Report Says Criminals Netted $1.3 Billion in Ransomware Payments Over 2 Years February 14, 2022 By Ilena Peng Criminals netted $1.3 billion in ransom payments from hacking victims in the past two years, reflecting a massive surge in...
A Sign of Ransomware Growth: Gangs Now Arbitrate Disputes February 10, 2022 By Alan Suderman RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Cyber criminal gangs are getting increasingly adept at hacking and becoming more professional, even setting up...
UN Experts: North Korea Stealing Millions in Cyber Attacks February 8, 2022 By Edith M. Lederer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea is continuing to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency...
US Unveils Plan to Improve Cyber Defenses For Water Utilities January 27, 2022 By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON–The White House on Thursday unveiled a plan to beef up cybersecurity in the nation’s water sector, an extension of...
Delay in Creating New Cybersecurity Board Prompts Concern January 26, 2022 By Alan Suderman RICHMOND, Va. (AP)–It’s a key part of President Joe Biden’s plans to fight major ransomware attacks and digital espionage campaigns:...
Russian Businessman, Others Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Hacking Scheme December 21, 2021 By Nate Raymond BOSTON–Five Russians including a Kremlin-linked businessman now in U.S. custody carried out a vast, $82 million insider trading scheme that...
Ransomware Persists Even as High-Profile Attacks Have Slowed December 20, 2021 By Eric Tucker and Alan Suderman WASHINGTON (AP)–In the months since President Joe Biden warned Russia’s Vladimir Putin that he needed to crack down on ransomware...
Explainer: the Security Flaw That’s Freaked Out the Internet December 16, 2021 By Frank Bajak BOSTON (AP) — Security pros say it’s one of the worst computer vulnerabilities they’ve ever seen. They say state-backed Chinese...
‘The Internet’s on Fire’ as Techs Race to Fix Software Flaw December 13, 2021 By Frank Bajak BOSTON (AP)–A critical vulnerability in a widely used software tool –one quickly exploited in the online game Minecraft–is rapidly emerging...
Major Outage at Amazon Disrupts Businesses Across the US December 9, 2021 By Frank Bajak and Barbara Ortutay A major outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network Tuesday severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for...