The number of attacks claimed by ransomware groups in May spiked to the highest level seen in nearly a year, though experts say the claims may be overstated. Ransomware gangs posted 450 victims to ...

Rural hospitals will gain access to cybersecurity services at reduced prices thanks to a new initiative led by Microsoft, Google and the White House. The Biden administration said on Monday Google ...

The Development Bank of Southern Africa said Monday that it was hit with a ransomware attack, adding that servers, logfiles and documents were encrypted by the Akira gang last month. In a statement, ...

The Acreed malware, which emerged earlier this year, is gaining ground with cybercriminals who otherwise might have used the ...

The Play ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for last week's attack on the American semiconductor manufacturer Microchip Technology. The cybercrime group added Microchip Technology to its data ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The discovery that Chinese state-backed hackers had burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure with the aim of causing mass disruption continues to reverberate nearly two years after ...

The U.S. plans to sign an international agreement designed to govern the use of commercial spyware, the State Department said Thursday. The announcement comes nearly a week after 21 countries signed a ...

U.S. senators on Wednesday took a light touch with the acting head of U.S. Cyber Command and the NSA, as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed bewilderment over the firing of his predecessor ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A top White House official on Thursday said the Trump administration will work at “destigmatizing and normalizing” the use of offensive cyber as a tool of national power. “It's not ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, according to three people familiar with the ...

Suspected Russian hackers have launched one of the largest cyberattacks on Ukraine’s state services in recent months, according to a statement from Ukrainian officials late Thursday. The attack ...

The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) is poised to become a stronger force in the second Trump administration and will finally operate as the executive branch cybersecurity policy lead that ...