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The European Commission proposes new cybersecurity regulations as the threat of cyberattacks rises
The European Commission proposed new regulations to establish common cybersecurity measures across EU institutions as worries over cyberattacks intensify. The...
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Apple services face outages
Thousands of users have reported issues while using different Apple services.
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Beware: Facebook’s login alert used to scam users
Malicious actors hide behind even the most mundane of alerts. Everyone who’s ever tried logging in to Facebook from a...
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Get out or face our wrath, Anonymous tells big firms in Russia
The hacktivist group has drawn return fire in its latest scattergun approach to targeting firms still doing business in Russia, after it used Twitter to urge more than 30 multinationals to pull out immediately – or face consequences.
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Australia will force internet companies to share misinformation data
Following a wave of misinformation and disinformation online that might cause serious harm, Australia’s media regulator will force big tech...
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VPN sales rocket as Russia clamps down on web access at home
Private network sales have soared since the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine, to 35 times higher than before the first day of the Kremlin-backed invasion, according to internal data released by VPN provider Surfshark.
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Global Russia ban may hurt ransom gangs too
Russia’s pariah status could make life difficult for cybercriminals linked to the country, with US financial crime regulator FinCEN warning companies that they could end up supporting sanctioned individuals and entities if they pay ransom demands.
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Irish regulator fines Meta for privacy compliance violations
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced that it will be fining Facebook’s company, Meta, for 17 million euros...
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Israeli government websites targeted in a large-scale cyberattack
A number of Israeli government websites went down in what could be the largest cyberattack the country has ever experienced....
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Anonymous stole 20 terabytes of data from Rosneft's German unit
Hackers claim to have wiped several dozens of Apple devices, penetrated deep into the company's administrative systems, and obtained image...
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Underworld trends: criminals adopt DDoS attacks for extortion - report
Ransomware attacks are no longer enough. Threat actors increasingly couple malware with DDoS attacks for extortion. Threat actors are getting...
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Governments spend millions to destroy SSDs - report
Up to $17 million are spent on the physical destruction of solid-state drives (SSD), with an additional $40 million spent...
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Biden orders to study risks of creating the central bank’s own digital currency
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday, requiring the Federal Reserve to make a risk-benefit assessment of creating...
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Suspect in $70 million ransomware attack extradited to the US
A 22-year-old REvil ransomware affiliate is suspected to be behind the attack with an initial ransom demand of $70 million....
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US law to compel firms to report cyber attacks
The Senate has approved a bill that, if passed, would require vital infrastructure companies to report a cyber attack no more than three days after learning of it. Similarly, such bodies would have to notify the authorities no later than a day after paying any ransom demanded by threat actors.
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16 bugs discovered in firmware used in HP enterprise devices
Security researchers disclosed over a dozen serious vulnerabilities affecting UEFI firmware. Threat actors could use the bugs to deploy malware...
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Russians can now access Twitter over the Tor network
After blocking Facebook, the Russian communications watchdog also restricted Twitter's access. But now, Russian users can access it using the...
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Anti-war hotline targets 40 million Russians
A digital phone network has been set up that allows Russian speakers and expats from around the world to call citizens of the Motherland directly, and inform them of the atrocities being committed in their name by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.
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Google to buy Mandiant for $5.4 billion
Alphabet Inc’s Google will pay $23 per share, and the cybersecurity company will join Google Cloud. Rumors that Google might...
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Beware: fraudsters impersonate law enforcement to extort money
A widespread scheme involves scammers spoofing authentic phone numbers to lull victims into thinking they’re talking with a legitimate government...
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