The NBA's Houston Rockets were hit by a ransomware attack earlier this month. Now it's the Washington, D.C., police department. The common thread is a ransomware group called Babuk, which was unknown and likely didn't exist until it began posting on the dark web early this year.

BOSTON (AP) — Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s hacking of federal agencies and interference in U.S. politics has mostly overshadowed a worsening digital scourge with a far broader wallop: crippling and dispiriting extortionary ransomware attacks by cybercriminal mafias that mostly operate in foreign safe havens out of the reach of Western law enforcement.

The developer of the WeSteal cryptocurrency stealer can’t be bothered with fancy talk: they say flat-out that it’s “the leading way to make money in 2021”.

While some malware authors will try to create an air of legitimacy around their products to cover themselves from potential criminal cases in the future, one developer of a cryptocurrency stealer isn't even trying.

Palo Alto Networks' cloud-native security suite is getting a bundle of new features to automate VM security and add malware protection to CI/CD workflows, among others.

Lessons learned from a workforce coalition that includes Palo Alto Networks, Box, Uber, Splunk and Zoom.

From dramatically reducing alerts and improving the productivity of security teams to facilitating automated incident response, here’s a look at 10 XDR security companies looking to dominate this emerging market.

The vulnerability is triggered when a cloud container pulls a malicious image from a registry.

President Biden yesterday announced his nominees for two top cybersecurity posts: Chris Inglis as the first-ever Senate-confirmed White House cyber director; and Jen Easterly as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Palo Alto Networks’ biannual Unit 42 Cloud Threat Report found that the COVID-19 pandemic, and related shift to remote work, sent cloud security risks through the roof.

Investigators suspect personal data taken in earlier huge hacks or scraped off social-media sites aided breach of Microsoft Exchange Server.

Since March 2020, security incidents rooted in disabled encryption in SQL databases increased 212%, according to Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 1H 2021 Cloud Threat Report, released Tuesday.

Lawmakers and privacy experts are slamming Facebook for its handling of a leak of more than 500 million users' personal information that was posted online for free.

New research from Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 tracks the rise and fall of illicit XMR mining in the cloud.

American Tower, Netcracker, Palo Alto Networks latest vendors tapped for Dish 5G build

Dish Network has added Palo Alto Networks to its list of 5G partners, tapping the company’s cloud-native security platform.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California is warning its students and staff that a ransomware group might have stolen and published their personal data and that of hundreds of other schools, government agencies and companies nationwide.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The computer system of one of the nation’s largest school districts was hacked by a criminal gang that encrypted district data and demanded $40 million in ransom or it would erase the files and post students’ and employees’ personal information online.

Publicly available cloud images are spreading Monero-mining malware to unsuspecting cloud developers.

Researchers found that more than two-dozen containers on Docker Hub have been downloaded more than 20 million times for cryptojacking operations spanning at least two years.

Comcast Business and Palo Alto Networks partnered to provide networking and cloud-delivered security services to midsize and enterprise customers.

Comcast Business is giving partners additional security functions through its partnership with Palo Alto Networks.

Online scams luring victims with promises of a vaccine are spiking, according to a new report out today from researchers at cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks.

Cybercriminals have been doubling down on phishing scams, posing as major brands such as Microsoft and LinkedIn, to steal user login credentials and other personal information, according to a report from threat intelligence firm Palo Alto Unit 42.

A new report sheds light on the tactics leveraged by hackers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the latest phishing schemes against hospitals and pharma spurred by the vaccine rollout.

A modern network security approach is needed as agencies prepare to roll out 5G wireless networks to support their missions.

Cybercriminals using ransomware increasingly focus on colleges and universities. What steps can institutions take to minimize their own risks -- and threats to the sector?

The cyber landscape continues to be increasingly favorable for hackers and other assorted criminals who initiate hacks and intrusions into peoples’ computers, mobile devices, and the apps and services they use on all that hardware.

Ransomware hackers tripled their average payout to $312,493 last year. Here's why the problem is only getting worse, Palo Alto Networks researchers say.

Wendi Whitmore, Palo Alto Networks SVP Cyber Consulting & Threat Intelligence joins the Yahoo Finance Live panel to discuss their latest Ransomware Threat Report.