A Dutch lawmaker's Twitter account is among 36 that had some personal data compromised earlier this month when hackers targeted 130 verified accounts and launched a cryptocurrency scam. The politician told Reuters his direct messages were accessed.
The FBI is warning of an increase in distributed denial-of-service attacks using amplification techniques that are targeting U.S. organizations. The bureau notes that it's seen an uptick in attack attempts since February.
Federal regulators have slapped a small provider of discounted medical and dental services to underserved patients in rural North Carolina with a $25,000 HIPAA settlement in a case involving an email breach that occurred nearly a decade ago. It's only the second HIPAA settlement announced this year.
An hacking group that appears to have ties to the government of China has been targeting victims in India and Hong Kong, according to the security firm Malwarebytes.
As information technology and operational technology converge, security leaders face the challenge of protecting the enterprise against advanced threats, says Richard Peters of Fortinet, who discusses how IT and OT teams can find a common language.
If the first rule of combating attempted election interference by nation-states is to watch for when it's happening, where does that leave Britain? A scathing report from Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee concludes that national security was likely trumped by Russian money.
A fresh round of phishing attacks is relying on using trusted services and a well-designed social engineering scheme to trick users into enabling malware to bypass an end point's security protocols, says Aaron Higbee of the security firm Cofense.
The Emotet botnet, which recently surged back to life after a months-long hiatus, is now delivering the Qbot banking Trojan to victims' devices, security researchers say. So far, they've identified about 800,000 malicious emails attempting to spread the botnet.
Fast charging is a blessing, but there's a downside: The firmware running on some chargers can be maliciously modified. Researchers say chargers can be hacked to deliver more electricity than a device can handle.
A 21-year-old Cypriot man, who is accused of hacking into websites and stealing personal data to extort his victims, has been extradited to the U.S. to face charges of wire fraud and computer hacking.
As organizations that shifted to a remote workforce consider allowing some workers to return to the office environment, CISOs must reassess their security infrastructures, says Chris Kubic of Fidelis Cybersecurity, who formerly was CISO at the National Security Agency.
Companies can use data analytics and artificial intelligence to help mitigate the risk of collusion between their employees and vendors, says Amine Antari, managing director at the consultancy Kroll.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for organizations to quickly embrace change and adapt to the "new normal" to maintain business continuity. Greg Foss of VMWare Carbon Black offers insights on how to adapt and survive.
To deal with today's dynamic workforce, becoming a cloud-first business is imperative. Anupam Sahai of Unisys and John Bunn of Microsoft discuss how to meet the challenges of securing the hybrid cloud.
Following Twitter's admission that cryptocurrency scammers socially engineered its employees to gain control of 45 high-profile accounts, one reaction has been: Why didn't anyone crack Twitter sooner? Unfortunately, the answer is that they have, especially if you count nation-states bribing insiders.
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