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What is the current situation with nation-state cyber attacks in the middle of 2025? Here’s a look at some of the biggest cyber threats from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. -
The new information security leader, previously part of its technology organization, was formerly with Dallas, where he helped stand up that city’s first-ever cyber fusion and security operation center.
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The latest in a series of text message schemes, this one messages residents’ cellphones seeking information. The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles commissioner said the agency does not ask for personal data over the phone.
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A threat, discovered in the county’s computer system, led to the decision in an emergency commissioners’ meeting to take systems offline to prevent damage. The hope is to have all systems fully rebuilt or restored by Monday.
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Criminals will keep using ransomware as long as its profitable, but outright banning all payments could be deeply painful for critical sectors and small businesses. The road ahead is full of policy hurdles.
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The money appears to have been stolen via email fraud by an overseas entity that converted the funds to cryptocurrency, Peterborough officials said in a statement. The U.S. Secret Service is investigating.
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The White House, tech firms, insurers and educational organizations announced near-future steps to improve national cybersecurity, including new NIST guidelines and tech support for governments looking to upgrade defenses.
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Senior federal officials met with education, insurance, critical infrastructure and technology organizations to talk expanding the cybersecurity workforce, defending essential systems and designing more secure tech products.
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An Excel document detailing student requests for religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine at California State University, Chico was posted anonymously on a message board. Roughly half had been approved.
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Part of the College of Business, the new facility includes forensic workstations, imagers and other tools to give students hands-on experience and a deep understanding of related threats and technologies.
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On Aug. 7, a ransomware attack, perhaps brought about by phishing, led to the shutdown of multiple systems in Twin Falls County, Idaho. Between 2018 and 2020, governments have seen 246 cases of ransomware.
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Attendees at the inaugural meeting discussed the struggles they face in hiring, training and keeping cybersecurity talent, as well as the need to give private firms more useful threat intelligence.
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With 90 percent of the facility occupied and drawing interest from technology and cybersecurity companies, a third building is in the works, focused on academics through AU's new School of Computer and Cyber Sciences.
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The desperate images coming out of Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover last weekend underline the importance of technology and the real-life impacts when planning goes well — or not so well.
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A number of Ohio residents have said scammers have hijacked their unemployment insurance accounts. The state, however, said its system hasn't been compromised. Some officials aren't buying that statement.
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A study by the investigative service SocialCatfish.com found a 156-percent increase in people under the age of 20 falling for online scams over the past three years, targeted by cyber criminals with fake profiles.
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Hackers have found their way again into T-Mobile's systems, the fourth reported breach of the company since early 2020, and this haul included sensitive personal information associated with about 48 million people.
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The new Florida Digital Service has seen a wave of high-level departures, and it is now looking for its third chief information security officer, who leads cybersecurity defense for the state’s $100 billion government.
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Preparing against ransomware means getting response plans and contracts in place early, drilling, making — and monitoring — critical backups and, of course, convincing leadership to fund it all, experts say.
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A cybersecurity company that searches for weaknesses was able to obtain the personal information of about 750,000 Indiana residents who took a contact tracing survey. The company destroyed the data eventually.
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The efforts have come under fire from voting rights activists and Democratic lawmakers, who argue GOP lawmakers are pushing the bills in response to unfounded claims that the 2020 election was compromised by voter fraud.
