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Russia says it has neutralized the cutthroat REvil ransomware gang

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Russian law enforcement authorities said on Friday that they have arrested 14 people associated with REvil, a top ransomware group that has disrupted critical operations of wealthy targets and held their data hostage. The action, carried out by Russia’s FSB, the successor agency to the KGB, is a rare example of...

Ukraine says government websites hit by “massive cyber attack”
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Ukraine says government websites hit by “massive cyber attack”

Enlarge / A Ukrainian Military Forces serviceman watches through a spyglass in a trench on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near Avdiivka, southeastern Ukraine, on January 9, 2022. (credit: Anatolii Stepanov | Getty Images) Ukraine said it was the target of a “massive cyber attack” after about 70 government websites ceased functioning. On Friday morning...

Nigeria Lifts Twitter Ban
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Nigeria Lifts Twitter Ban

The social media site had been blocked after it deleted a post from President Muhammadu Buhari about secessionist groups that was widely seen as threatening.

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New Chrome security measure aims to curtail an entire class of Web attack

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For more than a decade, the Internet has remained vulnerable to a class of attacks that uses browsers as a beachhead for accessing routers and other sensitive devices on a targeted network. Now, Google is finally doing something about it. Starting in Chrome version 98, the browser will begin relaying requests...