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Travellers from France wait on their delayed flight on the check-in floor of the Delta Air Lines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on July 23, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.

How Microsoft's security flaws leave America vulnerable

The company is the cornerstone of federal IT, but there are big questions, including in Congress, over its ability to cope with cyberattacks from Russia and China

Marco Mossad 11 September 2024

AFP

I-Soon leak reveals inner workings of China cyber attacks

Detailed information on a network of high-expertise, low-cost, web-based operations shows what Beijing wants and the methods used to get it

Marco Mossad 07 March 2024

The Myth of the Missing Cyberwar

After Russia invaded Ukraine, many observers initially expected cyberattacks to steal the limelight as a major instrument in Russia’s arsenal. But after a month of fighting, a host of prominent…

David Cattler, Daniel Black 15 April 2022

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The Next Pandemic Will Be Digital

The most recent ransomware attack shows that every business needs to protect itself. If we've learned anything over the past 16 months, we have seen firsthand how quickly a pandemic can spread and…

Jason Aten 17 July 2021

Hackers managed to insert malicious code into a software product from an IT provider called SolarWinds Corp., whose client list includes 300,000 institutions

The SolarWinds Hack Doesn’t Demand a Violent Response

The SolarWinds hack – now attributed to Russia by U.S. government representatives including Mike Pompeo – has caused enormous damage. Perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that a massive…

Elisabeth Braw 15 January 2021

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