Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Russia Hack Targeted Specific Microsoft Customers

The company says the hackers' malware attack enabled them to select more than 40 customers for "narrower and more focused" measures.

Matthew Heller
December 18, 2020
Cybersecurity

Hack of U.S. Agencies Tied to Software Updates

The hackers appear to have used a "supply-chain attack" to breach the computer systems of federal agencies including the Treasury and Commerce departments.
Cybersecurity

Nation-State Hackers Breach Cybersecurity Firm

The hack of FireEye "demonstrates that even the most sophisticated companies are vulnerable to cyberattacks."
Cybersecurity

Northrop Sells Federal IT Business to PE-Backed Firm

Veritas Capital plans to expand its Peraton portfolio company through the $3.4 billion merger of providers of government IT services.
Cybersecurity

Chinese Nationals Charged With Hacking Attacks

“The United States government is starting to turn the tide on Chinese intrusion operations on Western companies and targets."
Cybersecurity

Twitter Bitcoin Hack Caused by Phone-Based Phishing Attack

The attack exploited human vulnerabilities to gain access to its internal systems.
Cybersecurity

First American Title Charged Over Cybersecurity Lapses

The NY State Department of Financial Services said the real-estate title insurer exposed millions of documents containing personal information.
Cybersecurity

Ransomware Hackers Hit UHS Hospital Chain

The attack on Universal Health Services left doctors and nurses scrambling to render care, with computers replaced by pen and paper.
Mobile

Facebook Preparing To Launch TikTok Rival In U.S., 50 Other Markets

Instagram Reels launched in parts of Europe in June and is set to hit the U.S., Japan, the U.K., and Mexico next month.
Cybersecurity

Major Twitter Accounts Hacked for Bitcoin Scam

Twitter says "a coordinated social engineering attack ... successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools.”
The Cloud

Microsoft to Buy Startup CyberX

In a blog post, the tech giant said the deal was part of a wider initiative to accelerate and secure deployments of the internet of things (IoT).
Cybersecurity

Zoom Issues Apology After Security Lapses

The company promised to freeze work on other features and focus entirely on privacy for 90 days.
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