Cyberattack Causes Chaos in Costa Rica Government Systems
Nearly a week into a ransomware attack that has crippled Costa Rican government computer systems, the country refused to pay a ransom as it...
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Judge Sends Assange Extradition Decision to UK Government
A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The case will now...
New Hacking Campaign Targeting Ukrainian Government with IcedID Malware
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new wave of social engineering campaigns delivering IcedID malware and leveraging Zimbra...
Government workers rely on Microsoft. That could be a security problem, Google claims
Google Cloud has published the results of a survey that it says shows the pervasive use of Microsoft tools in government is making workers...
Transparent Tribe APT returns to strike India’s government and military
The Transparent Tribe hacking group is back with a new malware arsenal and victim list including India’s government and military. Active since at least...
WA government allocates AU$25.5m to expand cybersecurity services
The Western Australian government has announced it will invest AU$25.5 million to expand the state’s cybersecurity services. The funding, delivered under the state government’s...
U.S. Government Warns Companies of Potential Russian Cyber Attacks
The U.S. government on Monday once again cautioned of potential cyber attacks from Russia in retaliation for economic sanctions imposed by the west on...
German Government Warns Against Using Russia’s Kaspersky Antivirus Software
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky on Tuesday responded to an advisory released by Germany’s Federal Office of Information Security (BSI) against using the company’s security...
Israel Says Government Sites Targeted by Hack
Israel’s National Cyber Directorate said that the country suffered a cyber attack on Monday that briefly took down a number of government web sites....
Massive DDoS Attack Knocked Israeli Government Websites Offline
A number of websites belonging to the Israeli government were felled in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Monday, rendering the portals inaccessible for...