A Federal Register notice seeks public comment on how cyber is covered within a 2002 law and program.
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A federal court in Indiana sentenced a Russian cybercriminal to 81 months in prison on charges related to his role as an initial access broker for ransomware groups. Aleksei Volkov, 26, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty in November 2025 to six federal charges stemming from his work with the Yanluowang ransomware group and other […]
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Leaders from various cybersecurity institutions were quick to defend and evangelize the administration’s strategic pivots in cyberspace.
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The attorney general has suggested the basis of the investigation and warrant stem from a rambling citizen presentation at a county meeting last month.
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The campaign goes back to 2023 but is the subject of an alert amid conflict in the Middle East.
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Huntress researchers said it’s likely the victims they've identified represent just a fraction of compromised organizations worldwide.
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Voice-based phishing was at the root of multiple attack sprees Mandiant responded to last year, reflecting a concerning shift in tactics.
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It echoes earlier alerts from the Netherlands and Germany, and is the latest to warn about targeting of Signal users and others.
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The men facilitated about $1.28 million in salary from victim U.S. companies by hosting laptop farms and helping remote IT workers assume fake identities.
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The maximum-severity vulnerability, which hasn’t been exploited in the wild yet, affects software customers use to manage networking devices.
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The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad botnets enabled cybercriminals to initiate thousands of attacks. A crackdown targeting large-scale botnets continues amid growing challenges.
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Cameron Nicholas Curry, also known as “Loot,” stole a trove of corporate data from a D.C.-based tech company as his six-month contract gig came to a close.
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As AI increases the speed of cyber attacks, governments and businesses must weigh the tradeoffs that come with deploying semi-autonomous AI agents to stop them.
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There’s been no visible surge, at least not yet, said DOD’s Terry Kalka and CISA’s Nick Andersen.
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Cisco’s response to the latest SD-WAN and firewall defects has been fast, but the harder question is how long sophisticated actors had a head start — and what’s already compromised.
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Executives pressed Congress for a strategy as the market – and attack surface – continues to expand.
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The kit, named DarkSword, has a variety of possible implications, the research from iVerify, Lookout and Google suggests.
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Acting director Nick Andersen said relationships, not actor risk management agency designations, should guide which agency is at the forefront.
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Sean Cairncross said the idea rather is to collaborate with the private sector in a way that helps the U.S. government take the battle to its adversaries.
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The Ninth Circuit has paused a lower-court order as the companies dispute whether user-approved automation can access password-protected accounts without the platform’s permission.
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