour Party for supporting a bailout of the beleaguered airline industry. The eco-extremist
Any U.S. attack on Iran will be met with a massive loss of life by American forces, senior Iranian military commanders warned on Sunday.
President Donald Trump on Saturday denied a New York Times report claiming the U.S. is ramping up cyber attacks against Russia, calling the decision to run the article a “virtual act of treason.”
The Pentagon released the first full-scope, agency-wide financial statement audit in its history on Friday, finding that only five defense organizations out of 18 total received a clean opinion.
NBC News reports: A private cybersecurity firm has identified what it says is a hacking group sponsored by the Iranian government that has targeted organizations in the U.S., the Middle East and Asia.
Hackers linked to China are suspected of planting malicious “back door” code in the UK and U.S. to spy on big business, banks, energy suppliers and the defense sector.
The Spain affiliate of HBO accidentally broadcast the latest episode of the network’s massively popular fantasy series Game of Thrones for a short time on Tuesday, leading full, high-definition copies of the episode to become available on file-sharing sites four days ahead of its scheduled release, according to reports.
Television network HBO was hit by another cyber attack over the weekend, leading to leaks of television shows such as ‘Ballers’ and ‘Room 104’ and a script from the hit show ‘Game of Thrones,’ according to a report.
(Reuters) – A major, global cyber attack could trigger an average of $53 billion of economic losses, a figure on par with a catastrophic natural disaster such as U.S. Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Lloyd’s of London said in a report on Monday.
LONDON (AP) — British officials are investigating a cyberattack on the country’s Parliament after discovering “unauthorized attempts to access parliamentary user accounts.”
The website of the Argentine military was subject to a cyber attack by the Islamic State on Monday warning that they would soon infiltrate countries within the southern hemisphere.
A new cyber attack worm uses seven leaked tools from the National Security Agency (NSA), according to a report.
Microsoft withheld a free patch from old software users that “could have slowed the devastating spread of ransomware WannaCry to businesses,” opting to charge those using older machines instead, according to a report.
Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert addressed the massive ransomware attack known as “WannaCry” or “WannaCrypt” on Monday at the White House, urging businesses and individuals to use security patches to protect themselves from the unknown responsible party.
In order to ensure Israel’s preparedness against the ongoing threat, National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Minister Yuval Steinitz declared an increased state of cyber alert for the country’s energy and water infrastructure on Saturday afternoon.
LONDON (AFP) – A fast-moving wave of cyberattacks swept the globe Friday, apparently exploiting a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the US National Security Agency. The attacks – which experts said affected dozens of countries – used a technique
The National Health Service (NHS) has been hit by an unprecedented, large-scale cyber-attack.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are conducting a joint investigation into one of the “worst security breaches in their history” that exposed thousands of top-secret documents describing CIA tools used to penetrate smartphones, smart televisions and computer systems, CBS News is reporting.
Researchers at Newcastle University in England recently published a paper that demonstrates how device sensors can leave mobile phones vulnerable to hacking.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. government civilian and military units have warned for nearly 25 years about a damaging cyber attack dubbed the “electronic Pearl Harbor,” but while threats continue to intensify, America’s ability to deter and defend against such an assault still suffers from capability gaps, testified a top expert before a House panel.
