Cybercrime

A bipartisan group of members of the House Homeland Security Committee introduced legislation that would bolster security for pipelines after the gas shortage caused by this week’s Colonial Pipeline shutdown

A group of pro-Iran Twitter accounts flooded the platform with “massive surges of unmitigated antisemitism” and disinformation, enough to get it trending, as Israel stepped up military strikes against the Tehran-backed Hamas terrorists in Gaza responsible for launching hundreds of rockets at civilian targets this week, according to a nonprofit, politically neutral research institution.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that gas supply in areas affected by the Colonial Pipeline shutdown would take “a few days” to fully return to normal, and urged consumers to “only buy the gas they need” to speed up the process.

With cyberattacks on the rise, there are measures that businesses, network operators and individuals can take to protect themselves.

Janet Yellen’s ominous warnings on cryptocurrencies may have just played out for Colonial Pipeline.

The Colonial Pipeline has returned to operations following a cyberattack that snarled gas supply for the eastern U.S. for days, according to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.

The Colonial Pipeline may be the first of other major U.S. infrastructure attacks, says the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Colonial Pipeline may have been using an outdated version of Microsoft Exchange when it was targeted by a ransomware attack late last week.

The Biden administration on Tuesday night detailed its “comprehensive” response aimed at securing the nation’s fuel supply chain as the Colonial Pipeline remained out of commission due to a cyberattack.

Colonial Pipeline is prepared to deliver an additional 2 million barrels of gasoline when its systems restart, the company said on Tuesday.

The Seattle-based company is trying to hold the bad actors accountable for allegedly creating fraudulent text message campaigns using Amazon's name to ultimately drive traffic to other advertisers or websites.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday declared a state of emergency as the Colonial Pipeline, which transports a significant amount of gasoline to the East Coast, remained offline following a ransomware attack.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Monday declared a state of emergency over the temporary outage of the Colonial Pipeline caused by a cybersecurity attack.

DarkSide appeared in August 2020 and has already hit dozens of companies in the US and Europe

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

Scammers are increasingly targeting those seeking ammunition and other gun accessories as ammo is in short supply and the market is flooded with first-time firearms buyers, according to hunting and shooting sports forum GoWild.

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