cybersecurity

The Justice Department said Wednesday that three Iranian citizens have been charged in the United States with cyberattacks that targeted power companies, local governments and small businesses and nonprofits, including a domestic violence shelter. The charges accuse the hacking suspects of targeting hundreds of victims in the U.S. and other countries. Prosecutors said the hackers encrypted and stole data...

The nation’s oldest private military college unveiled a new name Tuesday for its center of cybersecurity learning, honoring the nation’s longest-serving current U.S. senator. Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, announced the naming of the Senator Patrick Leahy School of Cybersecurity and Advanced Computing. “I thank you for this great honor,” beamed Leahy, who attended the ceremony virtually from home...

The nation’s longest-standing current U.S. senator was honored Tuesday at Norwich University, which is naming cybersecurity school after him.

The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on Boston Children’s Hospital that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday. Wray, speaking at a Boston College cybersecurity conference, said the FBI acted on a tip from another intelligence agency last August and was able to stop the attack. It wasn’t the...

Lincoln College in Illinois will close its doors after the pandemic and a cyberattack weakened the institution. Ransomware attacks can start with an attacker buying or guessing a password that allows access to their target’s systems, information security analyst Allan Liska says on LX News. He explains how these attacks can happen and how to dodge them.

The “hacktivist” group Anonymous has been around for nearly two decades, and no one knows who’s behind it. Here’s what you need to know about the mysterious online community.

Over 311,000 people have joined a group called “IT Army of Ukraine” on the social media platform Telegram.

The metaverse has drawn hype, but unless its cybersecurity risks are addressed, companies may not see the success they’re hoping for in this new realm.

Hacking group Lapsus$ posted screenshots on its Telegram channel claiming it had access to a number of Okta systems.

One U.S. official, Anne Neuberger, said Monday that the federal government had seen some preparatory activity, but she declined to name industries most at risk.

A recent study from cybersecurity company Hive Systems broke down how long it would take the average hacker to crack your passwords. Here’s what it found.

HP’s 2019 deal for cybersecurity start-up Bromium came as malware threats were becoming more advanced and cybersecurity deals have accelerated since.

As Russia moves toward a highly censored and tightly controlled internet amid its invasion of Ukraine, citizens are finding ways to bypass restrictions.

Over three weeks ago, a Twitter account named “Anonymous” declared it was waging a “cyber war” against Russia. CNBC takes a look at its claims.

“The e-crime actors are looking at that as a distraction and ramping up their activities and stealing more money as the days go on,” the cyber CEO said.

Here are the best ways to protect yourself as cybersecurity attacks become a very real threat around the world.

Cyber warfare is being waged, not only between Ukraine and Russia, but on behalf of these countries by “digital soldiers” around the world.

Russia has blocked access to Meta-owned Facebook and restricted access to Twitter. Russians are using VPNs to try to bypass increasing internet controls.

Lapsus$, the group behind the Samsung data breach, claims it has 200 gigabytes of Vodafone source code and is threatening to leak it.

Cybersecurity is only a small part of the ambitious regulatory agenda SEC Chair Gary Gensler has laid out.