The nearly year-long SolarWinds/Sunburst hacking campaign that targeted government and private-sector computers succeeded because the adversaries used U.S.-based servers to conduct their operation. At least that's the assertion numerous intelligence officials and federal lawmakers have made in recent weeks.
Halvor Molland was asleep on a brisk night in Oslo, Norway's capital, two years ago when his phone rang around 3 a.m. The computer servers of Norsk Hydro, the global aluminum producer where Molland is senior vice president for communications, had seized up as a crippling ransomware infection spread through the company's networks.
The personal information of about half a billion Facebook users, including their phone numbers, have been posted to a website used by hackers, cybersecurity experts say.
Event Date: September 16, 2020 | 12:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. ETThe 2020 Cybersummit will be held virtually as a series of webinars every Wednesday for four weeks beginning September 16 and ending October 7. Each series will have a different theme that focuses on CISA's mission to "Defend Today, Secure Tomorrow," with presentations from targeted leaders across government, academia, and industry.
Boardrooms still aren't taking cybersecurity seriously, leaving organisations vulnerable to cyberattacks - with executives only paying attention after things have gone bad, according to the new National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) boss Lindy Cameron. "I think in terms of what we want organisations to learn, it is that this is the kind of threat they need to think about.
The US Department of Justice has indicted today a Kansas man on charges of hacking into the computer system of a local water utility and trying to sabotage water processing operations with the intent to harm the local public. According to court documents, the incident took place on March 27, 2019, and involved Wyatt Travnichek, 22, of Ellsworth County, Kansas.
Katie Moussouris is now a recognizable name in the cybersecurity industry. She is one of the pioneers in the world of bug bounties after starting Microsoft's program. But before she became a famous hacker, Moussouris started like many others: hacking video games. Here's the story of her first hack.
In January, Google and Microsoft outed what they said was North Korean government-sponsored hackers targeting security researchers. The hackers spent weeks using fake Twitter profiles-purportedly belonging to vulnerability researchers-before unleashing an Internet Explorer zero-day and a malicious Visual Studio Project, both of which installed custom malware.
A malware cyberattack on emissions testing company Applus Technologies is preventing vehicle inspections in eight states, including Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Utah, and Wisconsin. On Tuesday, March 30th, vehicle emissions testing platform Applus Technologies suffered a "malware" attack that caused them to disconnect their IT systems. "Unfortunately, incidents such as this are fairly common and no one is immune," said Darrin Greene, CEO of the US entity, Applus Technologies, Inc.
Kim Zetter / Zero Day: Officials say SolarWinds hackers succeeded in part because NSA is barred from monitoring domestic networks, leading to calls for new spying powers for the NSA