(Matthew Hurst / Flickr) Anthem to pay $39.5 million to states in latest settlement over 2015 hack The company previously agreed to pay $115 million in connection with the incident. Sep 30, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) ESET catches spyware posing as Telegram, Android messaging apps It's the latest example of mobile malware aiming to sneak onto user devices. Sep 30, 2020 By Joe Warminsky
(Getty Images) LinkedIn hacker Nikulin sentenced to 7 years in prison after years of legal battles The decision by a California jury signals the end of a long legal odyssey. Sep 29, 2020 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) Ohio medical center offline following another security incident in the health sector It's the second time in a week that a cybersecurity incident has disrupted IT networks at a U.S. hospital. Sep 29, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
Georgia state flag (Getty Images) Judge orders Georgia to use paper records at polling places to avoid Election Day delays The state has long been the center of heated, and sometimes partisan, battles over voting. Sep 29, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
McAfee at the 2019 Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. (Greg Otto / CyberScoop) IPO all over again: McAfee prepares for return to Nasdaq Stock in the Silicon Valley cybersecurity giant will be available for the first time in more than a decade. Intel had spun it off to a buyout… Sep 29, 2020 By Joe Warminsky
(Pixabay) Microsoft looks to expose espionage groups taking aim at NGOs, US politics “I have no reason to believe that they’ll be quiet between now and Nov. 3,” Microsoft’s Tom Burt said of Fancy Bear. Sep 29, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) US medical provider UHS blames ‘security issue’ for major outage In its statement, UHS, which says it oversees 400 hospitals, did not address whether the company had suffered a ransomware attack. Sep 28, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with U.S. officials in Sochi, Russia, on May 14, 2019. (U.S. Department of State / Flickr) Weeks before Election Day, Putin trolls the US with an offer for cyber truce Russian attackers are actively trying to exploit U.S. political divisions prior to Nov. 3, American officials have warned. Sep 28, 2020 By Joe Warminsky
The Israeli and Emirati flags (Getty Images) Israel, UAE say they’re allies in cyberspace. They have plenty of tech power to draw upon. The collaboration highlights the increasingly important role that cybersecurity plays in diplomatic relations. Sep 25, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas