Cloudflare headquarters in San Francisco. (Getty Images) Cloudflare may have provided service to terrorists, drug traffickers in violation of U.S. sanctions The update to Cloudflare's regulatory filing comes just before the company's IPO on Sept. 13. Sep 11, 2019 By Jeff Stone
A picture of Tehran, Iran. (Getty) ‘Cobalt Dickens’ group is phishing universities at scale again, researchers say A 2018 indictment hasn't disrupted the Iran-linked hacking group. Sep 11, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) U.S. arrests 281 people worldwide accused of involvement in BEC scams The news comes weeks after the Justice Department made public charges against another 80 people accused of similar crimes. Sep 10, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) Scraping public website data does not violate CFAA, judge rules The decision is a rare limitation on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Sep 10, 2019 By Jeff Stone
President Trump at the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires in November 2018. (State Department / Flickr) Student faces two years behind bars for trying to hack into Trump’s tax records Andrew Harris' attorney compared the scheme to a "Wayne's World" plotline. Sep 9, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) Microsoft, Hewlett Foundation preparing to launch nonprofit that calls out cyberattacks Informally known as the "Cyber Peace Institute," the organization plans to act as a neutral arbiter that calls out bad behavior on the internet. Sep 9, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty Images) Symantec finds that a ‘new’ Chinese hacking group has actually been around for a decade Symantec now says that Thrip is likely another threat group — known Billbug or Lotus Blossom — that has been operating against targets in South Asia for… Sep 9, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Reuters) Cyber Command’s biggest VirusTotal upload looks to expose North Korean-linked malware Cyber Command looks to have uploaded its biggest cache of malware on a North Korean holiday. Sep 8, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Reuters) ‘Indiscriminate’ iOS hacking was relatively limited, Apple says. Try telling that to the Uighur population. Apple's iPhone and the operating system it relies on have enjoyed a reputation for having relatively strong security. Sep 6, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Gen. Paul Nakasone. (Photo by Nathan Mitchell) As NSA expands election security task force, Director Paul Nakasone talks lessons learned U.S. intelligence officials are trying to adapt as adversaries update their tactics. Sep 6, 2019 By Shannon Vavra