Misinformation and disinformation threats are being exacerbated this election season by artificial intelligence, legal battles, the continued low cost of influence operations and Americans’ increased willingness to believe outlandish things, Senate Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., said Thursday. Speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential...

Federal prosecutors announced the indictment Thursday of a North Korean hacker accused of carrying out ransomware operations that targeted American health care facilities and used the proceeds of those operations to fund espionage efforts against the U.S. military and defense contractors.  Rim Jong Hyok is accused of using malware developed...

Scores of overlapping and contradictory cyber regulations are overburdening the banking, oil and natural gas, and IT sectors, representatives from those industries told House lawmakers Thursday.  While the White House has prioritized the harmonization of regulations within critical infrastructure sectors and President Joe Biden’s cybersecurity...

Stepped-up activity from a North Korean hacking group is prompting Mandiant to upgrade it to a top-tier hacking threat and the FBI to issue an alert about the outfit, which the company and agency say has long sought to obtain intelligence about defense and research and development but has since expanded to other targets. Mandiant, a cybersecurity...

A remote worker hired by KnowBe4 as a software engineer on its internal IT team was actually a persona controlled by a North Korean threat actor, the security firm revealed in a blog post Tuesday.  Detailing a seemingly thorough interview process that included background checks, verified references and four video conference-based interviews,...

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