Security News

Snowden Says He Would Return to US If He Can Get a Fair Trial
2019-09-16 17:42

Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor living in Russia after leaking information about the US government's mass surveillance program, has said he would like to return home if he...

Life After Snowden: US Still Lacks Whistleblowing Rules
2019-09-16 16:48

Intelligence Community May Be Incubating Snowden 2.0, Former NSA Employee WarnsAhead of the release of Edward Snowden's memoirs chronicling his decision to bring illegal "big data" domestic U.S....

US Sanctions 3 North Korean Hacking Groups
2019-09-16 10:48

Trump Administration Cites WannaCry, Sony Pictures, Bangladesh Bank AttacksThe U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned three alleged North Korean hacking groups that have been blamed for the...

UK Teen Arrested in US-Led Music Hacking Probe
2019-09-16 04:42

British police said Friday they had arrested a 19-year-old man for stealing unreleased songs from musicians' websites and cloud-based accounts, as part of a US-led investigation. read more

US Sanctions 3 North Korean Hacking Groups Accused for Global Cyber Attacks
2019-09-14 10:18

The United States Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against three state-sponsored North Korean hacking groups for conducting several destructive cyberattacks on US critical...

Consumer ransomware insurance? You could be painting a target on us all for avaricious crims
2019-09-13 18:03

D'ya hear that, cybercrooks? $50k up for grabs. Fire, theft, flood – and now cyber attack. Customers of a Californian biz offering payouts of up to $50,000 in case your cat videos get Wannacry’d...

US Puts Sanctions on N.Korea Hacking Groups Behind Major Thefts
2019-09-13 17:32

The US Treasury on Friday placed sanctions on three North Korea government-sponsored hacking operations which it said were behind the theft of possibly hundreds of millions of dollars and...

Hundreds Arrested in Joint US-Nigeria Crackdown on Cyber Scams
2019-09-11 05:21

Nigerian and US authorities said Tuesday that nearly 300 people had been arrested in a months-long global crackdown on online scams to hijack wire transfers from companies and individuals. read more

US Government Ban on Kaspersky Formalized
2019-09-10 21:48

Final Rule Includes Ban on Government Contractors Using Russian Firm's ProductsA final rule published in the Federal Register Tuesday officially bans U.S. government agencies and their contractors...

US city balks at paying $5.3 million ransomware demand
2019-09-09 09:49

The attack quickly encrypted 158 workstations - and would have been worse had it struck later in the working day.