“Attacks on American power systems are likely to be small and localized, according to a cybersecurity firm, casting doubt on the ability of a foreign power to take down broad swaths of U.S. electric systems at once. Given current technology it is not reasonable to expect an enemy to shut...
A small Alaskan borough has switched to typewriters while their computer systems are rebuilt following a ransomware attack that disabled nearly all of its 500 computers and 120 servers. The ransomware also extended to some of the department’s back-up data. The borough is not paying the ransom, and...
Chinese hackers launched a series of attacks against internet-connected devices in Finland in the days leading up to Trump and Putin’s meeting in the city. The attacks targeted devices that could provide access to audio or visual information. The attacks represented a 2,800% increase above normal ...
The personal details of 1.5 million who visited Singapore’s largest group of healthcare institutions were compromised, including those of its current Prime Minister, as part of a “deliberate, targeted, well-planned” cyber attack. Medical records of some 160,000 patients were also compromised. ...
The former director for cyber security policy in the Obama White House said that, while the U.S. is the “best in the world on offense,” it is the U.S. the most vulnerable country in the world to cyber attacks. The vulnerabilities are both political and technical, due to its democratic...
A research team published three separate vulnerabilities in the mobile communication standard LTE (4G). Two of the attacks allow an attacker to view LTE traffic and user details, while the third enables an attacker to manipulate data traveling to users’ devices. The report also indicated that thes...
North Korea has been using cyberattacks to generate revenue for the cash-strapped government since 2016. Already in 2018, researchers have attributed a $110 million USD attack against Mexico’s state bank and a $10 million USD attack on the Bank of Chile to North Korean hackers. Continued efforts b...
The Russian government likely has the ability to engage in disruptive and destructive attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure....