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The Cabrillo Unified School District will soon have 600 new tablets for its pre-K through third-grade students. School officials say the new equipment will host the most stringent security standards

Hackers tied to a military intelligence agency allegedly attempted to steal more than $1.3 billion.

Ultimately, individuals and companies alike need to follow similar procedures to Microsoft lest they learn these lessons the hard way.

US charges North Korean hackers in $1.3 billion theft scheme

SHAH ALAM: Eleven men, believed to be part of the "Anonymous Malaysia" hacker group, have been detained following six raids conducted in Pahang, Johor, Perak and the Klang Valley. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said the suspects, aged between 22 and 40, were detained on Wednesday (Feb 17) night following the groups threat to hack the governments computer system. Among those arrested by the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department, he said, was...

Hacker Boat plans to expand in Queensbury FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5A view of a runabout docked at the Hacker Boat Company on Monday, June 27, 2011 in Silver Bay. Hacker Boat Company is the leading American manufacturer of handcrafted mahogany boats. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)Paul Buckowski Show MoreShow Less 2of5 George Badcock, president and CEO of the Hacker Boat Company, sits in one of the companys racers in the showroom on Monday, June 27, 2011 in Silver Bay. Hacker Boat ...

As the U.S. continues to chart the damage from the sweeping “SolarWinds” hack, France has announced that it too has suffered a large supply chain cyberattack. The news comes via a recently released technical report published by the Agence Nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information—or simply ANSSI—the French government’s chief cybersecurity agency. Like the U.S., French authorities have implied that Russia is probably involved.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources cautioned Wisconsin’s 611 municipal water systems Wednesday to take steps to secure their computerized control systems, including installing firewalls and using strong passwords.

The hacker claimed he spent 30 minutes on Koo and found the platform was exposing sensitive user information like email addresses, names, gender, etc.

Get Permission Did Russia pass a tough new cryptocurrency law to help authorities recruit or compel criminal hackers to assist the government? Thats the thesis of a new report from New York-based threat intelligence firm Advanced Intelligence, aka AdvIntel. While a new law in Russia that took effect on Jan. 1 provides a legal framework for using cryptocurrency, it also includes a host of provisions designed to unmask users of bitcoins, monero and other virtual currencies, the report notes. "By...