Vermont has passed one of the strongest comprehensive data privacy laws in the country, which includes a provision allowing individuals to sue companies for violating their privacy rights.

Researchers have found that Southeast Asian scam syndicates are stealing an estimated $64 billion annually through various online fraud operations, with the majority of the losses occurring in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar.

US officials say that a notorious Chinese hacking operation named Volt Typhoon has permanently altered the cyberthreat landscape by moving beyond traditional nation-state espionage goals and instead aiming to cause disruption and sow societal panic.

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Russia-aligned hackers hijacked several Ukrainian television channels on Thursday to broadcast a Victory Day parade in Moscow, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Fifteen state attorneys general on Wednesday called on Congress to prevent new federal comprehensive data privacy legislation from preempting 17 states’ existing or recently passed laws protecting consumer privacy.

The CISA announced the first round of commitments at the RSA Conference on Wednesday, with Director Jen Easterly warning that it was necessary because of widespread hacking campaigns by nation-states like China.

Poland’s CERT-PL said on Wednesday that it had observed a large-scale malware campaign, likely carried out by the hacker group APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, associated with Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU.

Identified by analysts in 2022, the hackers use social engineering to lure users into giving up their login credentials or one-time password codes to bypass multifactor authentication.

Germany has recalled its ambassador to Russia in response to alleged Moscow-backed cyberattacks targeting various sectors in Germany, including defense, aerospace, and IT companies, as well as the German Social Democratic Party.