Browsing: ransomware

After WIRED reported last week that Meta’s smart glasses app contained code that would enable the company to activate face-recognition…

A ransomware group is actively exploiting an unpatched flaw in security tools used across the U.S. federal government, prompting the…

A ransomware gang has escalated its attacks on law firms by sometimes sending fake IT workers in person to the…

The United States military has known for years that enemies could use location data to track troops’ phones—and it’s also…

An international coalition of law enforcement agencies announced Thursday that they took down a popular virtual private network service used…

Electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, which makes devices and components for Apple, Google, Nvidia, and Sony, among other tech giants, confirmed…

A ransomware group is attempting to extort the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, claiming that it stole 8 TB of data…

Higher education has long been a target of ransomware gangs and data extortion attacks. But never before, perhaps, has a…

A U.S. court has sentenced Latvian hacker Deniss Zolotarjovs to more than eight years in prison following his conviction for…

Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator, has pleaded guilty to helping cybercriminals extort companies in cyberattacks.  On Monday, the U.S.…

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA is reportedly in dire shape, according to bipartisan lawmakers and industry leaders who fear that the…

The computer systems of La Sapienza in Rome, one of the largest universities in Europe with around 120,000 students, have…

A data breach at government technology giant Conduent appears to affect far more people than first disclosed, with the number…

Fintech firm Marquis told customers that it plans to seek compensation from its firewall provider after blaming the company for…