Security News

FCC on the prowl for Huawei and other blocked Chinese makers in America
2025-03-24 21:24

Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting rackets The FCC is investigating whether Chinese manufacturers black-listed on its so-called Covered List - including Huawei - are still somehow doing business in...

Ex-NSA grandee says Trump's staff cuts will 'devastate' America's national security
2025-03-05 22:44

Would 'destroy a pipeline of top talent essential for hunting' Chinese spies in US networks, Congress told Video Looming staffing cuts to America's security and intelligence agencies, if carried...

Dark Caracal Uses Poco RAT to Target Spanish-Speaking Enterprises in Latin America
2025-03-05 13:37

The threat actor known as Dark Caracal has been attributed to a campaign that deployed a remote access trojan called Poco RAT in attacks targeting Spanish-speaking targets in Latin America in...

So … Russia no longer a cyber threat to America?
2025-03-04 02:15

Mixed messages from Pentagon, CISA as Trump gets pally with Putin and Kremlin strikes US critical networks Comment America's cybersecurity chiefs in recent days have been sending mixed messages...

Incoming deputy boss of Homeland Security says America's top cyber-agency needs to be reined in
2025-02-26 02:31

Plus: New figurehead of DOGE emerges and they aren't called Elon During confirmation hearings in the US Senate Tuesday for the role of deputy director of the Dept of Homeland Security, the nominee...

FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America
2025-01-14 19:40

Hey, Xi: Zài jiàn! The FBI, working with French cops, obtained nine warrants to remotely wipe PlugX malware from thousands of Windows-based computers that had been infected by Chinese...

Volunteer DEF CON hackers dive into America's leaky water infrastructure
2024-11-24 15:27

Six sites targeted for security clean-up, just 49,994 to go A plan for hackers to help secure America's critical infrastructure has kicked off with six US water companies signing up to let coders...

America's drinking water systems have a hard-to-swallow cybersecurity problem
2024-11-19 19:59

More than 100 million rely on systems rife with vulnerabilities, says EPA OIG Nearly a third of US residents are served by drinking water systems with cybersecurity shortcomings, the Environmental...

Blind Eagle Hackers Exploit Spear-Phishing to Deploy RATs in Latin America
2024-08-20 06:14

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a threat actor known as Blind Eagle that has persistently targeted entities and individuals in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, and other Latin...

Microsoft Azure outage takes down services across North America
2024-08-05 21:03

​Microsoft has mitigated an Azure outage that lasted more than two hours and took down multiple services for customers across North and Latin America. [...]