The developer of the popular file encryption software VeraCrypt says Microsoft has blocked access to the account he used for sending updates to Windows users, and warned that anyone who encrypts their PCs with his…
The U.S. government is warning that Iran-backed hackers are escalating their tactics by targeting American critical infrastructure systems with the aim of causing disruption. In a joint advisory published Tuesday, the FBI, the National Security…
Anthropic on Tuesday released a preview of its new frontier model, Mythos, which it says will be used by a small coterie of partner organizations for cybersecurity work. In a previously leaked memo, the AI…
A group of Russian government hackers have hijacked thousands of home and small business routers around the world as part of an ongoing campaign aimed at redirecting victim’s internet traffic to steal their passwords and…
The Trump administration is planning to cut the budget of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency by at least $707 million for 2027. The proposed budget cut [pdf] was released late last week as…
For the last few years, North Koreans have gotten remote jobs at hundreds Western companies pretending to be from somewhere else, using fake resumes, and sometimes with the help of American collaborators. It’s been a…
A North Korean cyberattack that last Monday briefly hijacked one of the most widely used open source projects on the web took weeks to carry out as part of a long-running campaign to target the…
The first convicted spyware maker in over a decade has avoided jail time after earlier pleading guilty to U.S. federal charges associated with running his surveillance company. Bryan Fleming was sentenced on Friday in a…
Mikko Hyppönen is pacing back and forth on the stage, with his trademark dark blonde ponytail resting on an impeccable teal suit. A seasoned speaker, he is trying to make an important point to a…
The European Union’s cybersecurity agency said Thursday that a recent hack and data breach at the EU’s executive body was the work of a cybercriminal group known as TeamPCP. In a new report, CERT-EU also…