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The United States Department of Justice on Tuesday announced charges against two individuals for the hacking of hundreds of organizations worldwide, including governments and COVID-19 responders.

The last few months have shown us that it is possible to accelerate digital transformation significantly. The COVID-19 crisis has forced companies to move extremely fast on everything from online collaboration tools to secure remote access for their manufacturing facilities.

Hackers working with the Chinese government targeted firms developing vaccines for the coronavirus and stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of intellectual property and trade secrets from companies across the world, the Justice Department said Tuesday as it announced criminal charges.

Adobe informed customers on Tuesday that it has patched several critical code execution vulnerabilities in its Bridge, Photoshop and Prelude products.

Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled several new security capabilities for its Microsoft 365 and Azure solutions, including for data security, compliance, and risk management.

Microsoft last week revealed plans to move forward with the retirement of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols in Office 365, starting October 15, 2020.

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Cybersecurity company Fortinet has acquired Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) cloud provider OPAQ Networks.

Senior US Democrats have demanded an urgent intelligence briefing for lawmakers from the FBI over what they said was a concerted foreign campaign to spread disinformation to interfere in November's elections.

A threat actor believed to be working for the Iranian government recently launched another round of attacks on Israel’s water sector, and a source tells SecurityWeek that the attackers used vulnerable cellular equipment as a point of entry.

The Emotet Trojan has resumed activity after more than five months of absence from the threat landscape, security researchers warn.

Industrial cybersecurity solutions provider Claroty announced on Monday that Yaniv Vardi has been named the company’s chief executive officer.

A Cypriot national was extradited to the United States last week to face charges related to various computer intrusions, including the hacking into Ripoff Report.

Cloud software provider Blackbaud has admitted that it paid cybercriminals to regain control of data following a ransomware attack in May 2020.The company, which is known for its fundraising suites aimed at educational institutions and charities, offers a diverse portfolio of management and payment services to help process donations and fundraises.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday he was "absolutely confident" in allegations by the UK and its allies that Russia targeted labs conducting coronavirus research, branding the behaviour "outrageous and reprehensible".

The developers of the Mac malware named ThiefQuest continue to improve their creation and researchers noticed that the latest versions of the threat no longer include ransomware functionality.

Social media platform Twitter has confirmed that attackers downloaded user data from some of the accounts compromised in last week’s security incident.

Security researchers at ESET have identified a new campaign targeting Mac users with trojanized cryptocurrency trading apps designed to deliver the GMERA malware.

Germany's highest court on Friday said security services had too much unfettered access to people's online data and ordered legislation to be revised to set higher hurdles.