New legislation introduced this week by US lawmakers aims to set ransomware attack response "rules of road" for US financial institutions. The Ransomware and Financial Stability Act (H.R.5936) was introduced this week by the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Patrick McHenry.

Lupovis, a cybersecurity spin-out from the University of Strathclyde, has secured a pre-seed investment of over €700k from a syndicate co-led by Techstart Ventures and Nauta Capital, and investment form the University of Strathclyde itself.

UK government will see the introduction of comprehensive rules to prevent online harms to children, including biometrics-based age checks.

The National Rifle Association has reportedly been hacked. A cybercriminal gang claims to have stolen the much maligned gun lobby’s data and has been posting samples of it to the internet.

Data theft, the dark web's worth, and cybercriminals' behavior have all changed substantially in recent years, according to Bitglass. Using Bitglass's data tracking technology, Bitglass was able to undertake the world's first Dark Web data tracking experiment in 2015. After re-creating this experiment six years later, the Bitglass Threat Research Group concluded that as the world has become increasingly digital, there are a growing amount of data breaches.

A hacker has breached the Argentinian government’s IT network and stolen ID card details for the country’s entire population, data that is now being sold in private circles. The hack, which took place last month, targeted RENAPER, which stands for Registro Nacional de las Personas, translated as National Registry of Persons.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday called for a criminal investigation into a journalist who discovered a vulnerability on a state website that left the Social Security numbers of thousands of public school teachers exposed.

Apple Inc on Wednesday ramped up its criticism of EU draft rules that would force it to allow users to install software from outside its App Store, saying that would boost the risk of cybercriminals and malware.

A new survey has reached a startling conclusion: iPhone apps tend to violate your privacy just as often as Android apps do. "Overall, we find that neither platform is clearly better than the other for privacy across the dimensions we studied," say the academic paper entitled "Are iPhones Really Better for Privacy?" and presented by researchers from the University of Oxford.

A recent study shows that remote working still poses a significant cybersecurity risk and that business owners prefer to hide cybersecurity incidents.

If your data center's ransomware recovery plan is to pay off the hackers with cryptocurrency, it's time to rethink your strategy as regulators crack down. Today, every data center manager should be aware of the dangers of ransomware and have a disaster recovery plan that doesn't involve paying hackers’ ransomware demands.

Apple has spent the past week rushing to develop a fix for a major security flaw which allows spyware to be downloaded on an iPhone or iPad without the owner even clicking a button. But how do such "zero-click" attacks work, and can they be stopped?

The three former US intelligence operatives and military members accused of helping the United Arab Emirates spy on its enemies have agreed to pay the fine, and ExpressVPN says it still trusts the one in its employ.

A new law gives Australian police unprecedented powers for online surveillance, data interception and altering data. These powers, outlined in the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill, raise concerns over potential misuse, privacy and security.

On the Friday heading into Memorial Day weekend this year, it was meat processing giant JBS. On the Friday before the Fourth of July, it was IT management software company Kaseya and, by extension, over a thousand businesses of varying size. It remains to be seen whether Labor Day will see a high-profile ransomware meltdown as well, but one thing is clear: Hackers love holidays.

A security researcher has earned a $7,500 bug bounty after discovering an exploit that could have permitted gamers to boost their in-game Steam wallet balances by artificially increasing the value of deposits. The ‘unlimited funds’ cheat was promptly triaged by Valve Software – the firm behind the popular Steam gaming platform – and resolved just days after its discovery.

Amazon, Microsoft and Google are part of a new U.S. government initiative aimed at protecting critical infrastructure and fighting ransomware attacks. The new Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) involves federal agencies, state and local governments and a large number of private sector organizations.

Government officials in the US, UK, and Australia are urging public- and private-sector organizations to secure their networks by ensuring firewalls, VPNs, and other network-perimeter devices are patched against the most widespread exploits. In a joint advisory published Wednesday, the US FBI and CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), the Australian Cyber Security Center, and the UK's National Cyber Security Center listed the top 30 or so most exploited vulnerabilities.

NSA whistleblower warns of world in which no phone is safe from state-sponsored hackers if no action taken

Amnesty International said its analysis indicates all current iPhone models and iOS versions are vulnerable to attack by NSO Group's software.