(Getty Images) Microsoft seizes 50 websites used by North Korean hackers to gather intelligence Victims were located mostly in the U.S., Japan and South Korea, the company said. Dec 31, 2019 By Jeff Stone
This bulletin came five months after the Coast Guard encouraged mariners to focus on basic cybersecurity measures. (Getty images) Coast Guard says Ryuk ransomware hit systems that monitor cargo transfers at maritime facility The attack comes amid growing urgency in the maritime sector over digital threats. Dec 30, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Getty) Arkansas telemarketing firm blames ransomware for sudden holiday closure The circumstances surrounding the alleged attack remain shrouded in mystery. Dec 27, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Wikicommons) Mastercard jumps into the risk-assessment race with RiskRecon acquisition Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga has advocated to stronger supply chain security for years. Dec 26, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Citrix has released patches for the bugs in its mobile-networking software. Critical flaw in Citrix applications could allow unauthorized access to internal networks The company that discovered the flaw says "at least 80,000 companies in 158 countries are potentially at risk." Dec 23, 2019 By Greg Otto
(KOMUnews / Flickr) Blunt phone call shows state officials are unhappy with rollout of election security framework Some state and local officials are still irked by what they see as bureaucratic obstacles to getting actionable threat information from federal government. Dec 20, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) Twitter removes nearly 6,000 accounts spreading Saudi-backed propaganda Many of the tweets spouting anti-Qatar and anti-Iranian messaging, often in Arabic. Dec 20, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) ‘Unprecedented’ sentencing for international GozNym cybercrime network The cybercriminals' operation employed the malware to target 41,000 computers between 2015 and 2016. Dec 20, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty Images / Scoop News Group) Lithuanian scammer gets 5 years for defrauding Google, Facebook of $120 million Evaldas Rimasauskas was arrested in 2017 and arrived in the U.S. earlier this year. Dec 20, 2019 By Jeff Stone
Wawa has over 800 stores located in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. (Getty Images) Wawa says payment processing servers were hacked, potentially affecting all of its stores Malware affected customer payment card information used at potentially all locations of the East Coast convenience store chain. Dec 19, 2019 By Greg Otto