Global ransomware outbreak spread in part due to NSA-linked hacking tool

Defense Secretary Michael Fallon says his country has taken advantage of offensive cyberweapons against the Islamic State.

In forums, he posted fake links to dark net markets. He also built fake login pages to fool victims and steal their credentials.

Malware disguised as accounting software company may be to blame for Tuesday's global ransomware outbreak.

An apparent outbreak of Petya ransomware appears to be affecting a large number of banks, energy firms and other companies based in Russia, Ukraine, Spain, Britain and France.

The companies that do have bug bounty programs, however, are willing to pay more for found bugs.

The U.S. Copyright Office is calling for wide-ranging reforms of an anti-piracy law that critics say restricts the "right to tinker" and puts white-hat cybersecurity researchers in legal jeopardy.

The 2015 breach saw hackers access records including Social Security numbers, birthdays, addresses, detailed employment information and income data.

A sophisticated and "well-funded" hacking group with a penchant for stealing intellectual property and other trade secrets is wreaking havoc in East Asia.

"Identifying threats contained within encrypted network traffic poses a unique set of challenges," said two Cisco researchers.

The firm, founded by veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces cyberwar force Unit 8200, has raised $100 million series D money from its partner, customer and existing funder, the Japanese tech-finance giant SoftBank Corp.

“There’s really nothing like it in America. And that's for a good reason."

The disclosure was made for the first time during a hearing held by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Wednesday.

While the world paid attention to the James Comey hearing, an interesting fact was unearthed: the missing Mt. Gox bitcoins may have been located. Only those in the know won't say where they are.

The European Union’s 28-nation bloc is in agreement concerning how to punish hackers. On Monday, the European Council announced a joint framework, dubbed the “cyber diplomacy toolbox,” to guide how member countries should uniformly respond to malicious cyber activity, which includes steps to cooperatively impose economic sanctions, travel bans, asset freezes and blanket bans against responsible parties.

The Intelligence Support Systems World Conference has expanded to bring thousands of prominent spies, police, hackers and powerful bureaucrats together to spend money on some of the latest and greatest in retail spying kits.

Top election software vendors say they are sufficiently protected from phishing emails in the wake of an intelligence report that revealed Russian phishing attacks during the 2016 election may have been more widespread than originally thought.

Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn used his public sector connections to advise and guide multiple private sector cybersecurity firms into federal markets worldwide prior to his national security adviser appointment by President Donald Trump.

A House bill to reauthorize the Department of Homeland Security includes a requirement to study why state and local governments have not been using homeland security grant programs to fill the large gaps in their cybersecurity defenses.

The group is faking identities when speaking to media about their work in order to extort Canadian casinos and mining companies.

Although all of America's adversaries present serious cyberthreats, Russia's hackers are the most dangerous right now, says the Maryland congressman whose district houses the National Security Agency.