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Industrial automation giant Rockwell Automation on Thursday informed customers that it has patched nine critical vulnerabilities in its FactoryTalk AssetCentre product.

A top Biden administration official says the government is undertaking a new effort to help electric utilities, water districts and other critical industries protect against potentially damaging cyberattacks.

The computer system of one of the nation’s largest school districts was hacked by a criminal gang that encrypted district data and demanded $40 million in ransom or it would erase the files and post students’ and employees’ personal information online.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a supplemental directive requiring all federal agencies to identify

A pair of unpatched vulnerabilities in QNAP small office/home office (SOHO) network attached storage (NAS) devices could allow attackers to execute code remotely, according to a warning from security researchers at SAM Seamless Network.

The United States Department of Justice this week announced official charges against a Kansas man, for accessing and tampering with a public water system.

The U.S. government is working to draw attention to supply chain vulnerabilities, an issue that received particular attention late last year after suspected Russian hackers gained access to federal agencies and private corporations by sneaking malicious code into widely used software.

Cyber Incident and Texas Storms Will Delay Between 1.8 and 2.0 Million Hectoliters of Beer Production and Shipments

Shares of New York City-based IoT device maker Ubiquiti (NYSE: UI) fell significantly this week following a report claiming that the recently disclosed data breach was “catastrophic” and that its impact was downplayed.

An Israeli national has pleaded guilty to his role in operating DeepDotWeb (DDW), a website that functioned as a gateway to various Dark Web marketplaces.

A couple of serious vulnerabilities patched recently by VMware in its vRealize Operations (vROps) product can pose a significant risk to organizations, according to a researcher involved in the discovery of the security bugs.

The Ability to Think Global, Act Local is One of the Hallmarks of a Modern Security Operations Center

Sensitive data pertaining to the customers of top mobile services providers in the European Union is at risk of compromise due to improperly secured websites, data security and privacy firm Tala reveals.

Vulnerabilities Citrix patched in Hypervisor this week could allow for code executed in a virtual machine to cause denial of service on the host.

A North Korean government-backed APT group has been caught using a fake pen-testing company and a range of sock puppet social media accounts in an escalation of a hacking campaign targeting security research professionals.

Microsoft won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets.

The Dutch Data Protection Authority announced on Wednesday that it has issued a fine of €475,000 (roughly $550,000) to online travel agency Booking.com for failing to report a data security incident within the required timeframe.

Living Security, an Austin, Texas-based company that specializes in cybersecurity awareness training, on Tuesday announced that it raised $14 million in a Series B funding round.The round was led by Updata Partners, with participation from Silverton Partners, Active Capital, Rain Capital and SaaS Venture Partners.