A congressional staff member in the Cannon House Office Building on June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Cybercriminals scam two federal agencies via remote desktop tool, CISA warns CISA and the NSA warned federal agencies that malicious hackers used legitimate remote monitoring and management software to execute scams. Jan 26, 2023 By Christian Vasquez
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., at a Feb. 24 hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Wyden asked online-testing firm ProctorU to bolster its cybersecurity. (Photo by Leigh Vogel-Pool/Getty Images) Online testing firm agrees to security audit after inquiry from senator It’s another case of privacy and security risks emerging in technology that is key to adapting to the coronavirus pandemic. Apr 9, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty images) Florida hack highlights security shortages in US water sector Awareness is the sector is growing, but cybersecurity resources are a challenge. Feb 10, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
An unnamed offshore oil rig was among the infrastructure with vulnerable servers, Claroty researchers said. (Getty Images) New VPN flaws highlight proven pathway for hackers into industrial organizations The research comes the week after the NSA and CISA told industrial companies to clamp down on VPN security. Jul 28, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
A screenshot of World Wired Labs’s website. The “company” has been selling access to a trojan that is similar to one used by Winnti Group. (Greg Otto/Scoop News Group) Who is World Wired Labs and why are they selling an Android trojan? BlackBerry Cylance researchers think they've found a possible shell company for Chinese hackers known as the Winnti group. Apr 7, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
‘China Chopper’ web shell makes a comeback in Lebanon, other Asian countries Cisco's Talos team has found an old favorite of threat groups. Aug 27, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty Images) Russian charged with stealing $1.5 million in hacks on U.S. tax preparers The man behind the handle "Kusok" and others allegedly exploited a vulnerability in a remote access program to steal personal information and use it to file for… Apr 30, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) New research highlights Vietnamese group’s custom hacking tools Researchers at Cylance have uncovered remote access tools linked to the infamous Vietnamese hacking group APT32. Oct 17, 2018 By Sean Lyngaas
Access via CC BY-SA 4.0 Voting machine vendor says it installed remote software connections in a ‘small number’ of systems Election Systems & Software has conceded that it installed remote-access software on systems, potentially leaving them vulnerable to hackers. Jul 17, 2018 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty) New fileless malware uses DNS to pull down instructions DNSMessenger malware gets instructions via Domain Name System inquiries, meaning it flies under the radar in most networks. Mar 6, 2017