Cyber Security

The cyberattack attempt that has forced the shutdown of a vital gasoline and diesel pipeline was carried out by a criminal gang known as DarkSide that cultivates a Robin Hood image of stealing from corporations and giving a cut to charity, a person close to the investigation said Sunday.

The largest gasoline and diesel pipeline in the U.S. abruptly shut down Friday after a cyberattack, and the shutdown could affect gas prices if it drags on, according to one expert. 

The Colonial Pipeline, the main conduit carrying gasoline and diesel fuel to the U.S. East Coast, said it had halted all operations after being hit with a cyberattack.

Researchers used a Wi-Fi-enabled drone to hack into a Tesla vehicle's infotainment system.

Don’t get scammed. Watch out for these red flags and protect yourself.

Peloton's security glitch made sensitive user data like location, age and weight vulnerable, a new report suggests.

A cybersecurity blog reported that a reader had his credit freeze "thawed” without authorization on Experian’s website, demonstrating “how truly broken authentication and security remains in the credit bureau space.”

The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department said on Monday that the FBI is investigating a hack that allowed unauthorized access to its server.

Cyber security firm Proofpoint is going private in a $12.3 billion deal.

The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers to avoid airfare scams as they start to book travel.

The UK’s MI5 security service said that over the past five years at least 10,000 UK nationals have been targeted by fake LinkedIn profiles connected to hostile nation-state actors.

The scam imitates popular online services TypeForm and Microsoft OneDrive with the aim of stealing sensitive personal information.

It was Microsoft whose code the cyber spies persistently abused in the hacking campaign's second stage.

Microsoft and delivery service DHL led a list of the 10 most-imitated brands in global phishing attempts in the first quarter of 2021.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned again that cyber threats are the biggest unknown for the US financial system.

The rare directive applies to software fixes for four flaws discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency and reported to Microsoft

In the wake of the leak of personal information of more than 500 million Facebook users, here’s what you can do to protect yourself.

Some LinkedIn data, including publicly viewable member profile, has been scraped and posted for sale, Microsoft Corp’s professional networking site said based on an investigation.