UK becomes first country to ban default bad passwords on IoT devices

Britain now has IoT hardware standards that ban weak or easily guessable default passwords such as “admin” or “12345." Manufacturers are also required to publish contact details so users can report bugs.

How the Belarusian Cyber Partisans are fighting a digital war against two dictators

"It's no longer just a struggle for the liberation of Belarus — it's a war against the Russian Empire," says the spokesperson for the Belarusian Cyber Partisans, who keep their operations and their membership tightly protected.

Ukraine’s intelligence claims cyberattack on Russia’s state tax service

Ukraine's defense intelligence directorate (GUR) said it infected thousands of servers belonging to Russia's state tax service with malware, and destroyed databases and backups.

Ukraine dismantles social media bot farm spreading "panic"

The Ukrainian Security Service said on Tuesday that it shut down a bot farm that was spreading panic on social media and had also been used to send out bomb threats.

US says Russian hackers breached multiple DOD contractors

The US government said today that Russian state-sponsored threat actors have targeted and breached multiple defense contractors between January 2020 and February 2022.

FritzFrog botnet returns with new attacks after more than a year of inactivity

After causing havoc throughout 2020, the operators of the FritzFrog botnet have returned with new attacks in 2022 after ceasing any activity last year.

How a Texas hack changed the ransomware business forever

The early morning hours of August 16, 2019 began with the whirring and burping sound of computer printers. The scratch and screech echoed along the empty corridors of the Borger, Tex. administrative offices, paper sliding from tray to ink jet to...

EU wants to build its own DNS infrastructure with built-in filtering capabilities

The European Union is interested in building its own recursive DNS service that will be made available to EU institutions and the general public for free.

Women human rights defenders speak out after Pegasus spyware attacks

A new report shows spyware sold to governments was used to target women human rights defenders in the Middle East, leaving victims isolated and anxious that their most personal moments might be used against them. 

Massive internet outages continue to sow confusion amid Kazakhstan protests

Nation-level internet traffic was cut off in Kazakhstan this week in the latest example of a petrostate trying to use shut downs to quell protests and sow confusion. 

Ubisoft discloses security breach impacting Just Dance gamer data

French video game maker Ubisoft said today that a misconfiguration in its IT infrastructure exposed gamer data for players of its Just Dance video game series.

A mysterious threat actor is running hundreds of malicious Tor relays

Since at least 2017, a mysterious threat actor has run thousands of malicious servers in entry, middle, and exit positions of the Tor network in what a security researcher has described as an attempt to deanonymize Tor users.

A mysterious threat actor is running hundreds of malicious Tor relays

Since at least 2017, a mysterious threat actor has run thousands of malicious servers in entry, middle, and exit positions of the Tor network in what a security researcher has described as an attempt to deanonymize Tor users.

Firefox follows Chrome and prepares to block insecure downloads

Mozilla developers are putting the finishing touches on a new feature that will block insecure file downloads in Firefox.