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The United States and Australia on Friday announced a partnership for the continuous development of a virtual cyber training range.

The Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, Maryland was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted computer systems and medical procedures, the healthcare provider said Sunday.

Human resources giant Randstad last week revealed that its IT systems were targeted in a recent cyberattack involving a relatively new piece of ransomware named Egregor.

Two people have been arrested for stealing defense data from the Italian aerospace and electronics group Leonardo, the interior ministry said on Saturday.

With COVID-19 Infections and Hospitalizations Climbing, Health Care Providers Are Dangerously Vulnerable to CyberattacksBy late morning on Oct. 28, staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center noticed the hospital’s phone system wasn’t working.

VMware on Thursday released patches for a Workspace ONE Access security flaw that was identified and reported by the National Security Agency (NSA).

Over the past several months, the “mercenary” advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as DeathStalker has been using a new PowerShell backdoor in its attacks, Kaspersky reports.

A group of Iranian hackers recently posted a video showing how they managed to access an industrial control system (ICS) at a water facility in Israel.

A man pleaded guilty Thursday to his role in a computer protection services scam that cheated victims out of nearly $1 million by misleading them into believing that malware had been detected on their computers, federal prosecutors said.

A vulnerability in the Google Play Core Library continues to impact many applications several months after official patches were released.The Google Play Core Library allows Android developers to deliver updates to their applications at runtime, via the Google API, without requiring interaction from the user.

A computer hacker serving 20 years for giving the Islamic State group the personal data of more than 1,300 U.S. government and military personnel has been granted compassionate release because of the coronavirus pandemic and will be placed in ICE custody for prompt deportation, a federal judge ordered Thursday.

TransLink, the transportation agency of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, has been hit by ransomware, and the ransom note delivered by the attackers suggests the incident involved a piece of ransomware named Egregor.

China poses the greatest threat to America and the rest of the free world since World War II, outgoing National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe said Thursday as the Trump administration ramps up anti-Chinese rhetoric to pressure President-elect Joe Biden to be tough on Beijing.

Developers often need years to address some of the vulnerabilities introduced in their software, a new GitHub report reveals.

Dell Technologies on Thursday announced new security offerings designed to address threats targeting the supply chain, a device’s boot process, and sensitive data.

TrickBot has been updated with functionality that allows it to scan the UEFI/BIOS firmware of the targeted system for vulnerabilities, security researchers have discovered.

In the modern twist on old-fashioned war games, the U.S. military dispatched cyber fighters to Estonia this fall to help the small Baltic nation search out and block potential cyber threats from Russia. The goal was not only to help a NATO partner long targeted by its powerful neighbor but also to gain insight on Russian tactics that could be used against the U.S. and its elections.

An unknown threat actor that is likely sponsored by a nation state is believed to be behind a recent phishing campaign targeting the COVID-19 vaccine cold chain, IBM Security reported on Thursday.

A computer hacker who stole information from Nintendo and was also caught with child pornography on his computer was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison.

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