Cybercrime

Business Email Compromise, BEC, scams get less attention than other cybercrimes.

As hacks and other cybersecurity threats surge, an expert explains how companies and individuals can protect their assets from cybersecurity threats.

A Ukrainian internet service provider used by the country’s military suffered a massive cyberattack on Monday.

Hackers reportedly infiltrated computers belonging to current and former employees at nearly two dozen major natural gas suppliers, including U.S.-based Chevron and Cheniere Energy, in the two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine.

As tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalate, U.S. banks are being put on notice.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Thursday that it is launching a specialized team tasked with enforcement of cryptocurrency "exploitation."

The FBI Denver Division says more than 200 people in Colorado and Wyoming have been targeted in romance scams totaling more than $32 million in reported losses.

The San Francisco 49ers have been hit by a ransomware attack, with cyber criminals claiming they stole some of the football team's financial data.

Sen. Sasse is accusing Google and Apple of facilitating Chinese spyware on their platforms.

Concerns have mounted in recent weeks that the U.S. could fall victim to a targeted cyberattack, particularly in the face of Russian aggression in Eastern Europe. But a top cybersecurity expert said it is not the attack he fears, but rather the reaction of the American populous.

Concerns have mounted that Russia’s next move in the continuing threat of a Ukrainian invasion could target the U.S. in a cyberattack – a strategy experts argue is a battlefront already part of how global superpowers engage.

The release of COVID-19 federal relief funds has unleashed a wave of individuals and criminal networks responsible for what the Secret Service says is nearly $100 billion in stolen benefits.

The White House National Security Council is warning of a “heightened risk” of “malicious cyber” activities like ransomware surrounding the Christmas holiday, urging business leaders to update IT practices and to work with federal law enforcement to improve U.S. cybersecurity.

A New York City man is being charged with hacking into 59 Wegmans Food Market customer accounts and placing $10,000 in fraudulent orders.

The U.S. Justice Department has charged a suspect from Ukraine and a Russian national over a July ransomware attack on an American company, according to indictments made in court filings on Monday, and has seized $6 million in ransom payments.

Sinclair Broadcast Group confirmed Monday that it was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend.

An industry marked as “off limits” to Russian hackers by President Biden was hit in a ransomware attack earlier this week when the operations of two farming co-ops in Iowa and Minnesota were disrupted.

Putin is directing full throttled attacks on the U.S. in the unregulated, wide-open, man-made domain of cyberspace, which has become the backbone infrastructure of 21st century commerce and free expression.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a probe into last year’s SolarWinds cyber breach, focusing on whether some companies failed to disclose that they had been affected by the unprecedented hack, two persons familiar with the investigation said on Monday.

Federal officials warned Tuesday of a heightened risk for ransomware attacks over Labor Day weekend and other upcoming holidays.