The International Criminal Court will start prosecuting cyber war crimes
Cyber warfare can be used to facilitate physical war crimes
Leaked 'Vulkan Files' reveal Russia's cyberwarfare operations
"People should know the dangers of this"
What just happened? A whistleblower has leaked files from a Moscow-based defense contractor that allegedly show how the company works with Russian military and intelligence agencies to support them in hacking operations, training operatives, spreading disinformation, and scanning the internet for vulnerabilities.
Hackers accessed personal data from 9 million AT&T customers
No credit card information or social security numbers exposed
Multibillion dollar companies should do more to prevent cyberattacks, says the Biden administration
Cyberattacks are getting more sophisticated and existing security mechanisms are proving ineffective
Data breach may have leaked classified law enforcement operations information to criminals
"It may lead to tragic consequences for police officers and undercover agents"
NortonLifeLock warns of password manager breach after failing to reject mass login attempts
Credential stuffing attack could impact thousands of accounts
Cyberattacks could soon become impossible to insure
In the grim dark future of cyber-warfare, there is no insurance
Cyberattack has kept an entire nation's government offline for over a month
Vanuatu's government won't say whether it was ransomware
Wi-Fi drones were used by hackers to penetrate a financial firm's network remotely
Why it matters: Hackers have a new attack vector they have been toying with over the last couple of years --- drone penetration kits. Drones have become much more capable in the last several years, making them a viable option for covertly placing intrusion equipment near a network. Once just a field of theoretical security research, now hacking drones are being found in the wild.
KillNet pro-Russian hacktivists are targeting USA airports' websites
In context: The KillNet crew has brought down the websites of some of the busiest airports in the world. Several US-based terminals experienced online issues, while the increased activity by the pro-Russian hackers could bring the world into a proper cyber-war against the Kremlin.
Microsoft warns of increased Russian cyberattacks on countries supporting Ukraine
The US and Poland are the two most popular targets
Cloudflare mitigated the most powerful HTTPS DDoS attack ever recorded
A small but mighty botnet was used in the attack
Cloudflare just mitigated one of the most powerful DDoS attacks ever
The attack targeted an unnamed crypto launchpad using Java-based psychic signatures
Biden warns US companies to bolster their cyber defenses in preparation for Russian attacks
"The magnitude of Russia's cyber capacity is fairly consequential and it's coming"
Cyber attack halts manufacturing at more than a dozen Toyota factories in Japan
Government officials are investigating but say it is too early to blame Russia
Nvidia allegedly hacked its hackers, stole its data back
Hacking group Lapsus$ claims to still have a copy of the data
Nvidia is investigating a possible cybersecurity threat
Nvidia can only confirm an "incident" at an ominous time for cybersecurity
Cyberattacks reached record-setting levels in 2021, thanks in part to Log4J
December was an especially rough month for IT departments
Log4J flaw turns into pandemic with over 840,000 attacks initiated within 72 hours
Attacks reached over 100 per minute over the weekend
Hackers use real FBI servers to send fake cyberattack warnings
Fake warning emails are causing a very real problem for the FBI
Hackers deface Twitch with pictures of Jeff Bezos, following massive data breach
Ain't no rest for the wicked
Microsoft: More than half of all nation-state cyberattacks come from Russia
Russian hackers succeed in one of three attacks
Biden says severe cyberattacks could lead to a "real shooting war"
When ransomware leads to an apocalypse
Biden tells Putin: act on Russian ransomware attacks
The two leaders held an hour-long phone call on Friday
World's biggest meat processor JBS pays $11 million to ransomware gang
Another massive ransomware attack following last month's Colonial Pipeline incident