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The Iranian hacking team that compromised the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is known for placing surveillance software on the mobile phones of its victims, enabling them to record calls, steal texts, and silently turn on cameras and microphones, according to researchers and experts who follow the group. Known as APT42 or CharmingKitten by the cybersecurity research

A faulty security software update led to hundreds of canceled flights over several days in July. A Delta Air Lines jet leaves the gate at Logan International Airport in Boston on July 19, 2024. A Delta Air Lines jet leaves the gate at Logan International Airport in Boston on July 19, 2024. Michael Dwyer/AP Photo In the filing, Delta said the departure of Vice President Michael Spanos will

Microsoft will host a special cybersecurity event with CrowdStrike next month with plans to discuss how the industry can prevent another massive technical outage like the one that crashed millions of Windows computers in July. The system crash was caused by CrowdStrike sending out a faulty software update, which shut down millions of internet-connected systems, from hospitals to airports. The

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the driving force behind a sophisticated, multi-pronged effort to digitally disrupt the U.S. election, according to cybersecurity professionals. These cyber professionals say the IRGC is relying on groups of high-level hackers specializing in deceptive and covert operations to hack into campaigns and swing-state governments, with the goal of