(Getty images) ‘Sandworm’ book review: To understand cyberwar, you must understand Ukraine The new book explains why Ukraine has been linked to almost every major cyberattack and how cyberwarfare's ultimate consquence is the danger to people's lives. Nov 8, 2019 By Greg Otto
(Getty) New York company charged with selling vulnerable Chinese-made equipment to U.S. military The U.S. Air Force, Navy, and the Department of Energy were among Aventura’s clients. Nov 7, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
A flaw in Amazon’s Ring doorbells leaked customers’ Wi-Fi credentials It's only the latest example of security technology introducing new gateways of attack into a user's home. Nov 7, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) Former Twitter employees charged with spying on critics of Saudi Arabia The two former employees were recruited by someone attached to the Saudi royal family. Nov 6, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
the software pulls information from Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Line, an end-to-end encrypted messaging application that’s popular in Asia. (Flickr user StevenW / CC-BY-2.0) Google asks mobile security vendors to help keep hackers out of the Play Store In announcing the partnership, Google acknowledged that the current processes for reporting malicious apps “aren’t designed to scale.” Nov 6, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Logo by Atlassian/image by Scoop News Group) Amid NSA warning, attacks on Confluence have risen in recent weeks The NSA warning just got a little more relevant. Nov 6, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty Images) Former Trend Micro employee enabled scam calls by stealing customers’ personal data The cybersecurity company says the former employee sold it to an as-yet-unknown malicious third-party actor. Nov 6, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(CIA) Accused Vault7 leaker argues Espionage Act charges are unconstitutional Joshua Schulte's lawyer says some of the charges “are unconstitutionally overbroad and void for vagueness.” Nov 6, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Inside the FBI’s quiet ‘ransomware summit’ Exclusive: A look at an unprecedented, closed-door conference that's meant to fend off the threat ravaging enterprises across the U.S. Nov 6, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
With workforce in mind, bipartisan bill proposes incentives for cybersecurity education, and more The HACKED Act is the work of the top Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee. Nov 5, 2019 By Shannon Vavra