National Mar 19, 2021
Number of cyberattacks on Japanese virus control center rose in 2020
The National Center for Global Health and Medicine experienced around 5.3 million attacks, up from from around 1.2 million in 2019.
World Mar 11, 2021
Verkada workers had extensive access to private customer cameras
by William Turton and Ryan Gallagher
It is unclear whether most Verkada customers knew its employees could peer through the cameras they purchased from the company.
World Mar 10, 2021
Hackers breach thousands of security cameras, exposing Tesla, jails and hospitals
by William Turton
The data breach was carried out by an international hacker collective and intended to show the pervasiveness of video surveillance and the ease with which systems could be broken into.
World Mar 7, 2021
Hackers breach thousands of Microsoft customers around the world
A sophisticated attack on Microsoft Corp.’s widely used business email software is morphing into a global cybersecurity crisis, as hackers race to infect as many victims as possible before companies can secure their computer systems.
World Mar 6, 2021
More than 20,000 U.S. organizations compromised through Microsoft flaw
More than 20,000 U.S. organizations have been compromised through a back door installed via recently patched flaws in Microsoft Corp.'s email software, a person familiar with the U.S. government's response said Friday. The hacking has already reached more places than all of the tainted code ...
Asia Pacific Mar 2, 2021
China appears to warn India: Push too hard and the lights could go out
by Emily Schmall and David E. Sanger
As border skirmishing increased last year, malware began to flow into the Indian electric grid, a new study shows, and a blackout hit Mumbai. It now looks like a warning.
World Feb 22, 2021
Clubhouse chats are breached, raising concerns over security
A week after popular audio chatroom app Clubhouse said it was taking steps to ensure user data couldn’t be stolen by malicious hackers or spies, at least one attacker has shown that the platform’s live audio can be siphoned. An unidentified user was able to ...
Business / Financial Markets Feb 5, 2021
How a dated cyberattack brought a stock exchange to its knees
by Jamie Tarabay
The website of the New Zealand Stock Exchange slowed to a crawl on a Tuesday afternoon in August. It was so badly throttled that the exchange couldn’t post market announcements, as required by financial regulators. So with an hour left for trading, management shut ...
World Jan 11, 2021
SolarWinds hackers linked to Russian spying tools, investigators say
The findings are the first publicly available evidence to support assertions by the United States that Russia orchestrated the hack.
World / Crime & Legal Jan 6, 2021
U.S. intelligence says Russia 'likely' behind hacking of government agencies
The penetration of departments including Defense, State, Homeland Security, Treasury, and Commerce is considered one of the worst known cybercompromises in recent year.
Business / Tech Dec 22, 2020
SolarWinds adviser warned of lax security years before hack
by Ryan Gallagher
Cybersecurity researchers have described glaring security lapses at the company, whose software was used in a suspected Russian hacking campaign.