Cases reported to the FTC doubled last year as cybercriminals took advantage of increased filing for government relief benefits due to the pandemic. [...]

New details emerge of how North Korean-linked APT won trust of experts and exploited Visual Studio to infect systems with ‘Comebacker’ malware. [...]

Pretending to be someone else online could become a criminal offense, setting a precedent for other states to follow. [...]

The suspect allegedly has extorted $27.6 million from ransomware victims, mostly in the healthcare sector. [...]

Hundreds of servers and 1 million Emotet infections have been dismantled globally, while authorities have taken NetWalker's Dark Web leaks site offline and charged a suspect. [...]

Hackers masquerade as security researchers to befriend analysts and eventually infect fully patched systems at multiple firms with a malicious backdoor. [...]

Tom Kellermann, head of cybersecurity strategy for VMware Carbon Black, talks about the top security challenges facing the US government as a new presidential administration steps in. [...]

Ajit Pai says Chinese telecom companies ‘biggest national security threat’ for regulators in exit interview. [...]

Joyce will replace Anne Neuberger, who is now deputy national security advisor for the incoming Biden administration. [...]

Judge bars former Tallahassee city ethics officer from internet-connected devices after her arrest for cyberstalking. [...]

CISA has issued an alert warning that cloud services at U.S. organizations are being actively and successfully targeted. [...]

Europol announced a wide-ranging investigation that led to the arrest of the alleged DarkMarket operator and the seizure of the marketplace's infrastructure, including more than 20 servers. [...]

Researchers informed organization of a flaw that exposed GitHub credentials through the organization’s vulnerability disclosure program. [...]

Researchers have spotted notable code overlap between the Sunburst backdoor and a known Turla weapon. [...]

This week, researchers have responsibly disclosed a vulnerability by exploiting which they could access over 100K private records of United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). The data breach stemmed from exposed Git directories which let researchers clone Git repositories and gather PII of a large number of employees. [...]

Threatpost editors discuss the SolarWinds hack, healthcare ransomware attacks and other threats that will plague enterprises in 2021. [...]

Former CISA director Chris Krebs and former Facebook security exec Alex Stamos have teamed up to create a new consulting group - and have been hired by SolarWinds. [...]

The agency said the malware has already compromised more than 150 organizations and provided insight into its ransomware-as-a-service behavior. [...]

The NSA released new guidance providing system administrators with the tools to update outdated TLS protocols. [...]

The NSA released new guidance providing system administrators with the tools to update outdated TLS protocols. [...]

Report outlines deep cybersecurity challenges for the public/private seagoing sector. [...]

The widespread compromise affecting key government agencies is ongoing, according to the U.S. government. [...]