Ransomware Payments Decreased by 35% in 2024, Research Finds
Ransomware payments dropped 35% in 2024 due to law enforcement crackdowns and stronger cyber defenses, forcing attackers to adapt with new tactics.
The Sunday Times5d
Critical government institution websites to be made secure after last year’s spate of cyber-attacks
As part of efforts to protect government infrastructure and information systems from cyber-attacks, 40 key institutions which have been identified as having critical systems running on their websites ...
Security News This Week: Foreign Hackers Are Using Google’s Gemini in Attacks on the US
Plus: WhatsApp discloses nearly 100 targets of spyware, hackers used the AT&T breach to hunt for details on US politicians, ...
Wired5d
US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time
Several government websites have been taken down, including the USAID.gov, ForeignAssistance.gov, NeglectedDiseases.gov, and ChildrenInAdversity.gov. A WIRED analysis of more than 1,000 federal ...
scmp.com5d
Entire pages wiped from US government websites as Trump officials target ‘gender ideology’
and replace the term “gender” with “sex” on government forms. Much public health information was taken down from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s website ...
Reuters5d
Drone attack targets Iraq's northern Khor Mor gas field, security sources say
BAGHDAD, Feb 2 (Reuters) - A drone attack targeted the Khor Mor gas field ... the Kurdish Regional Government's Ministry of Natural Resources reported. The Pearl Consortium, United Arab Emirates ...
CBS News6d
Agencies asked to scrub federal government websites to remove diversity-related content
The Trump administration planned to scrub some federal government websites in order to remove content contrary to the president's thinking, administration officials told CBS News, and word spread ...
Newsweek6d
Trump Says Pausing Government Websites Not 'Bad Idea' Amid Outage Reports
Languages: English. President Donald Trump suggested a temporary pause on government websites may not be a "bad idea" amid reports of some web pages going dark on Friday. "I don't know.
U.S. News & World Report4d
Drone Attack Targets Iraq's Northern Khor Mor Gas Field, Security Sources Say
Drone Attack Targets Iraq's Northern Khor Mor Gas Field ... the Kurdish Regional Government's Ministry of Natural Resources reported. The Pearl Consortium, United Arab Emirates energy firm ...
The New York Times5d
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
By Ethan Singer More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found, as federal agencies ...
The Hill6d
OPM denies federal government website shutdown reports: ‘False rumors’
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said it gave no orders to shut down government websites amid confusion over complying with a new Trump administration policy requiring agencies to scrub ...
The Raw Story6d
'Not normal': Trump admin trashed as government websites expected to go dark
Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the ...