Schools Look to Improve Cybersecurity, but Many Vulnerable to Ransomware November 21, 2023 By Alanna Durkin Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks, but lax cybersecurity means thousands...
Ransomware Gang LockBit Revises Its Tactics to Get More Blackmail Money November 20, 2023 By Jamie Tarabay LockBit, the prolific ransomware gang that has launched attacks recently on Boeing Co. and Industrial Commercial Bank of China Ltd.,...
FBI Warns on Scattered Spider Hackers, Urges Victims to Come Forward November 17, 2023 By Zeba Siddiqui The FBI warned organizations to guard against the Scattered Spider hacking group, which has breached dozens of American organizations over...
ICBC Flies Top Executives to US in Race to Contain Hack Fallout November 14, 2023 By Jordan Robertson and Katherine Doherty Within days of a cyberattack at its US unit, members of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.’s management were...
Ransomware Gang Lockbit Posts What It Says Is Boeing Data on Site November 13, 2023 By Jordan Robertson and Julie Johnsson The notorious hacking gang Lockbit has posted what it described as documents belonging to Boeing Co. on its website, two...
Boeing Says ‘Cyber Incident’ Hit Parts Business After Ransom Threat November 6, 2023 Boeing, one of the world’s largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating a cyber incident that...
Alliance of 40 Countries to Vow Not to Pay Ransom to Cybercriminals October 31, 2023 By Zeba Siddiqui Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work...
Boeing Assessing Lockbit Hacking Gang Threat of Sensitive Data Leak October 30, 2023 By Zeba Siddiqui Boeing Co said on Oct. 27 that it was assessing a claim made by the Lockbit cybercrime gang that it...
Ransomware Attacks Have Nearly Doubled Over 2022, Says Corvus October 25, 2023 Ransomware attacks are up 95.41% globally in 2023 year over year, a trend showing no signs of slowing. The number...
Ransomware Criminals Aiming at Third-Party Vendors in Hunt for ‘Big Game’ October 20, 2023 By Jim Sams Ransomware victims have become less likely to pay extortion demands, but cyber criminals are changing their tactics by hitting third-party...