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Everyone expected some kind of cyberattack during the Olympics. If this is the best they've got, the bad guys don't deserve a spot on the podium.

At least two Russian nationals serving prison sentences for cybercrime offenses, Vladislav Klyushin and Roman Seleznev, were released as part of the landmark prisoner swap.

The RaaS group that distributes Hive ransomware delivers new malware impersonating as validly signed network-administration software to gain initial access and persistence on targeted networks

Cybersecurity startup RAD Security, a finalist in this year's Black Hat USA Startup Spotlight competition, looks for "drift events," or events that vary from the baseline.

The AI boom and increasing popularity of quantum computing necessitates quantum-resilient security.

A security vulnerability in Rockwell Automation's ControlLogix 1756 programmable logic controllers, tracked as CVE-2024-6242, could allow tampering with physical processes at plants.

Researchers say "LianSpy" malware has been in use in a covert data gathering operation that's gone undetected for at least three years.

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In the cloud, patches disseminate automatically. On your computer, you get notified. IoT devices, meanwhile, can escape attention for years on end.

Though TikTok is expected to adhere to certain COPPA-outlined measures, the social media giant has failed to meet those expectations, the Feds allege.

The enterprise resource planning platform bug CVE-2024-38856 has a vulnerability-severity score of 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS scale and offers a wide avenue into enterprise applications for cyberattackers.

The APT used DNS poisoning to install the Macma backdoor on targeted networks and then deliver malware to steal data via post-exploitation activity.

Cybersecurity startup Knostic, a finalist in this year's Black Hat USA Startup Spotlight competition, adds guardrails to how AI uses enterprise data to ensure sensitive data doesn't get leaked.

Cybersecurity startup LeakSignal, a finalist in this year's Black Hat USA Startup Spotlight competition, helps organizations see where data is leaking within their environments.

Adopting a military mindset toward cybersecurity means the industry moves beyond the current network protection strategies and toward a data-centric security approach.

Ultimately, a more cyber-secure world requires a global governing body to regulate and campaign for cybersecurity, with consistent regulatory requirements in the various regions around the world.

The scheme, from the group also known as APT28, involves targeting Eastern European diplomats in need of personal transportation and tempting them with a purported good deal on a Audi Q7 Quattro SUV.

The runaway success of an upstart ransomware outfit called "Dark Angels" may well influence the cyberattack landscape for years to come.

The state-sponsored Chinese threat actor gained access to three systems and stole at least some research data around computing and related technologies.

Now that the Authy Desktop app has reached EOL and is no longer accessible, users are hoping their 2FA tokens synced correctly with their mobile devices.