Two Russian hackers, members of a group called "Shaltay-Boltai" - Humpty Dumpty in Russian - that stole and sold high-level Russian officials' emails, have been sentenced to serve three years in prison. The case against them may tie to a high-profile Russian treason investigation.
Facebook says hundreds of bogus profiles and group pages likely linked to Russia bought $100,000 worth of politically themed and divisive ads aimed at U.S. voters. The finding affirms the belief of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia waged a multipronged effort to disrupt the U.S. election.
In today's threat environment, investments in cybersecurity technologies as well as cyber insurance are more critical than ever, says Tim Francis of Travelers Business Insurance.
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is giving CISOs a foundation for communicating more clearly with the board about security issues, says Vivek Shivananda of Rsam.
We all see the heightened global tensions with Russia, North Korea and China. But what's happening below the surface, where cyberattacks originate? Tom Kellermann of Strategic Cyber Ventures shares insight on the shifting threat landscape - and how the U.S. must re-think its response.
When he was an FBI agent, Jay Kramer always preached the importance of having relationships with law enforcement in advance of experiencing a data breach. Now, as a private sector attorney, he can help clients form those relationships.
Lenovo will pay $3.5 million to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and 32 states to settle a case brought against it over advertising software with serious security issues that was preinstalled on thousands of the company's laptops.
The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says publicly traded businesses must better describe their cybersecurity risks to investors. Wall Street's top regulator also warned of a surge in initial coin offering scams - the same week that China banned ICOs altogether.
Cory Mazzola, a cybersecurity leader at Las Vegas Sands Corp., says recruiting security pros amid a talent shortage requires putting aside expectations about degrees and backgrounds. Instead, he says companies need to be willing to develop new skills in their new hires.
Security experts often contend that potential damage from cyberattacks can be avoided if organizations just patch their systems. But Bank of the West Deputy Chief Security Officer David Pollino says applying patches sometimes is more easily said than done.
Instagram is warning that more users were affected by a hack of its systems than it first suspected. While email addresses - and some phone numbers - for celebrities, including Emma Watson and Lady Gaga, appear to have been compromised, 6 million account holders in total may have been affected.
AT&T's U-verse routers and gateways contain a bevy of internet-of-things coding errors that could be easily exploited by hackers, a researcher contends. As many as 235,000 hosts could be vulnerable to attack.
This special edition of the ISMG Security Report features the observations of top cybersecurity experts featured at Information Security Media Group's recent Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit in New York.
"We've been ducking bullets" when it comes to cybersecurity incidents impacting patient safety, says consultant Brian Selfridge, a former healthcare CISO, who discusses today's emerging risks.
The U.S. federal government and many states haven't conducted forensic investigations into the election systems probed by hackers prior to the 2016 election. An investigation by the New York Times has found two more providers of election systems that were breached.
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