cybersecurity

Criminals posing as Elon Musk and other celebrities have defrauded investors in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.

While it’s easier than ever to buy ether using an app such as Coinbase, that’s not the only way to get your hands on cryptocash. You can also mine for it.

The Departments of Homeland Security and Commerce are working to help businesses prevent and respond to ransomware attacks, write Secretaries Mayorkas and Raimondo.

The Colonial Pipeline hack was not the first of a series of sudden attacks on America’s critical infrastructure, according to cyber experts.

The Irish Health Service Executive said there was a “significant ransomware attack” on its IT systems.

A Toshiba Tec spokesperson told CNBC that the attack seems to have been carried out by cyber criminal group DarkSide.

John Katko (R-N.Y.) explains what needs to be done to better secure U.S. infrastructure in the wake of the ransomware cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline.

Noting a rise in travel scams, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., asked the FTC to explain how it is protecting U.S. consumers.

Biden signed an executive order aimed at boosting U.S. cyber defenses as his administration responds to the ransomware attack on Colonial.

The action comes as Colonial Pipeline continues to grapple with a crippling ransomware attack.

A former NSA hacker argues why he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin is connected to the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline.

The hacker group DarkSide, which was behind the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, claimed on Wednesday to have attacked three more companies.

U.S. jet fuel prices have climbed to the highest levels in 16 months, especially on the East Coast, due to the Colonial Pipeline outage.

The Colonial Pipeline hack is an example of why it’s critical the federal government and business world create a deeper cybersecurity defense relationship.

Colonial Pipeline is expected to make a full restart decision by the end of Wednesday.

Palantir now accepts bitcoin as a form of payment from customers, and it is considering adding bitcoin to its balance sheet.

A U.K. train operator sent an email to staff promising a bonus for their work during the pandemic, which actually turned out to be a cybersecurity test.

Gemini Earn will now let clients move their holdings in dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies into interest-bearing accounts.

Gasoline futures were slightly higher Monday afternoon on Wall Street, after spiking to their highest level in around three years during overnight trading.

“In the last six months, we’ve seen a dramatic uptick in attacks against our customers,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince told CNBC.