Rob Joyce speaks at CyberTalks in October 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group) NSA’s Joyce outlines how U.S. can disrupt and deter foreign hacking “We have to impose costs in a visible way to start deterrence,” the NSA's Rob Joyce told an industry association. Feb 28, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Perzonseo Webbyra / Flickr) How hackers are extorting Instagram users and throwing away the key Trend Micro research on the phishing of Instagram users underscores how hackers are exploiting the value of social-media brands. Feb 28, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(James LeVeque)/remixed by Greg Otto) Up to 40 percent of traffic on ticket sites is automated. Here’s why that’s bad for security. Bad bots made up 39.9 percent of ticket-buying traffic between September and December 2018, according to Distil Networks. Feb 28, 2019 By Jeff Stone
An embassy in Cairo belonging to Bangladesh was hit pretty hard. (Pexels) Hackers turn Bangladeshi embassy website into cryptomining scheme Almost the entire embassy website appears to be compromised, with nearly every attempt to access a URL ending in a request to save a malicious file. Feb 27, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
Getty Images 20-year-old pleads guilty to DDoS-for-hire scheme that netted $550,000 Sergiy Usatyuk and a co-conspirator enabled attackers to use only a web browser to launch a DDoS attack capable of knocking target sites offline. Feb 27, 2019 By Jeff Stone
‘Thunderclap’ collection of hardware vulnerabilities affects Mac, Windows, Linux systems Many modern computers are vulnerable to a number of security flaws that could exploit a machine’s Thunderbolt connection to its network cards, keyboard, computer charger or other… Feb 27, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Getty/Photomosh A researcher made an elite hacking tool out of the info in the Vault 7 leak An Australian researcher has created a high-level hacking tool based off information that was solely contained in Wikileaks' "Vault7" dump. Feb 27, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Getty images) Inside a Chinese APT’s very flexible playbook New research from Dell Secureworks is a reminder that adversaries will sooner dust off and refashion old tools than build new ones. Feb 27, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
Sergey Ovsyannikov allegedly oversaw a number of ad fraud schemes. (Getty/PhotoMosh) Third suspect in Methbot, 3ve case to plead not guilty after extradition from Malaysia Sergey Ovsyannikov's court appearance will mark the third time an accused 3ve/Methbot group member will be extradited and enter a not guilty plea. Feb 26, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Petro Poroshenko speaks during an Atlantic Council event (Flickr/Atlantic Council/ImageLink Photography/Dennis Kan). Ukraine’s president accuses Russia of launching cyberattack against election commission Ukrainians go to the polls on March 31; analysts have warned that Moscow could attempt to interfere. Feb 26, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas