Chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) listens during the confirmation hearing for William Burns, nominee for Director of the CIA, before the Senate Intelligence Committee February 24, 2021. (Photo by Tom Brenner-Pool/Getty Images) Senator hammers Facebook, Instagram over COVID-19 misinformation Sen. Mark Warner says he is particularly disturbed about how Instagram's algorithm appears to be promoting vaccine misinfo. Mar 26, 2021 By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) Hackers target German lawmakers in an election year It was not immediately clear who was responsible, but the German parliament is a perennial cyber-espionage target. Mar 26, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
(David Ramos/Getty Images) Patching is trucking along on Microsoft flaws, but hackers are still meddling Ransomware hackers and cryptominers are still active. Mar 26, 2021 By Shannon Vavra
Gen. Paul Nakasone testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing March 25, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images) US lacks visibility into digital espionage at home, NSA boss says Gen. Paul Nakasone addresses the elephant in the room. Mar 25, 2021 By Shannon Vavra
(Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images) State prosecutors push Facebook, Twitter to do more to slow virus misinformation Their piece by piece approach isn't enough, the attorneys general said. Mar 25, 2021 By Shannon Vavra
CNA Center in Chicago, Illinois on June 23, 2018. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) Top insurer CNA disconnects systems after cyberattack It could be a "nightmare scenario" for CNA and others if hackers get ahold of policyholder information. Mar 24, 2021 By Tim Starks
A Uyghur is tested at a temperature checkpoint on June 29, 2020 in Kuqa, China. (Photo by David Liu/Getty Images) China-based hackers used front companies to hack Uighurs, Facebook says Facebook’s investigators traced the Android developers to Beijing Best United Technology and Dalian 9Rush Technology. Mar 24, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
A medical worker draws COVID-19 vaccine from its bottle. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) COVID-19 vaccine scammers are still lurking In some attacks, the hackers attempted to steal credentials from employees at Walgreens. Mar 24, 2021 By Shannon Vavra
(Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images) Federal advisories detail bitcoin payments to ransomware gangs, urgency of threat Treasury recently warned that helping to pay ransomware to any entity on its cyber sanctions list could incur civil penalties. Mar 24, 2021 By Jeff Stone
A worker at a Honeywell International Inc. factory(Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) Industrial giant Honeywell says it has ‘returned to service’ after cyber intrusion Ransomware attacks have been reported with increasing frequency in the manufacturing sector in the last year. Mar 23, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas