President Joe Biden on March 21, 2022, warned that Russian cyberattacks on U.S. targets are likely, though the government has not identified a specific threat.…
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On Jan. 14, 2022, the FSB, Russia’s domestic intelligence service, announced that it had broken up the notorious Russia-based REvil ransomware criminal organization. The FSB…
While cybercrime gets a lot of attention from law enforcement and the media these days, I’ve been documenting a less high-tech threat emerging in recent…
Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro Cyberattacks have hit schools and colleges harder than any other industry during the pandemic. In 2020, including…
The FBI has the authority right now to access privately owned computers without their owners’ knowledge or consent, and to delete software. It’s part of…
A Russian cyberespionage group that hacked into election networks before the 2016 U.S. presidential election is now attempting to steal coronavirus vaccine information from researchers…
When faced with a ransomware attack, a person or company or government agency finds its digital data encrypted by an unknown person, and then gets…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has seized the dark web index and news site Deep Dot Web, according to a warning notice posted on the…
Each day the number of cyber-attacks continues to grow, with the dark web often playing an underlying role. Cybersecurity awareness among internet users is increasing…