Cybersecurity News

A cyber-espionage group has been targeting Russian government agencies and companies in the aviation industry to steal sensitive geospatial data.

Security researchers and European cybersecurity officials are urging administrators to address the risk posed by a newly discovered security flaw that has been hiding in the Linux operating system for nearly a decade.

The latest House action came after the Senate declared the previous bill dead on arrival because it included a ban on the Federal Reserve’s ability to issue a digital currency. Instead, the upper chamber approved a 45-day extension by unanimous consent.

In an advisory this week, FBI officials said cyber actors have spent the last two years breaking into the systems of brokers and carriers — allowing them to pose as victim companies and post fraudulent listings on freight delivery message boards.

On Tuesday, Zambia’s Minister of Technology and Science offered the first hint that the conference would be cancelled, telling a Zambian news outlet that participants’ security clearances were incomplete and that the government has concerns about the conference’s “dialogue.”