hinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States, FBI Director Chris Wray says.
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A new study finds AI tools are more vulnerable than previously thought to targeted attacks that effectively force AI systems to make bad decisions.
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U.S. regulators on Monday sued SolarWinds, a Texas-based technology company whose software was breached in a massive 2020 Russian cyberespionage campaign, for fraud for failing to disclose security deficiencies ahead of the stunning hack.
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Kevin Mitnick, one of the most famous hackers in the history of cybersecurity, died over the weekend at age 59 after a more than year-long battle with pancreatic cancer, his family says.
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Legendary Kevin Mitnick has died at age 59. In 2018, he gave a lengthy interview to WRAL News. Here is the full story and a link to the video. Cullen Browder, who recently left WRAL, conducted the interview.
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The chief executive of US software firm SolarWinds told employees Friday that “we intend to vigorously defend ourselves” in the face of potential legal action from US regulators over the firm’s handling of a sweeping 2020 breach by alleged Russian hackers, according to an internal SolarWinds email obtained by CNN.
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North Korean hackers were likely behind the theft of at least $35 million from a popular cryptocurrency service, multiple crypto-tracking experts told CNN Tuesday.
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A state-sponsored group of hackers, which it calls Volt Typhoon, has been active since mid-2021, Microsoft warns. It says organizations affected by the hacking — which seeks persistent access — are in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, information technology and education sectors.
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A group of Russian hackers known as APT28 also known as Fancy Bear is deploying malware in the West by exploiting what cybersecurity agencies in the U.S. and U.K. call “poorly maintained Cisco routers.”
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