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February 7, 2018

Russian hackers hunt hi-tech secrets, exploiting US weakness

Russian cyberspies pursuing the secrets of military drones and other sensitive U.S. defense technology tricked key contract workers into exposing their email to theft, an Associated Press investigation has found.

February 4, 2018

Tech Q&A: Dueling assistants, outsmarting hackers, blocking texts, and more

Want to know how to choose the best virtual assistant, outsmart hackers, and block texts? Then read this column.

February 2, 2018

Russian hacker thought to be spam kingpin extradited to US

Spain says it has extradited to the United States a Russian citizen who is suspected of being one the world's most notorious spammers.

February 2, 2018

Hackers using porn as bait for online scams that 'steal your data and money by the second'

Porn is being used as bait for scams designed to steal money and private info from internet users.

January 30, 2018

Israel security chief: We foiled cyberattacks from all over the world in 2017

Israeli Security Agency Director Nadav Argaman revealed on Tuesday that his agency has foiled cyberattacks against Israeli systems from various sources around the world in the past year.

January 29, 2018

Beware sophisticated ATM 'jackpotting' attack, warns Secret Service

Criminals are using technology to target ATMs in a sophisticated ‘jackpotting’ attack, warns the Secret Service.

January 24, 2018

Hackers steal as much as 10 percent of new cryptocurrency funds

Whenever a new cryptocurrency is launched, it usually goes through an initial coin offer where investors are brought in to get it off the ground. As much as 10 percent of those funds though, are being stolen by hackers.

January 19, 2018

To fix the Spectre, Meltdown threat, it isn't always pretty

The Spectre Meltdown threat to computers worldwide has fixes now. But the fixes can sometimes sap performance.

January 12, 2018

US Senate in Russian hackers' crosshairs, cybersecurity firm says

PARIS (AP) — The same Russian government-aligned hackers who penetrated the Democratic Party have spent the past few months laying the groundwork for an espionage campaign against the U.S. Senate, a cybersecurity firm said Friday.

December 14, 2017

Hackers halt plant operations in 'watershed' cyberattack

Hackers managed to invade the safety system of an infrastructure facility in what analysts are calling a “watershed” cyberattack that stopped plant operations, according to investigators.