Rob Gresham explains the evolution of ransomware and shares insights into smarter ways to prepare and respond You get the call you’ve been dreading. No, not a breach. The other call. That despite best efforts and good intentions, ransomware has … Read More
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Motherboard: FBI Detects Pro-Islamic State Group Hacking Activities
The FBI has issued a warning about a series of hacking activities against U.S. networks that it believes are conducted by sympathizers of the Islamic State militant group, Motherboard reported Tuesday. Joseph Cox writes the publication obtained an FBI document … Read More
The Internet Of Things Will Be The World’s Biggest Robot
The Internet of Things is the name given to the computerization of everything in our lives. Already you can buy Internet-enabled thermostats, light bulbs, refrigerators, and cars. Soon everything will be on the Internet: the things we own, the things … Read More
When Hacking Could Enable Murder
Cyberthreats are changing. We’re worried about hackers crashing airplanes by hacking into computer networks. We’re worried about hackers remotely disabling cars. We’re worried about manipulated counts from electronic voting booths, remote murder through hacked medical devices and someone hacking an … Read More
Hacker Publishes Personal Info of 20,000 FBI Agents
While America was getting ready to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, a hacker promised he would dump online a list of more than 20,000 agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 9,000 Department of Homeland Security officers. Right … Read More
Motherboard: Hacker Claims Access to FBI, DHS Employee Contact Info, DOJ Email
A hacker claims to have gained access to the email addresses and phone numbers of thousands of FBI and Department of Homeland Security employees using a compromised Justice Department email account, Motherboard reported Sunday. Joseph Cox writes that the hacker … Read More
Securing the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is poised to become as revolutionary as the Internet itself, but there are some major threats that must be dealt with first. J.J. Thompson, the founder of the cybersecurity firm Rook Security, spoke with the Cipher … Read More
Why China hacks the world
Can aggressive espionage fuel the innovation that Beijing needs to reinvent its global role? New York; and Wuzhen, China — The e-mails wouldn’t have struck anyone as unusual. The messages to employees at Boeing Co.’s offices in Orange County, Calif., … Read More