October 26, 2017 Kaspersky: We uploaded US documents but quickly deleted them Kaspersky's anti-virus software had automatically scraped powerful digital surveillance tools off a computer in the United States and the analysts were worried: The data's headers clearly identified the files as classified.
October 4, 2017 Pennsylvania Attorney General: Equifax data breach an inexcusable breach of trust; it must be held accountable Tuesday, Equifax admitted the largest data breach in U.S. history affected 2.5 million more people than was previously disclosed. At least 145.5 million Americans' personal information was compromised.
October 2, 2017 Equifax breach makes cybersecurity more urgent than ever Our critical infrastructure centers are at grave risk for technological or digital disruption, more commonly known as hacks.
September 27, 2017 The master decryption key for the Petya ransomware can't help NotPetya victims A new master decryption key was released by the developer of the original Petya ransomware, but it's incapable of helping NotPetya victims. It arrives after most Petya victims have paid the ransom or reformatted their PCs.
September 27, 2017 Woman fails to smuggle 102 iPhones strapped to body into China As well as 102 iPhones, she also managed to carry 15 luxury watches for a total weight of 44 pounds.
September 27, 2017 Dark net arms trade: Guns shipped in old printers, study says A new study reveals how criminals and terrorists are harnessing the dark net to purchase weapons.
September 27, 2017 Tech Q&A: Essential Windows apps, secret Alexa commands, cybersecurity tests and more On your national radio show, you spoke of a site that contains a lot of personal details on us, like our age, addresses, relatives, etc. What was the name of the site?
September 26, 2017 Russian hackers arrested on vacation in US-led operation Five Russians accused of being hackers have been arrested in a series of American-led raids over the last nine months – all of them grabbed while on vacation across Europe.
September 26, 2017 UK researcher who stopped WannaCry indicted in US The indictment, filed on July 11 in Wisconsin District Court, says that 'Defendant Marcus Hutchins created the Kronos malware,' alongside another person.
September 26, 2017 Password guru has new advice for keeping your data safe Bill Burr, who advised people to use passwords full of obscure characters, capital letters and numbers, has new advice for keeping your data safe.