Mimecast Confirms SolarWinds Hackers Stole Code
White House forms task force to tackle Microsoft Exchange attack, Encrypted phone company Sky shuts down, FBI shows a spike in cybercrime during 2020, Japanese government probes Line leak, more
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Ransomware payments fell 35% last year, Chainalysis
Fed CIOs will become political appointees, Trump tries to thin CIA's ranks, DeepSeek's R1 ranks lowest in cybersecurity, Oz bans DeepSeek from government offices, Thailand shuts power from scammer compounds, Unions sue Treasury for database plundering, Evans now CISA senior adviser, much more
Elon Musk knows jack about cybersecurity
US feds charge Canadian man with stealing $65m in crypto, US AID was cryptojacked last year, Exploitable CVEs jumped 20% last year, Meta may withhold some AI systems, Anthropic finds new way to stop harmful content creation, 48 Android patches issued, GrubHub hit with data breach, much more
Very young engineers with no government or infosec experience are rifling through critical US government systems
Spyware maker Paragon Solutions targeted 100 people on WhatsApp, Texas governor bans Chinese AI and social media apps, Researchers show DeepSeek's R1 produces toxic content, Anom sellers plead guilty, Keir Starmer's email was hacked by Russia, Wedding invites distributed malware, much more
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