Data I/O reports business disruptions in wake of ransomware attack
Data I/O, an electronics manufacturer and software vendor for major automotive suppliers and tech firms, said its operations were disrupted in the wake of a…
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Blistering Wyden letter seeks review of federal court cybersecurity, citing ‘incompetence,’ ‘negligence’
Sen. Ron Wyden on Monday urged Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to seek an independent review of federal court cybersecurity following the latest major…
Interpol-led crackdown disrupts cybercrime networks in Africa that caused $485 million in losses
A globally coordinated operation involving support from 18 countries in Africa, the United Kingdom and nine security organizations resulted in the arrest of 1,209 alleged…
Apple discloses actively exploited zero-day affecting iOS, iPadOS and macOS
Apple rushed an emergency software update to its customers Wednesday to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability affecting the software powering the company’s most popular…
House lawmakers take aim at education requirements for federal cyber jobs
The top lawmakers on a key House cybersecurity panel are hoping to remove a barrier to entry for cyber jobs in the federal government. Introduced…
CrowdStrike warns of uptick in Silk Typhoon attacks this summer
The Chinese state-backed threat group Silk Typhoon has raised the pace of attacks targeting government, technology, legal and professional services in North America since late…
FTC warns tech companies not to weaken encryption, free speech practices for foreign governments
Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson warned U.S. tech companies not to accede to laws in foreign countries that weaken Americans’ free speech or data…
Florida man gets 10 years in prison in first Scattered Spider sentencing
A 20-year-old Florida man received a 10-year federal prison sentence Wednesday for his role in the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime organization, marking the first conviction…
‘Rapper Bot’ hit the Pentagon in at least 3 cyberattacks
The powerful “Rapper Bot” Distributed Denial of Service-for-hire botnet impacted the Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN) in at least three attacks between April and…
Russian cyber group exploits seven-year-old network vulnerabilities for long-term espionage
A Russian state-sponsored espionage group has been systematically compromising network devices worldwide for over a decade, exploiting a seven-year-old vulnerability to steal sensitive data and…
The U.S. should bolster investment reviews to combat China
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States just published its 2024 report, revealing once again that shielding U.S. tech from risky foreign investments…
Officials gain control of Rapper Bot DDoS botnet, charge lead developer and administrator
Authorities claim they’ve gained control of Rapper Bot and stopped attacks emanating from what they described as “among the most powerful DDoS botnets to have…