Cybersecurity
Biden warns: If U.S. has ‘real shooting war’ it could be result of cyber attacks
President Joe Biden warned that if the United States ended up in a "real shooting war" with a "major power" it could…
UPDATED: Cyber attack disrupts South African container terminals
A cyber attack disrupted container operations at the South African port of Cape Town, an email seen by Reuters on Thursday said.…
Norway says cyber attack on parliament carried out from China
Norway said on Monday that a March 10 cyber attack on parliament's e-mail system was carried out from China, calling on authorities…
Using spyware against journalists ‘completely unacceptable’ -EU’s von der Leyen
Using spyware against journalists istotally unacceptable, the European Commission chief said on Monday after reports that Israeli spyware was used to hack…
Israeli firm’s spyware used to target journalists’ cell phones
An Israeli company's spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials and human rights…
Hackers demand $70 million to liberate data held by companies hit in mass cyberattack
The hackers suspected to be behind a mass ransomware attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded $70 million…
Ransomware breach at Florida IT firm hits 200 businesses
Hundreds of American businesses were hit by an unusually sophisticated ransomware attack that hijacked widely used technology management software from a Miami-based…
Hackers breached several Polish MPs’ email accounts
The email accounts of about a dozen members of parliament were hacked recently, Polish counter-intelligence revealed, disclosing further details of one of…
Russian security chief says Moscow will cooperate with U.S. against hackers
Russia will work with the United States to locate cyber criminals, the head of the FSB security service said on Wednesday, a…
UPDATED: Internet outages hit Australian lenders, central bank, websites of major U.S. airlines face outage
Australia's central bank, the postal service and several commercial lenders as well as other companies grappled with internet outages on Thursday, disrupting…
Al Jazeera network targeted in cyber attack
Pan-Arab satellite network Al Jazeera said it was subjected to continual hacking attempts over recent days but the cyber attack on Qatar's…
U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrorism
The U.S. Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the…