Cyber Security

President Biden on Thursday will host a meeting at the White House with German Chancellor Angela Merkel where the pair is expected to discuss a host of issues including cybersecurity and climate change.

The White House will establish a ransomware task force in the coming days following hacks that crippled key firms responsible for U.S. fuel and meat production.

Online scammers stole a record $4.2 billion from Americans in 2020.

Ransomware attacks have surged in volume around the world over the last year, according to new data published Monday by cybersecurity firm Check Point Research.

Security researchers have identified over 170 Android apps scamming cryptocurrency miners.

The cyber insurance industry faced "a reckoning" in 2020 in the wake of a wave of ransomware incidents, according to a report from Fitch Ratings provided to FOX Business.

Cybercrime surged in 2020 and even into 2021 as remote work continued and more Americans began using services online.

U.S. traded Chinese stocks have faced trouble in recent days as a new cybersecurity probe has been launched in an effort to tighten rules for companies looking to trade Didi both abroad and overseas.

Cybersecurity guru John McAfee — who was found hanged in his jail cell this week — had been hiding out for years in a Spanish “ghost hotel” owned by a Russian who allegedly used it to run a secret bitcoin farm, according to reports.

The Republican National Committee is denying a report that their computer systems were hacked by Russians over the weekend, but confirmed that a third-party vendor did fall victim to a breach.

REvil, a ransomware group linked to Russian hackers, has conducted 15 cyberattacks per week over two months.

Thousands of companies across the globe have been affected by a ransomware attack that targeted software firm Kaseya.

Hackers suspected to be behind a mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded $70 million to restore the data they are holding ransom, according to a posting on a dark website.