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Michigan man caught poking around in county IT systems A 27-year-old man from Michigan will be spending seven years and three months behind bars after trying to hack the US state's IT systems to...

US securities regulators on Tuesday announced that Altaba will pay a $35 million penalty for not telling them hackers had stolen Yahoo's "crown jewels." read more

Kane Gamble gambles and loses on hacking skills The British teenager who was sufficiently talented and stupid to target the head of the CIA has been given a two-year jail sentence.…

To disrupt elections hackers are likely to target critical infrastructure like transportation, energy, and communication systems, says CloudPassage CTO Carson Sweet.

Russian government-sponsored hackers are compromising the key hardware of government and business computer networks like routers and firewalls, giving them virtual control of data flows, Britain...

The 2016 data breach that Uber made public in November 2017 impacted over 25 million riders and drivers in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reveals. read more

Identity Guard SVP Jerry Thompson shares cybersecurity tips for budget-constrained startups and SMBs.

The Internal Revenue Service has been urging tax preparation firms to step up their cybersecurity efforts this year, warning that identity thieves and hackers increasingly are targeting certified...

Are the ‘Hack Back’ Laws Being Proposed by Congress a Good Idea? read more

Emergency sirens sold by Acoustic Technology use an unencrypted command and control system broadcast over the air, which allowed attackers to commandeer them.