Cyber Security

An Austin man was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for buying credentials for 38,000 compromised PayPal accounts then using those credentials to steal money from the accounts' owners, the Department of Justice announced.

The offerings are included as part of the tech giant's new service category, Microsoft Security Experts, which combines human-led services with expert-trained technology to help organizations achieve better security outcomes.

The regulator's Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit will add 20 new employees, including supervisors, investigative staff attorneys, trial counsels and fraud analysts

The U.S. this week linked a cybercrime group with ties to the North Korean government to a cryptocurrency heist of more than $620 million last month.

Business Email Compromise, BEC, scams get less attention than other cybercrimes.

As hacks and other cybersecurity threats surge, an expert explains how companies and individuals can protect their assets from cybersecurity threats.

WalletHub published a report this week that found the best states for remote work.

Google has yanked dozens of apps from its Google Play store after determining that they include a software element that surreptitiously harvests data.

Pete Pachal, CoinDesk's chief of staff for the content team, weighed in on “one of the biggest hacks in crypto history” on Wednesday,

Cyber attacks against NATO countries originating from Chinese IP addresses have increased 116% since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, new research shows.

Cyberattacks are an "attractive" offensive tactic for Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his invasion of Ukraine because they fall "below the threshold of war."

Four Russian government employees have been charged in years-old cyberattacks that targeted energy companies in the U.S. and around the world, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

Okta Chief Security Officer David Bradbury warned on Wednesday that a total of 366 customers could potentially be impacted after hacking group Lapsus$ gained remote access to a support engineer's computer at third-party sub-processor Sitel from Jan. 16-21.

The tech giant emphasized in a blog post Tuesday evening that "no customer code or data was involved in the observed activities."

Okta chief security officer David Bradbury said in an updated statement on Tuesday that its service has not been breached and remain fully operational.