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A ransomware attack aimed at City Power, the electricity provider for Johannesburg (aka Joburg), South Africa, has resulted in some residents temporarily without power. While the provider’s...

At Least One of Four School Districts Confirmed RansomwareLouisiana's governor issued an emergency declaration on Wednesday in response to a rash of malware infections, hitting some of the state's...

A public exploit for Microsoft's BlueKeep vulnerability is just days away. In fact, for those with deep pockets, it's already here.

Incident Plunges Parts of South Africa City Into DarkCity Power, the local electrical utility that powers Johannesburg in South Africa, is recovering Friday after an unknown ransomware variant...

Add to the "not very smart criminals" file: According to court documents, Tinley provided software services for Siemens' Monroeville, PA offices for nearly ten years. Among the work he was asked...

Nacho Analytics gathered data like passwords, tax and prescription data from browser add-ons - and those who bought it can keep it.

A Mirai-based botnet has recently launched a massive, 13-day long distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on a single online service, Imperva reveals. read more

CHIME, AHIMA Urge Senate to Lift Ban on HHS Funding for Unique National Patient IdentifierTwo health IT industry groups are pressing the Senate to follow the House's lead and approve legislation...

When UK and US govts said it was Russia, they weren't thinking of the litigators! Analysis The defining feature of cyberwarfare is the fact that both the weapon and the target is the network...