DDoS Attacks Surge as Africa Expands Its Digital Footprint
As organizations on the continent expand their use of digital technologies, they increasingly face many of the same threats that entities in other regions have had to deal with for years.
Trump 2.0 Portends Big Shift in Cybersecurity Policies
Changes at CISA and promises of more public-private partnerships and deregulation are just a few ways the incoming administration could upend the feds' role in cybersecurity.
DNSSEC Denial-of-Service Attacks Show Technology's Fragility
The security extensions for the Domain Name System aimed to make the Internet more reliable, but instead the technology has exchanged one set of problems for another.
LinkedIn data scraping nets almost $250K fine for Kaspr
Cybernews reports that Paris-based software firm Kaspr — which provides a paid Chrome browser extension allowing the gathering of LinkedIn users' professional contact information — has been ordered by France's National Commission on Informatics and...
Alleged NetWalker ransomware affiliate Daniel Christian Hulea has been subjected to a two-decade prison sentence for leveraging the ransomware to extort $21.5 million worth of Bitcoin alongside a co-conspirator, SecurityWeek reports