Cyberattacks

Russian criminals’ bank attacks go global

Russian cybercriminals have field tested their attack techniques on local banks, and have now begun taking them global, according to a new report -- and a new breed of mobile attack apps is coming up next

DoJ: What does it take to prosecute federal computer crimes?

Secret Service IT security lambasted by Homeland Security inspector general

Myriad IT issues impact Secret Service cybersecurity

DDoS attacks using IoT devices follow The Manchurian Candidate model

Like in The Manchurian Candidate, hackers are creating sleeper agents to carry out attacks. Only now they're using IoT devices and turning them into botnets.

The IoT is uranium

It’s time to ban ‘stupid’ IoT devices. They’re as dangerous as post-Soviet era nuclear weapons.

Federal cyber incidents grew an astounding 1,300% between 2006 and 2015

GAO report says Federal networks are highly complex and dynamic, technologically diverse, and geographically dispersed making them hard to protect.

“Guccifer” gets 52 months in prison for hacking crimes

Guccifer hacked former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell as well as a the daughter of former President George H.W. Bush but lied about hacking into Hillary Clinton's email server

When your government hacks you

Cisco was likely hacked by its own government. Concerns rise that other vendors could become victims.

Russian involvement in DNC WikiLeaks email heist unproven

It’s no secret that the Russian’s breached the DNC network last summer and pwned it for a year, but the limited data reported isn’t enough for security analysts to say only the Russians were involved.

U.S. cyber incident directive follows DNC hack