North Korean hacker used hospital ransomware attacks to fund espionage
U.S. prosecutors say Rim Jong Hyok used ransom payments from American health care providers to steal military secrets.
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‘Almost every nation’ now has cyber vulnerability exploitation program, NSA official says
Rob Joyce also shared his agenda as director of cybersecurity.
For North Korea, phishing with fake job-recruitment emails never gets old
This time, the spies were trying to get access to European defense firms, McAfee says.
How spies used LinkedIn to hack European defense companies
It's a cautionary tale in the use of social engineering for espionage.
GAO: Cyber Command is overspending on data tools
The project is going to cost five times more than what military officials originally estimated.
Japan investigates Mitsubishi Electric breach amid national security concerns
Data likely stolen in the hack included specifications of missile prototypes, according to Japanese media.
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A Department of Defense bulletin on a ‘leaking’ sinkhole has baffled cybersecurity experts
Sinkholes don't leak. So why does a small DOD agency say a Chinese hacking group is using one to steal data?
Hackers are using coronavirus-themed phishing lures to go after DOD networks
Hackers are targeting defense industrial base companies and their networks in order to move into DOD systems.
Cozy Bear kept moving after 2016 election, ESET says
The group, also known as APT29 and the Dukes, was "able to fly under the radar for many years while compromising high-value targets, as before," according to…
‘It’s going to be painful’: Pentagon official urges contractors to improve cybersecurity
A politician-turned-defense official is trying to shake up the acquisition bureaucracy.