Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, is pictured at its headquarters building on June 24, 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images)
Operation PowerOFF’s latest globally coordinated action identified more than 75,000 alleged cybercriminals. Officials warned each of them to stop jamming up traffic.
Matthew Lane pleaded guilty to crimes stemming from attacks on PowerSchool and a U.S. telecom company earlier this year. His sentence is half the amount prosecutors sought…
Cyber authorities issued their second emergency directive in three weeks. This one requires agencies to mitigate or disconnect potentially compromised F5 devices and services.
The security vendor’s customers have confronted a barrage of actively exploited defects since 2021. The brute-force attack on a company-controlled system underscores broader security pitfalls are afoot.
The open-source software company said exposure is limited to consulting engagements, adding that it hasn’t found evidence of personal or sensitive data theft.
The attack may come through another booby-trapped software update, according to a cryptic press release published Thursday by the Secret Service of Ukraine.