The FBI has always advised victims not to pay ransomware groups, but its thinking has evolved as attacks have proliferated and worsened.
The latest research out of Kenna Security and Cyentia Institute compared how quickly defenders could remediate vulnerabilities and how quickly attackers could exploit the vulnerability in the wild.
Congress has unanimously passed the bipartisan IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act, which would set minimum security requirements for developing, patching, and configuring Internet of Things.
Firefox 83 includes an option to force HTTPS connections to any site that offers them.
A coalition of civil liberties groups from the U.S. and Europe is warning about the potential consequences of backdoors in encryption systems.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s role goes beyond national security and securing elections. Any shakeup at CISA’s leadership level would affect the work the agency has been doing with privacy sector organizations.
Google has fixed two vulnerabilities in Chrome that have been targeted by attackers in recent days.
Zoe Lindsey, Pete Baker, and Dennis Fisher break down the delightfully goofy and moderately incoherent 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic.
The Trickbot malware operation is back, with a fresh spam campaign delivering malicious Word documents.
Cyentia Institute analyzed some of the costliest, most damaging security incidents and found that they impacted organizations differently.
Starting Dec. 8, all iOS and Mac apps will be required to print "privacy labels" telling users upfront how the apps use their information, just as food manufacturers are required to print nutritional labels on food to provide nutrition information such as calories and ingredients.
Apple has patched three bugs in iOS and macOS that have been exploited by attackers.
Whether it's election security, nation-state attacks, or massive data breaches, there is growing pressure on Congress to do something. One way to suss out how the security and privacy agenda will unfold in the 117th Congress is to look at what these Senators have said and done previously.
Oracle has pushed an emergency patch for CVE-2020-14750, a remotely exploitable flaw in its WebLogic application server.
For many voters, Election Day in the United States was more than just about voting for government officials such as the president, lawmakers, judges, and sheriffs. They were also asked to weigh in on referendums, new state laws, and amendments to the state constitution.