Collaborate Disseminate
Policymakers and researchers have sharply criticized Microsoft’s security practices after an illicitly obtained key enabled a wide-ranging espionage operation.
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The coalition aims to encourage members to no longer pay ransoms demanded by criminal hacking groups to discourage attacks from taking place.
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The Russian cybersecurity firm discovered sophisticated malware that combined cryptocurrency mining and espionage capabilities.
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While best known for its social engineering techniques, a criminal hacking group known as “the Com” sometimes uses threats of violence.
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Amid a flurry of exaggerated claims of cyber attacks, experts caution that attacks on digital systems may intensify as the conflict drags on.
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A coalition of 16 law enforcement agencies collaborated to seize a site used by the criminal hacking group to extort its victims.
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The administrators of a news site linked to Hamas have struggled to keep it online amid fighting with Israel.
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Attackers are actively exploiting vulnerable Cisco software to primarily target telecommunications companies, researchers say.
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Despite an August patch, Russian and Chinese state-backed hackers are using a vulnerability in the popular software to carry out espionage.
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Predatory Sparrow, which has been linked to an attack on an Iranian steel facility last year, reemerged after a long hiatus Monday.
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