Billions of people around the world are expected to go to the polls in 2024 in what will be the most consequential election year in recent memory.

The two agencies' joint election security task force has convened every election year for the last several campaign cycles. For 2024, the NSA and Cyber Command aren't identifying who's in charge.

The White House unveiled a slate of new orders and requirements for federal agencies related to the use of artificial intelligence.

Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar says an investigation into Pegasus use by current and former government officials has expanded to hundreds more people than initially reported.

FBI Director Christopher Wray noted advances in generative artificial intelligence are “lowering the barrier to entry" for foreign adversaries to engage in malign influence.

Researchers at the U.S. cybersecurity firm Resecurity reported a nearly 325% jump in cyberattacks and other digital operations since the beginning of the year.

The regulations mandated by the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act are available for public comment. Officials said the rules would help CISA better respond to incidents and...

Florida House Speaker Paul Renner said after the bill's passage that it would protect minors from the internet, which he called a “dark alley for our children where predators target them.”

France’s data protection authority fined Amazon €32 million ($34.7 million) for excessively monitoring employees in its large warehouses and for not deleting that data in a timely manner, among other...

Harry Coker would become just the second person to hold the job. He's a former executive director of the NSA — the agency's third-highest position.

Illia Vitiuk has been reassigned to serve in combat and already has left for the front, according to a news report that cited a statement from the security service (SBU).

Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national, ran the LockBit ransomware gang under the alias LockbitSupp, said authorities from the U.S., U.K. and Australia.

The rules will bar doctors, insurers and other health-care groups from making health information available to state officials investigating, prosecuting, or filing a lawsuit against a patient or...

A classic type of fraud — when a crook impersonates a business or a government agency — appears to be bigger than ever, according to federal statistics, and it’s now most likely to begin via text...

Officials from multiple Israeli government agencies have raided today the offices of surveillance software vendor NSO Group, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced today.

Researchers are WithSecure have provided more detail on a backdoor they call Kapeka, which Russian state-backed hackers have been using since 2022.

Ukraine's defense intelligence directorate (GUR) said it infected thousands of servers belonging to Russia's state tax service with malware, and destroyed databases and backups.

I talked to Carl Bildt recently about how global leaders should think about cybersecurity, and which policies can keep people safe online.

Despite the countries' warm relationship, Russia is being targeted by North Korean and Chinese state hacking groups, a cybersecurity firm connected to Rostelecom claims.

Disinformation about the fighting between Israel and Hamas has spread like wildfire on social media platforms like X and Facebook.

Illia Vitiuk, head of cybersecurity at the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), said that hackers have been getting into Russian systems to find out the Kremlin’s targets, how the enemy’s troops move,...

An ongoing Russian campaign is trying to gain access to the email accounts of academics and researchers, according to messages and files seen by Recorded Future News and independently analyzed by two...

Researchers from Insikt Group are currently tracking over 2,000 inauthentic accounts associated with Dopplegänger, but say the actual number could be even higher.

The White House unveiled its National Cybersecurity Strategy on Thursday, calling for more regulations and offensive cyber action.

Nigeria detained former IRS investigator Tigran Gambaryan in February for crimes it says his company, Binance, committed. Current and former agents have cried foul and are asking why the U.S....

Government agencies in the Philippines announced this weekend they had repelled a cyberattack from hackers suspected to be based in China, prompting lawmakers to demand an urgent briefing on the...

The Russian private army known as the Wagner Group is trying to persuade young men to join the fight in Ukraine. The Click Here podcast team talks to a former Wagner member about that process — and...

Russia is stepping up cyberattacks on Ukraine's law enforcement agencies in an effort to uncover what they know about war crimes committed by Russian soldiers in the country, according to Ukrainian...

A federal judge will not stop the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from intensifying restrictions it previously imposed on Meta as part of a record-breaking $5 billion privacy settlement.

Ukrainian hackers claim to have broken into the email account of a senior Russian politician and exposed documents that allegedly prove his involvement in money laundering and sanction evasion...

According to police, the suspect served as a “banker” for Hive affiliates, helping them manage stolen funds.

Both Russia and China attempted to influence the 2022 U.S. midterms but did not successfully hack into the country’s election infrastructure or otherwise disrupt voting, the U.S. intelligence...

When Iranian government operatives hacked into water utilities across the U.S. late last year, it was a chilling reminder of how vulnerable the water sector remains — and how tortuous the efforts to...

Manufacturers will be able to put a new “U.S Cyber Trust Mark” on Internet of Things (IoT) devices that comply with specific federal cybersecurity standards.

When completed, the Torre Centinela in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, will be a 20-story surveillance colossus serving state governments on both sides of the border. Activists and privacy advocates are...

The claim is the latest in a series of attempts by the People’s Republic of China to highlight alleged U.S. intelligence-gathering operations.

The acting cyber director for the Biden administration, Kemba Walden, warned attendees of a security conference in Tallinn, Estonia, to think about how vast stores of unclassified data can be...

The tech giant will store within what it calls the “EU data boundary” all customer data across cloud services such as Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform and Dynamics 365.

The tech industry has shaped a series of weak privacy laws nationwide, according to a new report, with half of the 14 states to have passed such laws receiving failing grades and none receiving an...

A Chinese state-sponsored hacking group gained access to critical infrastructure organizations in Guam and other parts of the U.S., Microsoft warned on Wednesday.

Israel is experiencing direct cyber and misinformation attacks from a variety of adversaries as it battles Hamas, according to NSA’s Rob Joyce.

When a Russian bomb damaged a beloved library in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, locals feared that it would be lost forever. Then a cutting-edge technology came to the rescue.

As the executive director of Israel’s CERT, Lavy Shtokhamer dealt with more cyberattacks in a week than many professionals see in a year

As mandated by Congress, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy is coming this month.

The latest report from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) includes an attack that breached data on the sex lives of up to 10,000 people, from an unspecific government department.

Yurii Vykhodets, who leads Ukraine's Cyber Police, said that he now spends much of his time trying to investigate and prevent cyberattacks targeting government institutions and critical infrastruct...

An unprecedentedly critical parliamentary report calls for the Home Office to be stripped of its responsibility for countering ransomware.

In recent years, Ukraine has become an involuntary testing ground for some of the most dangerous cyberweapons in the world.

The CEO of one of the largest banks in the world discusses cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence, as well as how he's been able to influence cybersecurity culture.

A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and...

David Cohen,a partner at the law firm WilmerHale, talked to The Record about what the OFAC and FinCEN guidance means for businesses.

U.S. intelligence agencies are warning of increasing cyberattacks targeting U.S.-based space companies by unnamed foreign intelligence services.

Until recently, Richard LaTulip was one of the Secret Service’s special agents who went undercover to better understand cybercriminals.

The free service Privacy4Cars allows car owners to pull a full report on exactly what data their car is scooping up — and explain how to erase it.

Munich, one of Germany’s largest cities buried deep in Bavaria in the country’s south, will this week host the largest working gathering on the planet of presidents, senior ministers, diplomats, and...

The Record by Recorded Future has hired Catalin Cimpanu as its first dedicated reporter to build out a must-read site for cybersecurity news.

Chairman Mike Turner and colleagues issued the second proposal in as many weeks to rewrite federal surveillance authorities known as Section 702. A deadline to renew those powers is approaching soon.

Two contractors that provide relocation services for personnel informed the Canadian government of the breach in October.

This week, the Click Here podcast landed a rare interview with the purported leader of the LockBit ransomware group – he goes by the name LockBitSupp. He’s under pressure because last month an...

The FBI’s annual Internet Crime Report says the 2023 total is a 22% increase over the previous year.

Over the last two weeks, as the Kremlin has increasingly tightened its control on independent media and censored news about its invasion of Ukraine, people around the world have used a new tool to...

When malware repository vx-underground launched in 2019, it hardly made a splash in the hacking world. \"I had no success really,\" said its founder, who goes by the online moniker smelly_vx.

The internet was less free and open for users around the world last year, the human rights advocacy organization Freedom House said Wednesday — a trajectory that has the potential to worsen if...

On a recent trip to Ukraine, Click Here spoke with Ukraine's Alex Bornyakov about the country's booming drone sector and the Brave1 initiative, which aims to get innovative weapons into the hands of...

Hackers suspected of being tied to Iran’s government have been deploying new destructive malware against Israeli organizations, according to recent research.

Recorded Future News will be providing live coverage from the 2024 RSA Conference in San Francisco.

Belgium\'s top cybersecurity authority talked about the future of digital identity and how governments must gain trust for cybersecurity.

Microsoft has open-sourced today a tool that can be used to build lab environments where security teams can simulate attacks and verify the detection effectiveness of Microsoft security products.

The United Kingdom's crime and policing minister, Chris Philp, says the government is putting technology in place to take advantage of existing legal authorities to access the passport database.

The Securities and Exchange Commission approved new rules Wednesday requiring companies that it regulates to quickly disclose “material” cybersecurity incidents and share the details of their...

Amit Meltzer, a former CTO in the Israeli intelligence community, talks about how his experience shaped his thinking on cybersecurity.

Onstage at the Predict 2023 conference in Washington, D.C., Chris Inglis spoke to Recorded Future News’ Martin Matishak about the wars in Israel and Ukraine, plans for a national cyber alert system...

Many U.S. citizens don’t know their car data can easily be sucked up by a company working with law enforcement, potentially without a warrant, raising questions about automobile privacy.

The automaker drew controversy last year when the patent application came to light. The proposed technology included a way for self-driving cars to repossess themselves.

An Iranian technology company is providing infrastructure services to ransomware gangs and an array of nation-state hackers, researchers have found.

A cybersecurity expert working for a Ukrainian energy facility thwarted an initial intrusion by Russian hackers, according to Ukraine’s computer emergency response team (CERT-UA).

LockBit — the most prolific ransomware group in the world — had its website seized Monday as part of an international law enforcement operation that involved the U.K.’s National Crime Agency, the...

The Moscow-backed hacking group known as Gamaredon is ramping up its attacks on Ukraine's military and government agencies amid the country’s long-awaited counteroffensive.

As Russia’s war with Ukraine drags on, the Kremlin has doubled down on its efforts to take control of the internet on its own turf.

The House on Tuesday approved a host of bipartisan bills meant to strengthen and expand CISA’s role in the country’s cybersecurity and better secure critical infrastructure networks.

A Romanian hacker who ran the infrastructure behind several malware strains was sentenced to three years in federal prison on Monday.

The Click Here podcast team goes inside Ukraine’s military drone industry, where entrepreneurs are putting innovative weapons into the hands of soldiers in a matter of weeks, not months.

A hacking group associated with Russia’s military intelligence agency has been spying on French universities, businesses, think tanks, and government agencies, according to a new report from France’s...

An interview with Kiersten Todt, Chief of Staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

The Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against two founders of Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer that was accused of helping North Korean hackers launder hundreds of millions of dollars...

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) is accusing U.S. intelligence of hacking “thousands of Apple phones” to spy on Russian diplomats.

Nina Jankowicz, who resigned as head of the Biden administration's Disinformation Governance Board, talks with the Click Here podcast team about the online abuse she faced and the defamation lawsuit...

A group of House and Senate lawmakers introduced this year's first significant attempt to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Act.

Last week's global takedown of the Qaknet botnet was momentous, but if history is a lesson there is no guarantee the malware won't resurface.

The repository, to be called “Multiscanner,” would mimic the Google-owned platform, which allows organizations to share suspected malware.

Shell confirmed on Thursday it had been impacted by the Clop ransomware gang’s breach of the MOVEit file transfer tool after the group listed the British oil and gas multinational on its extortion...

Cyber-security firm Trend Micro has published today a 46-page report detailing the history and activity of a hacker-for-hire group that has been advertising its services in the cybercrime underworld...

Carmakers, and in some cases insurers, are increasingly harvesting data from drivers, often without their knowledge. It’s time for regulation, according to privacy experts — and even some industry...

Researchers said the suspected man-in-the-middle attack was identified when the administrator of jabber.ru, the largest Russian XMPP service, received a notification that one of the servers’ certif...

Andrey Baranovich, who is known online as \"Herm1t,\" spent much of the \'90s and \'00s chronicling the history of malware development on a site known in the hacking community as VX Heaven.