Private-equity firm Apollo will take on 1.3 million CenturyLink Internet users.
The State Department and 3 other US agencies earn a D for cybersecurity
Two years after a damning cybersecurity report, auditors find little has improved.
Awful transaction and timing: AT&T finally ditches DirecTV
AT&T owns 70% of DirecTV spinoff but won’t be managing it anymore.
Trusted platform module security defeated in 30 minutes, no soldering required
Sometimes, locking down a laptop with the latest defenses isn’t enough.
New WireGuardNT shatters throughput ceilings on Windows
Adventurous users can try the new implementation now by adding a registry key.
With help from Google, impersonated Brave.com website pushes malware
With a valid TLS certificate, faux Bravė.com could fool even security-savvy people.
Software downloaded 30,000 times from PyPI ransacked developers’ machines
Expect to see more of these “Frankenstein” malware packages, researchers warn.
New bank-fraud malware called Vultur infects thousands of devices
Screen sharing courtesy of VNC mirrors device screens to attacker-controlled servers.
Feds list the top 30 most exploited vulnerabilities. Many are years old
Hackers continue to exploit publicly known—and often dated—software vulnerabilities.
Biden warns cyber attacks could lead to a “real shooting war”
US president’s remarks follow breaches that paralyzed critical services.