Frank Bajak | Manufacturing Business Technology

Ukrainian servicemen correcting artillery fire by drone at the frontline near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, July 2, 2022. Never in the history of warfare have drones been used as intensively as in Ukraine, where they often play an outsized role in who lives and dies. Russians and Ukrainians alike depend heavily on unmanned aerial vehicles to pinpoint enemy positions and guide their hellish artillery strikes.

In Ukraine War, a Race to Acquire Smarter, Deadlier Drones

The ever more complex electromagnetic cat-and-mouse game makes Ukraine the world's latest crucible of military technology innovation.

July 14, 2022

This Feb 23, 2019 photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, NJ.

Fallout Continues from Largest Ransomware Attack Yet

Thousands of organizations — largely firms that remotely manage the IT infrastructure of others — were infected in at least 17 countries.

July 5, 2021

In this Nov. 20, 2020 photo, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security plaque is displayed a podium as international passengers arrive at Miami international Airport where they are screened by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami.

As Ransomware Gangs Get Paid Off, Officials Struggle to Find Solution

Without additional action, experts say ransoms will continue to skyrocket, financing better criminal intelligence-gathering and tools.

June 21, 2021

This Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 file photo shows FireEye offices in Milpitas, Calif. Experts say it’s going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to be Russian out of U.S. government networks. The hackers have been quietly rifling through those networks for months in Washington’s worst cyberespionage failure on record. FireEye is the cybersecurity company that discovered the worst-ever intrusion into U.S. agencies and was among the victims. It has already tallied dozens of casualties. It’s racing to identify more.

Hacked Networks Will Need to Be Burned 'Down to the Ground'

Experts say there simply are not enough skilled threat-hunting teams to duly identify all the government and private-sector systems that may have been hacked.

December 21, 2020

In this Oct. 13, 2018 file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks, Nev. Tesla CEO Elon Musk solved a mystery involving a 27-year-old Russian who prosecutors say flew to the United States to offer a major-company insider $1 million to assist in a ransomware extortion attack on the firm. According to the billionaire, the scheme took aim at the electric car company’s 1.9 million-square-foot factory in Sparks, Nevada, which makes batteries for Tesla vehicles and energy storage units.

Tesla Targeted in Failed Extortion Scheme

Tesla is a lucrative target.

August 31, 2020

Verint offices

Nations 'Monitoring Everyone'

Governments buying cheap, off-the-shelf surveillance software.

August 2, 2016