A recently uncovered business email compromise scam that's targeting executives' Microsoft Office 365 accounts has hit over 150 organizations worldwide so far and netted the scammers about $15 million, according to incident response firm Mitiga.
The attorneys general of 42 states plus Washington, D.C., have slapped health insurer Anthem with a $39.5 million settlement in the wake of a 2014 cyberattack that affected nearly 79 million individuals. Meanwhile, California's attorney general signed a separate $8.7 million settlement with the insurer.
Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian national who was found guilty of hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox and stealing millions of user credentials, has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison.
Microsoft has issued additional instructions on how to better implement a patch to fix an elevation of privilege vulnerability called Zerologon in Windows Server that affects the Netlogon Remote Protocol. The update comes as Cisco Talos researchers report a spike in attempts to exploit the flaw.
Legislation that establishes minimum security standards for IoT devices procured by the federal government is moving closer to becoming law. A bill has passed the House, and chances are likely better than ever for Senate support following a rewrite of parts of the bill.
Over the last year, nation-state hackers, including those with links to the Russian government, have shifted from targeting critical infrastructure to focusing on think tanks, human rights groups and nongovernment organizations in an attempt to influence public policy, according to Microsoft.
Prior to COVID-19, Kumar Ramachandran of Palo Alto Networks declared 2020 the "year of the early majority" for SD-WAN adoption. How has the pandemic only amped up the need for better bandwidth, visibility and centralized management - all at a lower cost? Ramachandran explains.
The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning that malicious actors are spreading disinformation - claiming to have hacked voter databases - in an attempt to manipulate public opinion, discredit the electoral process and undermine confidence in U.S. democratic institutions.
McAfee is set to become a public company once again, with the cybersecurity firm filing for an IPO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to trade under "MCFE" on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Separately, Ivanti announced that it would buy security firms MobileIron and Pulse Secure.
William Dixon of the World Economic Forum is calling for the formation of a "quantum computing security coalition" to help build trust in the technology, which could play a key role in enhancing security.
A fresh round of Joker malware that targets Android users has been found in Google Play as well as third-party app stores, according to reports from Zscaler and Zimperium. The Joker apps can steal SMS messages, contact lists and device information from infected smartphones.
Join CrowdStrike VP of Product Marketing Ian McShane and Zscaler Director of Transformation Strategy Nathan Howe as they offer insight into how cloud and endpoint security can join hands to strengthen security protection, detection and remediation.
A security incident that apparently involved ransomware has crippled the network of Universal Health Services, which owns hundreds of facilities across the U.S.
Following a ransomware attack last week that affected its corporate network and phone systems, Tyler Technologies, a supplier of software and services to local, state and federal government agencies, is urging its customers to reset their passwords after reports of "suspicious logins to client systems."
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