Security News

US sues Georgia Tech over alleged cybersecurity failings as a Pentagon contractor
2024-08-23 14:30

Rap sheet spells out major no-nos after disgruntled staff blow whistle The US is suing one of its leading research universities over a litany of alleged failures to meet cybersecurity standards...

US warns of Iranian hackers escalating influence operations
2024-08-20 11:56

The U.S. government is warning of increased effort from Iran to influence upcoming elections through cyber operations targeting Presidential campaigns and the American public. [...]

OpenAI kills Iranian accounts using ChatGPT to write US election disinfo
2024-08-19 20:10

OpenAI has banned ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian crew suspected of spreading fake news on social media sites about the upcoming US presidential campaign. OpenAI attributed the phony posts to Storm-2035, a Tehran-backed group that Microsoft also sounded the alarm about last week as it and other Iranian groups have continued to meddle in elections - some veering toward attempts at inciting violence.

Is Lenovo a blind spot in US anti-China security measures?
2024-08-14 09:37

Questions raised as one of the world's largest PC makers joins America's critical defense team Opinion Lenovo's participation in a cybersecurity initiative has reopened old questions over the...

US accuses man of being 'elite' ransomware pioneer they've hunted for years
2024-08-13 17:30

Maksim Silnikau, 38, was recently extradited to the US from Poland and was formally indicted in both New Jersey and Virginia for crimes relating to malvertising and ransomware respectively. The UK's National Crime Agency said in a concurrent announcement that it had been investigating Silnikau since 2015 and that it led the international operation that led to the man's arrest in Spain last year.

Ransom Cartel, Reveton ransomware owner arrested, charged in US
2024-08-13 13:33

Belarusian-Ukrainian national Maksim Silnikau was arrested in Spain and is now extradited to the USA to face charges for creating the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation in 2021 and running a...

Pro-Iran groups lay groundwork for 'chaos and violence' as US election meddling attempts intensify
2024-08-09 13:01

Microsoft says Iran's efforts to influence the November US presidential election have gathered pace recently and there are signs that point toward its intent to incite violence against key figures. "Over the past several months, we have seen the emergence of significant influence activity by Iranian actors," Microsoft said.

US dismantles laptop farm used by undercover North Korean IT workers
2024-08-08 22:18

​​The U.S. Justice Department arrested a Nashville man charged with helping North Korean IT workers obtain remote work at companies across the United States and operating a laptop farm they used...

US 'laptop farm' man accused of outsourcing his IT jobs to North Korea to fund weapons programs
2024-08-08 20:55

The FBI today arrested a Tennessee man suspected of running a "Laptop farm" that got North Koreans, posing as Westerners, IT jobs at American and British companies. According to US prosecutors, Matthew Isaac Knoot, 38, of Nashville, defrauded multiple US and UK companies by applying for remote technology jobs, and then secretly outsourced those jobs to North Koreans.

US elections have never been more secure, says CISA chief
2024-08-08 12:56

Black Hat US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director Jen Easterly and her counterparts from the UK and EU want the world to know that, when it comes to securing elections, they've never been more prepared. "I can say with confidence that election infrastructure has never been more secure," Easterly claimed, and she had a ready explanation as to why: "The election stakeholder community has never been stronger."