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The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and other international cyber authorities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have warned about pro-Russia hacktivist attacks targeting providers of operational technology. OT is hardware and software that interacts with the physical Read More …
A previously unknown and “sophisticated” nation-state group compromised Cisco firewalls as early as November 2023 for espionage purposes — and possibly attacked network devices made by other vendors including Microsoft, according to warnings from the networking giant and three Western Read More …
Federal officials and lawmakers are preparing to defend against cyber attacks that would leave residents without reliable access to food by targeting the food and agriculture sectors. The latest preparation effort is Cyber Storm — a massive, multiday tabletop exercise Read More …
For years, the two countries in the Middle East targeted each other’s military and intelligence sites in cyber attacks. The best known, from Israel’s side, was Stuxnet – reportedly developed jointly by the U.S. and Israel — that struck the Read More …
A water tank in Texas overflowed after a cyber attack in January, and a new report is linking the incident to hackers backed by the Russian government. On Jan. 18, city officials in Muleshoe were alerted to an overflowing water Read More …
Emergency services on the 911 telephone call line were restored late on Wednesday in parts of the United States, officials said, following a widespread outage across all of South Dakota and in parts of Nebraska, Nevada and Texas. Officials in Read More …
For months, Change Healthcare has faced an immensely messy ransomware debacle that has left hundreds of pharmacies and medical practices across the United States unable to process claims. Now, thanks to an apparent dispute within the ransomware criminal ecosystem, it Read More …
Transportation is a key economic sector. It spans a multitude of diverse companies engaged in logistics, urban transit, land and air cargo and passenger conveyance, and other activities. The transportation system performs critical functions that support nationwide objectives by connecting Read More …
The federal government announced on Tuesday the formation of a National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). This initiative aims to fortify the country’s defenses against the growing threat of cyber attacks, providing essential awareness and protection measures to safeguard digital Read More …
Earlier this week, the data of over 70 million people was posted for sale on an online cybercrime forum. The person selling the data claims it stems from a 2021 breach at AT&T. Back in 2021, a hacker named Shiny Read More …
