June 18, 2019 Rep. Will Hurd: I'm a conservative. I was 'disinvited' to the Black Hat Conference. Here's what I want to know This weekend, I experienced a first as a member of Congress – I was uninvited to give the keynote address at the world’s premier cybersecurity conference.
June 18, 2019 Hany Farid: Deepfakes give new meaning to the concept of 'fake news,' and they're here to stay We each have to become better digital citizens.
June 17, 2019 Illinois says it's prepared for another election hack The computers in Sangamon County, Ill., like those in state and local election offices across the country, are the new battlefield against foreign attacks on our election system.
June 16, 2019 Hany Farid: Facebook's plan for end-to-end encryption sacrifices a lot of security for just a little bit of privacy We do not need to cripple our ability to remove some of the most harmful and heinous Internet content in the name of an incremental amount of privacy.
June 14, 2019 Rep. Will Hurd disinvited to cybersecurity conference after voting record on women's issues sparks outrage Rep. Will Hurd, R-Tex, will no longer be speaking at cyber security conference after critics expressed outrage over his voting record on women's issues.
June 13, 2019 Chinese cyberattack against Telegram messaging app targeted Hong Kong protests, says CEO China hit Telegram with cyber attacks during the massive Hong Kong protests on Wednesday.
June 10, 2019 Images of some travelers stolen in data breach, Customs and Border Protection says Photos of some U.S. travelers were recently compromised in a data breach, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Monday.
June 6, 2019 Cyber criminals are using stolen doctor credentials on the dark web to enrich themselves Criminal hackers are targeting healthcare organizations on the Dark Web and using the credentials of real physicians to perpetrate fraud and rake in money.
May 25, 2019 Baltimore mayor open to paying off hackers who paralyzed city, despite once likening it to 'rewarding bank robbers' The mayor of Baltimore said this week that he’s open to paying off the hackers who paralyzed the city’s computer systems and are now demanding about $100,000 to restore the data, despite once likening the payoff as “rewarding bank robbers for robbing banks.”
May 24, 2019 Google inadvertently thwarts Baltimore's battle against ransomware attack Google inadvertently thwarted Baltimore’s attempt to combat a major ransomware attack against the city.