Microsoft: Cloud Environments of US Organizations Targeted in Ransomware Attacks

A threat actor has been compromising the hybrid cloud environments of US organizations in multiple sectors.
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Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?

For nearly a dozen years, residents of South Carolina have been kept in the dark by state and federal investigators over who was responsible for hacking into the state’s revenue department in 2012 and stealing tax and bank account information for 3.6 million people. The answer may no longer be a mystery: KrebsOnSecurity found compelling clues suggesting the intrusion was carried out by the same Russian hacking crew that stole of millions of payment card records from big box retailers like Home Depot and Target in the years that followed. Continue reading Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?

Scientists Are Furious Over Canada’s Bizarre Ban on Importing Zebrafish

Research into Alzheimer’s, blindness, heart disease, and arthritis has been killed. Continue reading Scientists Are Furious Over Canada’s Bizarre Ban on Importing Zebrafish