Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration’s head of the Department of Homeland Security and members of the department’s cybersecurity staff whose jobs included hunting threats from foreign countries, The Associated Press has learned.…
China-Linked Hack Hits Tens of Thousands of U.S. Microsoft Customers
A cyberattack on Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT -2.43% Exchange email software is believed to have infected tens of thousands of businesses, government offices and schools in the U.S., according to people briefed on the matter.
Many of those victims of the …
Exclusive: Suspected Chinese hackers used SolarWinds bug to spy on U.S. payroll agency – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Suspected Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in software made by SolarWinds Corp to help break into U.S. government computers last year, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters, marking a new twist in a sprawling cybersecurity …
Google is buying a company for half a billion dollars to boost cloud security
Google’s $500 million acquisition of Israel-based startup Siemplify is supposed to help the company bolster its own cloud security initiative, Chronicle, according to a report from Reuters. In a blog post announcing the deal, Google describes Siemplify as …
Mitigate SolarWinds Orion Code Compromise
Updated April 15, 2021: The U.S. Government attributes this activity to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). Additional information may be found in a statement from the White House. For more information on SolarWinds-related activity, go to https://us-cert.cisa.gov/remediating-apt-compromised-networks and …
Top Universities Took Billions in Unreported Foreign Funds, U.S. Finds
Cornell University initially failed to report to U.S. authorities more than $1.2 billion in foreign funds it has received in recent years, including $760 million related to its campus in Qatar and about $1 million in contracts from Chinese telecom …