U.S. ‘Dangerously Insecure’ in Preparing for Major Cyber-Attacks March 12, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius The U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission — a bipartisan body of lawmakers, intelligence officials and others — warned that the nation...
New Tool Fools Hackers into Sharing Keys for Better Cybersecurity February 28, 2020 Instead of blocking hackers, a new cybersecurity defense approach developed by University of Texas at Dallas computer scientists actually welcomes...
Ransomware Shuts Gas Compressor for Two Days in Latest Attack February 19, 2020 By Christine Buurma and Alyza Sebenius A recent ransomware attack caused a U.S. natural gas compressor facility to shut for two days, the latest in a...
Cloud Companies Chase Future in Cybersecurity ‘Wild West’ February 5, 2020 By Nico Grant In March, VMware Inc. Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger took the stage at a premier cybersecurity conference to deliver a...
Fraudsters Posing as Art Dealer Got Gallery to Pay Millions January 30, 2020 By Ellen Milligan Hackers posing as a veteran London art dealer tricked a Dutch museum buying a John Constable painting into paying 2.4...
‘Snake’ Ransomware Linked to Iran, Targets Industrial Controls January 28, 2020 By Gwen Ackerman An Israeli cybersecurity firm has identified a new type of ransomware that it believes was created by Iran and has...
Saudi Arabia Outsources Cyber Arsenal, Buys Spyware, Experts Say January 28, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius If it turns out that Saudi Arabia hacked into the phone of Amazon.com Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, as investigators...
U.S. Officials Brace for Cyber-Attack Retaliation From Iran January 6, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius and William Turton Iranian officials are likely considering a cyber-attack against the U.S. in the wake of an airstrike that killed one of...
Alaska Flights Continued to Be Cancelled After Cyber Attack December 27, 2019 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — RavnAir continued to cancel some flights Monday, three days after what the company described as a malicious...
Vietnam-linked Hacking Group Targets Toyota, Other Companies December 23, 2019 By Alyza Sebenius A Vietnam-based hacking group is learning from China’s playbook, using increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks to spy on competitors and help Vietnam...