American cybersecurity and intelligence agencies released a joint advisory this week on how to detect, respond to, and mitigate cyberattacks orchestrated by Russian state-sponsored hackers. This advisory comes amid renewed tension...
Signal founder Moxie Marlinspike announced in a Jan. 10 blog post that he is stepping down as CEO of the popular encrypted instant messaging service. Executive chairman and WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton will serve as the interim...
The FBI has arrested an Italian man who is suspected of running a years-long email phishing scam that targeted hundreds of authors.
Fillipo Bernardini was arrested on Jan. 5 after landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport,...
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned in an announcement on Tuesday that it will go after any US company that fails to secure its users’ data against ongoing Log4j attacks.
“The FTC intends to use its full legal authority t...
Starting in February, China will require some companies with large amounts of user data to gain approval from regulators in order to list overseas, according to multiple reports.
First proposed in 2021, the network security proces...
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Alphabet Inc-owned Google said in a Jan. 4 blog post that it has acquired Israeli cybersecurity startup Siemplify. This comes as the US tech giant expands its security offerings amid increasing cyber attacks.
While financial detai...
Microsoft rolled out an emergency patch on Jan. 1 to fix the Y2K22 bug that has impacted its email delivery system. The Y2K22 bug caused email messages to be stuck on Exchange Server locations because of a validation error that oc...
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has shown “sensor tampering alerts” linked to the company’s new Microsoft 365 scanner for Log4j processes.
The alerts are reportedly shown mainly on Windows Server 2016 systems and warn of “possible...
Photography company Shutterfly announced in a Dec. 26 statement that it had been hit by a ransomware attack that impacted some of its services. This attack made Shutterfly the latest in a string of companies to be targeted by hack...
