Cybercrime

A shortage of cybersecurity professionals has that segment of the tech industry hiring even as companies including Amazon, Facebook's Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Twitter cut jobs.

European authorities, with help from the FBI, have identified members of a Russian-affiliated cybercrime gang responsible for targeting major companies and institutions with ransomware.

Canada says the TikTok app “will be automatically removed and blocked from use on all government-issued mobile devices” in the coming days, according to a report.

The Los Angeles Unified School District revealed Wednesday that the a ransomware gang leaked sensitive records of more than 2,000 students online.

GoDaddy website hosting servers were attacked by what the company called a "sophisticated" threat actor group that stole source code and installed malware.

A Swiss hacker discovered a Transportation Security Administration "No Fly" list dating back to 2019 while browsing the internet and leaked its contents.

A new report from blockchain data platform Chainalysis found ransomware payouts fell a whopping 40.3% last year, suggesting more victims are simply refusing to pay attackers.

FTX met with debtors on Tuesday and reported that approximately $415 million in customer funds had been stolen shortly after the company filed for bankruptcy last November.

ChatGPT, a chatbot tool intended to help with tasks like writing emails and essays, is reportedly being used by some actors for nefarious purposes like malware.

The Department of Justice has indicted eight social media influencers for allegedly utilizing their wide reach to "pump and dump" securities at the cost of investors.

Iranian-backed hackers broke into the network of a U.S. federal government agency and used that access to install cryptocurrency mining software, CISA said.

Record Electric Vehicle sales means record Charging Station implementation and use; however this opens up consumers and the grid to cyberattacks from hackers.

Uber's former head of security, Joe Sullivan, was founded guilty in a federal court in San Francisco Wednesday of hiding a 2016 data breach from authorities.

Popular video game producer Rockstar has released a statement announcing that their network was hacked, and early footage of their long-awaited "Grand Theft Auto 6" was stolen.

A hacker affiliated with the cybercrime group Lapsus$ allegedly breached Uber's internal communication systems last week, the rideshare service said.

"Shark Tank" star and Cyderes CEO Robert Herjavec discussed his outlook for the market during a Monday segment of "Varney & Co." and predicted a 20 to 30 percent drop could still come.

U.S. officials are warnings private companies that North Korean IT workers are attempting to do remote contract work with businesses and funnel the proceeds back to Kim Jong Un’s regime.

An Austin man was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for buying credentials for 38,000 compromised PayPal accounts then using those credentials to steal money from the accounts' owners, the Department of Justice announced.

Russia carried out a cyberattack early on in its invasion of Ukraine, cutting off from the internet thousands of modems throughout Europe, officials from the U.S., Great Britain, Canada, Estonia and the European Union announced Tuesday. SpaceX founder Elon Musk, whose Starlink satellites have helped ensure Ukrainians' access to the internet amid Russia's invasion, warned that Kremlin forces are “ramping up their efforts."

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