cybersecurity

Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks. But lax cybersecurity means thousands of others are vulnerable to ransomware gangs that can steal confidential data and disrupt operations.

Clorox said the cyberattack has caused caused ongoing production disruptions but expects to bring systems online next week.

Clorox said a cyberattack it disclosed last month will have a material impact on its fiscal first quarter results.

Room reservations and sportsbooks were still dark across swaths of Las Vegas on Friday as the community trudged through its fifth day of a battle against hackers who struck the city’s biggest hotel chain.

Casino and hotel giant MGM Resorts International says a cybersecurity issue led to the shutdown of computer systems at its properties across the U.S.

U.S. officials say the FBI and its partners in Europe infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network that was used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks.

The Biden administration and major consumer tech players are launching an effort to put a nationwide cybersecurity certification and labeling program in place.

Microsoft says the early June disruptions to its Microsoft’s flagship office suite — including the Outlook email apps — were attacks by a shadowy new hacktivist group.

U.S. officials say the Department of Energy is among a small number of federal agencies compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations and governments.

The lawsuit challenges a portion of the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance of Americans’ international email and phone communications.

Twitter has given users an ultimatum. If they don’t subscribe to a new premium service, they’ll lose a popular account security feature.

Top state election and cybersecurity officials on Thursday warned about threats posed by Russia and other foreign adversaries ahead of the 2024 elections, noting that America’s decentralized system of thousands of local voting jurisdictions creates a particular vulnerability.

Passkeys, which require you to accept a prompt on a secondary device when you log into an account, are on the path to replace password logins.

It’s possible to get online information scrubbed through Google and paid internet removal services, but it can be time-consuming and only partially effective.

When you get a notification that says you’ve been a part of data breach, do you just ignore it because it happens often?   Sometimes you’re just not sure how to react, or you feel like there is nothing you can really do about it. The Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit organization established to support victims of identity...

The FBI did not announce any arrests, but is still investigating the group. FBI director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the action in a press conference.

Ransomware attacks have hit a community college and a school district in Massachusetts’ Bristol County, interrupting classes as officials work to regain total control over their internet networks. Ransomware attacks involve someone taking over a computer system or network and demanding payment, often in the form of cryptocurrency, to release it. Online services, including email, at Bristol Community College have…

Congress passed a large spending package that includes a bill banning TikTok from being used on government devices and new filing fees for mergers.

“Sextortion,” a type of online enticement where predators extort minors for sexual content or money, is on the rise, federal law enforcement officials said.

While the act of doxxing someone isn’t new, it’s getting easier for some bad actors to find and distribute private information online. Here’s what you need to know.