Security News

Equifax Hack Exposes Personal Info of 143 Million US Consumers (The Hackers News)
2017-09-07 15:59

It's ironic—the company that offers credit monitoring and ID theft protection solutions has itself been compromised, exposing personal information of as many as 143 million Americans—that's almost...

Russia-Linked Hackers Could Sabotage US Energy Systems (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-07 13:18

Symantec Says the Dragonfly Group Is Upping Its OperationsHackers that U.S. officials believe are linked to Russia have upped their activity against energy providers in the U.S., Turkey and...

Dragonfly hackers gained operational access to European, US power companies (Help Net Security)
2017-09-07 12:00

The Dragonfly hacking group is back – or should we say it probably never went away – and is still interested in penetrating the networks of European and US companies in the energy sector. Even...

Dragonfly 2.0: Hacking Group Infiltrated European and US Power Facilities (The Hackers News)
2017-09-07 06:50

The notorious hacking group that has been in operation since at least 2011 has re-emerged and is still interested in targeting the United States and European companies in the energy sector. Yes, I...

Report: Russia's US Election Interference Was Widespread (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-04 14:03

Jurisdictional Issues Have Impeded Full Digital Forensic InvestigationsThe U.S. federal government and many states haven't conducted forensic investigations into the election systems probed by...

US Government Site Was Hosting Ransomware (Threatpost)
2017-09-01 13:00

As recently as Wednesday afternoon, a U.S. government website was hosting a malicious JavaScript downloader that led victims to installations of Cerber ransomware. The malware link has since been...

Getting the Bad Guys to Fund US Cyber Command's Growth (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-29 10:18

The ISMG Security Report leads with views on a novel way to fund the growth of the United States military's Cyber Command by seizing assets such as digital currencies from hackers and other...

US Navy Collisions: Don't Bet on Hacking (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-24 15:33

Human Error Remains Most Likely Explanation, Experts SayCrew error - not hacking - remains the most likely explanation for this week's deadly collision between a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer...

US Cyber Command gets unified military command status (Help Net Security)
2017-08-23 19:19

Last week, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States Cyber Command, which is currently a division of the NSA, will be elevated to the status of a Unified Combatant Command focused...

US Warship Collisions Raise Cyberattack Fears (Security Week)
2017-08-23 08:16

A spate of incidents involving US warships in Asia, including a deadly collision this week off Singapore, has forced the navy to consider whether cyberattackers might be to blame. read more