This tool can tell you if your home network has been compromised

To use IP Check, you simply need to open the tool in a browser window, and you'll get one of several results. If your IP is ...
The Sheboygan Press

City of Sheboygan investigating unauthorized access of its network and ransom request

SHEBOYGAN – The city of Sheboygan is grappling with network issues that arose last week and that included the request for a ransom to be paid. The city said an internal investigation revealed its ...
Network World

How the DOT discovered its network was compromised by shadow IT

Finding of hundreds of pieces of unauthorized networking equipment, including many off-the-shelf consumer-grade devices, compelled the Department of Transportation CIO to alert department leadership ...
Ars Technica

US recommends encrypted messaging as Chinese hackers linger in telecom networks

A US government security official urged Americans to use encrypted messaging as major telecom companies struggle to evict Chinese hackers from their networks. The attack has been attributed to a ...
Wired

Russian Spies Jumped From One Network to Another Via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented Hack

For determined hackers, sitting in a car outside a target's building and using radio equipment to breach its Wi-Fi network has long been an effective but risky technique. These risks became all too ...
Dark Reading

Russia Hits Critical Orgs Via Misconfigured Edge Devices

Amazon detailed a long-running campaign by Russia against critical infrastructure organizations, particularly in the energy ...
SDxCentral

Threat Actor Leverages Compromised Account of Former Employee to Access State Government Organization

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) conducted an incident response assessment of a state government ...
TechSpot

Hacked TP-Link routers at center of massive botnet used to attack Azure customers

In context: CovertNetwork-1658 is a stark reminder of the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between cybersecurity professionals and threat actors. Using compromised devices as part of a botnet also ...
JD Supra

Undeterred by the SolarWinds Storm: SEC Charges Victims of Compromised Software

The SEC alleged 7 that threat actors used the compromised Orion software to obtain unauthorized access to Check Point's environment. According to the SEC in the Order, the threat actors engaged in ...
Hosted on MSN

Hackers breach Wi-Fi network of U.S. firm from Russia — daisy chain attack jumps from network to network to gain access from thousands of miles away

Russian hackers compromised the Wi-Fi of an organization located in the U.S. without needing to get into range of its wireless network. The attackers accomplished the feat by jumping from one Wi-Fi ...
Homeland Security Today

NSA: Reduce Risk of Network Compromises in Telework Era

Maj, Marcus Mosher(left) and Maj. Nathan Moseley(right) participate in a video chat on Commercial Virtual Remote environment (CVR) June 22, 2020. CVR has enabled the 12th Operations Group to adapt and ...
CoinTelegraph

Lightning Labs CTO downplays node security bug, citing compromised user

The chief technology officer of Lightning Labs, the firm behind the Bitcoin scaling network, has downplayed a purported new bug that could allow exploiters to drain funds from Lightning Nodes. “Based ...