Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter can’t move forward unless the company shows public proof that less than 5% of the accounts on the social media platform are fake or spam.
The Conti ransomware gang that infiltrated some Costa Rican government computer systems has upped its threat, saying its goal is now to overthrow the government.
More than 20 would-be hackers gathered in the Brazilian electoral authority’s headquarters in the capital this week. Their mission: infiltrate the nation’s voting system ahead of a hotly anticipated race in October.
A week before Oregon’s primary election, the secretary of state’s office is moving to protect its online system where campaign finance records are published after a web hosting provider was hit by a ransomware attack.
Spain’s top intelligence official acknowledged that her agency had hacked into the cellphones of “some” of the dozens of politicians reported to be targeted by spyware but she said it had proper judicial authorization.
Idaho needs to be better prepared to defend against inevitable cyberattacks that could harm individuals, businesses and critical infrastructure, the Governor’s Cybersecurity Task Force said in a report.
Spanish officials said the cellphones of its prime minister and defense minister were infected with Pegasus spyware in 2021, resulting in a significant amount of data being obtained.
Google will let people request that more types of content such as personal contact information like phone numbers, email and physical addresses be removed from search results.
Russia's relentless digital assaults on Ukraine may have caused less damage than many anticipated. But most of its hacking is focused on a different goal that gets less attention but has chilling potential consequences: data collection.
Spanish authorities are pledging full transparency as they launch inquiries into allegations that the phones of dozens of supporters of Catalan independence were hacked with powerful and controversial Pegasus spyware.
The Costa Rican government refused to pay a ransom as it struggled to implement workarounds and braced itself as hackers began publishing stolen information.
The phones of dozens of pro-independence supporters in Spain's northeastern Catalonia were hacked with spyware available, a cybersecurity rights nonprofit said Monday April 18, 2022.
The court is expected to issue an extradition order to send Assange to the United States, which will then be sent to the Home Secretary Priti Patel for approval.
Ukrainians say Russian hackers succeeded in penetrating and disrupting the industrial control system of one power station, but defenders were able to thwart any power loss.
An international law enforcement operation took down the "RaidForums" marketplace that sold access to database leaks from U.S. companies including credit card details, user names and passwords for online accounts.
Losses in the U.S. to BEC scams in 2021 were nearly $2.4 billion, according to a report by the FBI. That’s a 33% increase from 2020 and more than a tenfold increase from just seven years ago.