New Levels, New Devils: The Multifaceted Extortion Tactics Keeping Ransomware Alive
Having evolved from a basic premise of locking down a victim’s data with encryption, then demanding a ransom for its…
Faux ChatGPT, Claude API Packages Deliver JarkaStealer
Attackers are betting that the hype around generative AI (GenAI) is attracting less technical, less cautious developers who might be…
Leaky Cybersecurity Holes Put Water Systems at Risk
At least 97 major water systems in the US have serious cybersecurity vulnerabilities and compliance issues, raising concerns that cyberattacks…
Should women serve in combat? Military experts weigh in
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth, is facing a firestorm of backlash for voicing his…
Hubris meets Nemesis: How an overzealous Jack Smith elected Donald Trump
In their frantic search to blame someone, anyone, for the election of the alleged proto-fascist Donald Trump, the Democratic Party…
Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking…
Microsoft disrupts ONNX phishing-as-a-service infrastructure
Microsoft has seized 240 domains used by customers of ONNX, a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, to target companies and individuals across…
Senate rejects Bernie Sanders’ effort to block weapons sales to Israel
Sen. Bernie Sanders' effort to prevent the White House from selling certain weapons to Israel was overwhelmingly rejected by the…
US charges five linked to Scattered Spider cybercrime gang
The U.S. Justice Department has charged five suspects believed to be part of the financially motivated Scattered Spider cybercrime gang…
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia says with Trump’s election, ‘we’ve got a friend in the White House’
What's next for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, who says that former President Trump's decisive election victory earlier this…