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A federal investigation didn’t turn up any evidence that cyber attacks were responsible for computer errors that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016, according to a report issued Monday.

The age of cyber warfare is dawning on us, and the threat of cybercrime to businesses continues to multiply by the day. The imperative for effective and autonomous defense is stronger than ever. 

Microsoft said Monday it obtained a court order allowing it to seize web domains used by North Korean hacking groups to launch cyberattacks on human rights activists, researchers and others.

The Wawa convenience store chain is facing a wave of lawsuits over a data breach that affected its 850 locations along the East Coast.

The United Nations on Friday approved a Russian-led bid that aims to create a new convention on cybercrime, alarming rights groups and Western powers that fear a bid to restrict online freedom.The General Assembly approved the resolution sponsored by Russia and backed by China, which would set up a committee of international experts in 2020.

The United Arab Emirates on Saturday denied reports that a popular mobile application developed in the country was used for government spying.

More than 100 Chinese nationals in Nepal on tourist visas have been detained over a suspected cyber scam, police said Wednesday, in the country's largest ever crackdown involving foreigners.Eight women were among the 122 Chinese nationals arrested in a coordinated police raid on nine houses in the capital Kathmandu on Monday.

Authorities in Thailand say they are investigating an apparent online break-in by a computer hacker that allowed him to broadcast surveillance video from inside a prison in the country's south.

Security researchers continue to report that many of the primary threats to organizations today come from older attacks and exploits targeting vulnerable systems for which patches are readily available. In fact, older vulnerabilities seem to be preferred. 

OpenSSL has evolved a great deal in terms of security since the disclosure of the Heartbleed vulnerability back in 2014.

A popular mobile application developed in the United Arab Emirates has been removed from both Apple and Google's online marketplaces following a report it was used for widespread government spying.

Purchase, NY-based Mastercard announced that it has agreed to acquire Salt Lake City, UT-based RiskRecon, an online security monitoring company that focuses on third-party risk management. Terms of the agreement, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, have not been disclosed.

A British national was sentenced on Friday for attempting to blackmail Apple by claiming he was in possession of a large database of iCloud and other Apple accounts.

A critical vulnerability in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (NetScaler ADC) and Citrix Gateway (NetScaler Gateway) could allow criminal access to the networks of 80,000 companies in 158 countries.The countries most at risk are the U.S. (with 38% of the vulnerable networks), the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia. 

Three members of the cybercriminal organization behind the infamous GozNym malware have been sentenced to prison.