White House Holds First-Ever Summit on Ransomware Crisis Plaguing Public Schools August 10, 2023 By Frank Bajak The White House on Tuesday held its first-ever cybersecurity “summit” on the ransomware attacks plaguing U.S. schools, in which criminal...
SEC Set to Adopt New Cyber Rule, Unveils Brokerage AI Proposal July 26, 2023 By Douglas Gillison Wall Street’s top regulator on Wednesday was poised to adopt new rules requiring publicly traded companies to disclose hacking incidents,...
Cybersecurity Labeling for Smart Devices Aims to Cut Hacking Vulnerabilities July 20, 2023 The Biden administration and major consumer technology players on Tuesday launched an effort to put a nationwide cybersecurity certification and...
Microsoft Under Fire After Hacks of State and Commerce Departments July 14, 2023 By Raphael Satter In late June, one of cybersecurity expert Steven Adair’s clients got an alert from Microsoft: one of the client’s employees...
Ransomware Criminals Are Dumping Kids’ Private Files Online After School Hacks July 7, 2023 By Frank Bajak, Heather Hollingsworth and Larry Fenn The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student...
Indiana Department of Insurance Launches Site for Reporting Cybersecurity Events June 30, 2023 The Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) launched a new online form for insurers and entities to cybersecurity events. The online...
Cyberattacks on Renewables: The Stuff of Nightmares for Europe’s Power Sector June 15, 2023 By Nora Buli, Nina Chestney and Christoph Steitz Saboteurs target a nation leading the world in clean energy. They hack into vulnerable wind and solar power systems. They...
Posing as Islamists, Russian Hackers Take Aim at Sweden May 18, 2023 By Jordan Robertson and Niclas Rolander Since February, a mysterious hacker group calling itself Anonymous Sudan has targeted dozens of Swedish airports, hospitals and banks with...
Cybersecurity Fail: Top 10 Passwords Used by the Insurance Industry April 27, 2023 Despite cybersecurity experts’ repeated warnings, the insurance sector, along with other industries, is not doing a great job when it...
Cyber Watchdog Has ‘No Confidence’ in Emergency Cell Network Security April 12, 2023 By Raphael Satter America’s cybersecurity watchdog has no confidence that the cellular network used by American first responders and the military is secure...