Microsoft Flaw Exposes as Many as 60,000 Computer Systems in Germany March 11, 2021 By Andreas Rinke BERLIN – As many as 60,000 computer systems in Germany were exposed to a flaw that allows unauthorized users to...
Global Power Grids Are Becoming Increasingly Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks March 4, 2021 More than five years after massive cyber attacks left a quarter of a million Ukrainians without electricity, the world’s power...
France to Boost Cyber Security Defenses After Attacks February 18, 2021 By Ania Nussbaum President Emmanuel Macron announced new investment to bolster France’s cyber security defenses after two hospitals were struck by ransomware and...
SolarWinds Attackers Focused on Cyber and Tech Firms January 29, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Alyza Sebenius Whether it was opportunity, strategy or sheer chutzpah, the suspected Russian hackers behind a massive cyber-attack revealed last month focused...
Russian Spy Tools Linked to SolarWinds Hack, Says Cyber Security Firm Kaspersky January 11, 2021 By Jack Stubbs The group behind a global cyber-espionage campaign discovered last month deployed malicious computer code with links to spying tools previously...
Cyber Experts Race to Secure Networks Following Broad Cyber Attack on U.S. December 21, 2020 By Jack Stubbs Russian hackers who broke into U.S. government agencies also spied on less high-profile organizations, including groups in Britain, a U.S....
Japan to Take Countermeasures to Prevent Cyber Attacks from Derailing Tokyo Games October 20, 2020 By Ami Miyazaki and Jack Tarrant Japan said on Tuesday it would take countermeasures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics are not derailed by cyber attacks...
Russia-Backed Hackers Behind Most Nation-State Cyber Attacks: Microsoft October 2, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius Russia-based hackers are responsible for the majority of nation-state attacks on Microsoft customers, according to new data from company. Microsoft...
Australia to Spend $1.2B to Beef Up Private Sector’s Cyber Defenses After Rise in Attacks August 7, 2020 Australia will spend A$1.66 billion ($1.19 billion) over the next 10 years to strengthen the cyber defenses of companies and...
EU Begins to Tackle Cyber Warfare with Targeted Sanctions July 31, 2020 By Natalia Drozdiak, Birgit Jennen and Nikos Chrysoloras Taking a firm geopolitical stand, the European Union imposed sanctions on targeted individuals and entities from Russia, China and North...