Collaborate Disseminate
Websites of Iran’s transport and urbanization ministry Saturday went out of service after a “cyber disruption” in computer systems of its staff, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The report did not elaborate but said the case is under investigati… Continue reading “Cyber Disruption” Stops Websites of Iranian Ministry
President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Friday phone call that he must “take action” against cybercriminals acting in his country and that the U.S. reserves the right to “defend its people and its critical infrastructure” from fu… Continue reading Biden Tells Putin Russia Must Crack Down on Cybercriminals
Israel said Thursday it will begin seizing cryptocurrency accounts used by the Palestinian Hamas group to raise money for its armed wing.
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Continue reading Israel Says It’s Targeting Hamas’ Cryptocurrency Accounts
A utility that provides power in rural southeastern Alabama was hit by a ransomware attack that meant customers temporarily can’t access their account information, but an executive said Tuesday that systems were beginning to be brought back online.
rea… Continue reading Rural Alabama Electric Cooperative Hit by Ransomware Attack
The Pentagon said Tuesday it is canceling a cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion and will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon.
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Continue reading Pentagon Cancels Disputed JEDI Cloud Contract With Microsoft
In the past few weeks, ransomware criminals claimed as trophies at least three North American insurance brokerages that offer policies to help others survive the very network-paralyzing, data-pilfering extortion attacks they themselves apparently suffe… Continue reading In Crosshairs of Ransomware Crooks, Cyber Insurers Struggle
Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit.
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No sensitive information was compromised in a ransomware attack last month on the state agency that provides ferry service between mainland Massachusetts and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
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Continue reading Ferry Agency: No Sensitive Info Compromised in Cyberattack
A Nevada hospital confirmed its data servers had been breached after a hacking group posted images of personal information online it apparently acquired in a cyber theft.
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Continue reading University Medical Center Says Hackers Breached Data Server
Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony Wednesday by a senior executive at the technology company.
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Continue reading Microsoft Exec: Targeting of Americans’ Records ‘Routine’