Former President Trump is campaigning in key swing states today. He’s focusing on the border crisis and recent instances of violence allegedly committed by illegal immigrants. Chinese hacking, TikTok, and the 2024 U.S. election. What came up during a rare phone call between President Biden and the head of the Chinese Communist Party? And what’s next […]
An inside look at the inner workings of China’s global hacking efforts: Leaked documents show how Beijing works with private hackers to get intelligence on foreign governments. Who are the victims? The number of Chinese nationals illegally entering the United States is rising fast. We have more on what officials say about potential ties to […]
A massive cache of leaked documents from a Chinese hacking contractor further underscores the global cybersecurity threats posed by China’s communist regime, experts say. The documents, which were posted on GitHub by unknown individuals on Feb. 16, include product manuals, marketing materials, employee lists, chat records, financial information, and details about foreign infiltration. The Associated […]
The Biden administration has recently announced a new plan to take on cybersecurity issues at public schools. Cybersecurity expert Paul Rosenzweig, a teacher at the George Washington University School of Law and a Visiting Fellow at the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute, talked about cyber threats public schools face in America.
An obscure cloud service company has been providing state-sponsored hackers with internet services to spy on and extort their victims, a cybersecurity firm said in a report to be published on Tuesday. Researchers at Texas-based Halcyon said a company called Cloudzy had been leasing server space and reselling it to no fewer than 17 different […]
A Russian government-linked hacking group took aim at dozens of global organizations with a campaign targeting Microsoft Teams users, Microsoft researchers said on Wednesday. In late May, the hacker team began its attempts to steal login credentials by engaging users in Microsoft Teams chatrooms, pretending to be from technical support. In a blog post, Microsoft […]
A Russian hacker has been arrested and charged for allegedly deploying malicious software to dozens of computers and launching cyberattacks against multiple businesses in the United States and abroad. Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 20, of the Russian-controlled Chechen Republic, was arrested and charged in Arizona on June 15 with conspiring to commit wire fraud and conspiring to intentionally damage […]
The U.S. government has been hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used software but does not expect it to have significant impact, the nation’s cyber watchdog agency said on June 15. The Justice Department announced that a grand jury indicted Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member suspected […]
Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers used a security hole in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations globally, nearly a third of them government agencies, including foreign ministries, cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Thursday. “This is the broadest cyber espionage campaign known to be conducted by […]
The FBI has arrested the alleged founder of BreachForums, a major hacker forum on which users post hacked and stolen data, including data alleged to have come from a breach that affected the personal information of U.S. lawmakers earlier this month. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, 20, of Peekskill, New York, was arrested on March 15 and made […]
NEW YORK—A former CIA software engineer was convicted Wednesday of federal charges accusing him of the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history. Joshua Schulte, who chose to defend himself at a New York City retrial, had told jurors in closing arguments that the CIA and FBI made him a scapegoat for an embarrassing […]
Security researchers with U.S. cybersecurity firm Symantec said they have discovered a “highly sophisticated” Chinese hacking tool that has been able to escape public attention for more than a decade. The discovery was shared with the U.S. government in recent months, who have shared the information with foreign partners, said a U.S. official. Symantec, a […]
LONDON—Actor Sienna Miller on Thursday accepted “substantial” damages from the publisher of British tabloid newspaper The Sun, which she accuses of hacking her phone and leaking news of her pregnancy. Miller, a performer whose films include “Factory Girl,” “Black Mass” and “The Lost City of Z,” joins a list of dozens of people who have […]
In a blow to China’s cyber-spying network, Microsoft shut down 42 websites from a Chinese hacker group on Monday. The websites run in nearly 30 countries, including the United States. The United States won’t send officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics. Are the United States’ key allies following suit? Beijing thought the European Union would […]
Microsoft seized a number of websites that were being used by a China-based hacking firm to carry out cyberattacks against organizations in the United States and 28 other countries around the world, the company announced on Monday. In a news release, the technology corporation said that a federal court in Virginia had granted Microsoft’s Dec. 2 request to allow […]
The custody battle between Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum and his ex-wife Princess Haya bint al-Hussein takes a new turn. The High Court finds the ruler authorized the hacking of the phones of his ex-wife and her lawyers, using spyware that’s usually used by states to counter national security risks.
WASHINGTON–Top U.S. national security advisers will gather officials from 30 countries this month with plans to combat the growing threat of ransomware and other cyber crime, President Joe Biden said on Friday. An online session hosted by the White House National Security Council will also be aimed at “improving law enforcement collaboration” on issues like […]
The popular trading app Robinhood says could be worth as much as 35 billion dollars, it’s seeking to cash-in in one of this year’s biggest IPOs. A group of countries says the China was responsible for hacking into Microsoft’s Exchange Server earlier this year, it’s the first time the NATO alliance has signed onto an […]
Four Chinese nationals working with China’s top intelligence agency have been charged in a global campaign hacking campaign to steal trade secrets and sensitive information from companies, universities, and government bodies. The charges were announced as the United States and allies in a coordinated push on Monday condemned the Chinese regime for sponsoring “malicious” cyberattacks […]
