A Vast New Data Set Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering
As a test of their resulting AI tool, the researchers checked its outputs with one cryptocurrency exchange—which the paper doesn’t name—identifying 52 […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
The Dangerous Rise of GPS Attacks
The disruption to GPS services started getting worse on Christmas Day. Planes and ships moving around southern Sweden and Poland lost connectivity […]
The White House Has a New Master Plan to Stop Worst-Case Scenarios
The Biden administration is updating the US government’s blueprint for protecting the country’s most important infrastructure from hackers, terrorists, and natural disasters. […]
‘ArcaneDoor’ Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks
Network security appliances like firewalls are meant to keep hackers out. Instead, digital intruders are increasingly targeting them as the weak link […]
Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak
For Change Healthcare and the beleaguered medical practices, hospitals, and patients that depend on it, the confirmation of its extortion payment to […]
AI-Controlled Fighter Jets Are Dogfighting With Human Pilots Now
Looking for love? Be careful what you wish for. A loose-knit community of con artists known as Yahoo Boys has begun using […]
Hackers Linked to Russia’s Military Claim Credit for Sabotaging US Water Utilities
Russia’s military intelligence unit known as Sandworm has, for the past decade, served as the Kremlin’s most aggressive cyberattack force, triggering blackouts […]
Change Healthcare’s New Ransomware Nightmare Goes From Bad to Worse
Change Healthcare is facing a new cybersecurity nightmare after a ransomware group began selling what it claims is Americans’ sensitive medical and […]
The US Government Has a Microsoft Problem
These incidents occurred as security experts were increasingly criticizing Microsoft for failing to promptly and adequately fix flaws in its products. As […]
Roku Breach Hits 567,000 Users
After months of delays, the US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend a controversial warrantless wiretap program for two years. […]