2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (471+ words) Identity verification firm IDScan said hackers obtained customer data held in its cloud platform following recent reports connecting the company to a database breach exposing scans of some 153 million driver’s licenses. The company confirmed a hack in a notice published…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (405+ words) The acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a sober warning Wednesday about the significant and possibly devastating cybersecurity vulnerabilities Americans face, blaming past government mistakes, outdated tech and AI as threats. “We've made a lot of…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (577+ words) The FBI on Wednesday released its first-ever public cybersecurity strategy that details how the agency will combat malicious hackers and digital criminal gangs. “This is a comprehensive strategy that directs our teams, our field offices, our global presence, and how…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (360+ words) A Russian web developer who played a role in a multimillion-dollar bank account takeover scheme has been extradited to the U.S. to face an indictment in the case, federal authorities said Tuesday. Sergei Anatolyevich Filimonov, 36, appeared in an Atlanta federal court…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (543+ words) French authorities detained an 18-year-old suspected member of the ZeroBytes hacking group over cyberattacks targeting the country's tax authority and other organizations, the Paris prosecutor's office confirmed to Recorded Future News. The suspect was arrested in the Paris region on…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (534+ words) A municipal utility in Bavaria said Monday that hackers encrypted its central IT network in a cyberattack last week. In a notice to customers, Stadtwerke Landsberg said the attack disrupted office systems but is not affecting electricity, water and other…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (649+ words) German authorities are investigating another trove of data stolen from Berlin’s government network after hackers published login credentials and other information over the weekend. The latest release follows a cyberattack discovered in mid-August that compromised two Berlin ministries responsible for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (744+ words) China-based hackers used an array of methods to compromise popular Cisco routers and use them as a jumping off point to monitor organizations, steal credentials and break into other organizations. In its latest report on a hacking operation it calls…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (494+ words) Berlin has refused to pay a ransom demanded by hackers who allegedly stole data from the region’s government network, officials said. Governing Mayor Kai Wegner said on Friday that Berlin had received an extortion demand following the cyberattack, which was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (357+ words) A cyberattack is causing service issues for the pharmaceutical and healthcare technology company McKesson. The company released a public notice and filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday evening saying it is in the early stages…...