New Mexico school districts, universities, and government agencies have collectively spent millions of dollars to regain control of their computer systems after being hit by ransomware.

Attorney General William Barr said there would be swift and severe action if a foreign government is behind disinformation campaigns aimed at spreading fear in the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic or a denial of service attack on the networks of the HHS.

The attention given to FISA has also cast a spotlight on cases where surveillance tools used to investigate foreign intelligence threats end up leading to prosecutions for commonplace, domestic crimes.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a bill that provides $1 billion to help small telecom providers replace equipment made by China’s Huawei and ZTE.

Facebook and Twitter revealed evidence suggesting that Russian efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election are getting more sophisticated and harder to detect.

The United States, United Kingdom and Estonia accused Russia’s military intelligence of conducting cyber attacks against the Georgian government and media websites in an attempt “to sow discord and disrupt the lives of ordinary Georgians.”

Tuesday’s presidential primaries across 14 states mark the first major security test since the 2018 midterm elections, with state and local election officials saying they are prepared to deal with everything from equipment problems to false information about the coronavirus.

Although businesses are increasingly at risk for cyberattacks on their mobile devices, many aren’t taking steps to protect smartphones and tablets.

The Democratic National Committee has warned its presidential candidates to be cautious after Bernie Sanders’ campaign reported that an “impersonator” with a domain registered overseas had posed as one of its staffers and sought conversations with members of at least two other campaigns.

Samsung said that a “technical error” caused its website to display other customers’ personal information.

The FBI on Friday arrested a man linked to former U.S. Rep. Katie Hill’s 2018 House campaign for allegedly orchestrating a series of cyberattacks on a rival candidate that shut down the campaign’s website for 21 hours.