Security News

Health Data Breaches: Comparing UK, US Trends
2018-02-15 22:03

Cyber Incidents Grow, But Low-Tech Breaches Still a ChallengeA look at some of the United Kingdom's recent health data breach statistics shows some interesting similarities to the U.S., despite...

Shooting Outside US NSA Headquarters, One Hurt
2018-02-14 14:31

A shooting erupted Wednesday outside the suburban Washington headquarters of the National Security Agency, a secretive intelligence organization responsible for global US electronic eavesdropping,...

Russia Will Meddle in US Midterm Elections, Spy Chief Warns
2018-02-14 13:33

White House Inaction Questioned by Some LawmakersThe top U.S. intelligence official has warned Congress that Russia will attempt to meddle in the this year's U.S. midterm elections, in a repeat of...

Lauri Love: UK Blocks Suspected Hacker's US Extradition
2018-02-09 12:48

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: England's Court of Appeal rejects U.S. extradition request for suspected hacker Laurie Love. Also, what took Uber and Partners Health so...

Accused Russian Botnet Mastermind Extradited to US
2018-02-05 19:33

Peter Levashov Allegedly Distributed Spam, Ransomware via Kelihos BotnetRussian citizen Peter Levashov, arrested last year while vacationing in Spain, appeared Friday in U.S. federal court to face...

British Hacker 'Lauri Love' will not be extradited to US, Court Rules
2018-02-05 14:18

British citizen and hacker Lauri Love, who was accused of hacking into United States government websites, will not be extradited to stand trial in the U.S., the High Court of England and Wales...

UK Judges Block US Extradition of Alleged Hacker Lauri Love
2018-02-05 13:18

British judges on Monday rejected a US request for the extradition of a man accused of hacking into thousands of US government computers in a ruling that could set a precedent for similar pending...

US Data Breaches Hit All-Time High
2018-02-01 13:48

Millions of Payment Cards and Social Security Numbers ExposedThe number of data breaches reported by U.S. organizations reached an all-time high last year. In 2017, organizations that described...

Jackpotting Attacks Against US ATMs
2018-02-01 12:23

Brian Krebs is reporting sophisticated jackpotting attacks against US ATMs. The attacker gains physical access to the ATM, plants malware using specialized electronics, and then later returns and...

Most top US and EU e-retailers are putting their consumers at risk
2018-01-31 13:00

A new study by 250ok has revealed that 87.6 percent of the root domains operated by top e-retailers in the United States and European Union are putting their brands and consumers at risk for...