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The objective of the attackers is to compromise organizational networks with malicious emails and tainted websites to obtain credentials for accessing computer networks of their targets, the report said.

US warns public about attacks on energy, industrial firms

The agencies warned that hackers had succeeded in compromising some targeted networks, but did not identify specific victims.

23 Oct 2017 12:55 PM

The researchers said most voting machines examined included at least some foreign-manufactured parts, raising the possibility that malware could be introduced even before the devices are delivered.

Hacking the election: security flaws need fixing, researchers say

A report with detailed findings from a July hacker conference which demonstrated how voting machines could be manipulated.

11 Oct 2017 11:20 AM

Prime Minister Theresa May and her ministers have been critical of firms like Twitter, Facebook, and Google, repeatedly calling on them to do more to stop the spread of extremist content online and help victims of abuse.

UK proposes internet firm levy with web safety plan

Strategy is designed to tackle bullying, abuse and other risks for children and vulnerable users.

11 Oct 2017 9:52 AM

A report by University of California researchers said the efforts to disrupt the 2016 US election should serve as warning about the impact of a cyber-attack on the games.

Researchers warn of cyber risks for Olympic Games

Hackers could do damage by infiltrating stadium or scoring systems, or by releasing sensitive data on athletes.

11 Oct 2017 9:34 AM

Eight out of 10 Indians surveyed have encountered some form of online harassment.

Study reveals widespread online harassment in India

The level of online harassment in India was extremely concerning.

09 Oct 2017 8:41 AM

Tensions are already high in Washington over US allegations of a surge in hacking of American targets by Russians, including the targeting of state election agencies and the hacking of Democratic Party computers in a bid to sway the outcome of the 2016 presidential election in favour of Republican Donald Trump.

Russian hackers stole US cyber secrets from NSA: reports

The hack would mark the latest in a series of breaches of classified data from the secretive intelligence agency.

06 Oct 2017 8:06 AM

During the first six month of the year, Kaspersky Lab products blocked attack attempts on 37.6 per cent of several tens of thousands of ICS computers protected of them globally.

Every third ICS computer under attack was in manufacturing companies

The peak of attackers’ activity was registered in March, after which the proportion of computers attacked gradually declined in April-June.

04 Oct 2017 11:22 AM

This year’s study reveals promising developments in the importance being placed on IT security. Businesses globally are starting to view it as a strategic investment and the share of IT budgets that is being spent on IT security is growing, reaching almost a quarter (23 per cent) of IT budgets in large corporations.

Third party cybersecurity failures cost businesses the most

The most costly cybersecurity breaches for businesses of all sizes result from the failures of third parties.

25 Sep 2017 4:23 PM

The breach on March 10 came two days after security researchers at Cisco Systems warned of a flaw in an open-source software package called Apache Struts.

Hackers were snooping inside Equifax as of march

The attackers then essentially cased the Equifax system for several weeks, the Journal reported.

21 Sep 2017 10:16 AM

Avast said little about the breach, posting nothing on its Twitter account in the 12 hours after the announcement and displaying nothing on its main web page.

CCleaner hacked, 2.2 million PCs affected

Only the cloud version could be updated automatically to remove the bad code.

19 Sep 2017 9:31 AM

The files, more than 600 gigabytes in size, were discovered on Aug. 24 without a password by researchers of Kromtech Security Center, the technology news website reported.

More than four million Time Warner Cable records exposed in leak

About four million Time Warner Cable records containing details of its customers were found unsecured on an Amazon server last month.

02 Sep 2017 9:25 AM

EverythingApplePro recently posted a video that shows how a small box costing $500 online can hack the password protected iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus with minimum efforts making use of a loophole in iOS 10 and iOS 11 beta.

This device can hack iPhone 7 passwords with great ease

After Apple refused to hack the device, the FBI eventually managed to unlock the device with the help of an undisclosed group of hackers.

21 Aug 2017 8:26 PM

Some of them were ordered to halt new user registrations, suspend services and punish accountable staff.

China targets Alibaba's Taobao, other e-commerce sites, in VPN crackdown

Five websites have been asked to carry out immediate "self-examination and correction."

18 Aug 2017 9:49 AM

The hacking group OurMine on August 16 night took over several of HBO's Twitter accounts, including ones for "Game of Thrones" and John Oliver's show.

HBO regains control of hacked social media accounts

HBO said that the infringement on the accounts was recognised and rectified quickly.

18 Aug 2017 9:32 AM

Brute force attack is when hackers repeatedly try to gain access to systems using a range of different passwords.

Scottish parliament attacked by cyber hackers

The attack was from an external source and was similar to the one that affected the Westminister in June earlier this year.

16 Aug 2017 4:04 PM

As usual, this group gains access to an organization’s network and uses the psexec utility to execute the ransomware. Also, it is important to mention that for each machine in the victim’s network, the threat executor generates a password for the DiskCryptor utility. This password is passed via command line arguments to the ransomware dropper. There is currently no way to decrypt data that has been encrypted using DiskCryptor as the encryption algorithms are very strong.

The Mamba ransomware that hit SF’s municipal railway system is back

Researchers have discovered that the group behind Mamba has resumed its attacks – targeting corporations, mainly in Brazil and Saudi Arabia.

12 Aug 2017 10:18 AM

Those behind the HBO hack claim to have more data, including scripts, upcoming episodes of HBO shows and movies, and information damaging to HBO.

Hackers demand millions, HBO says not ‘wholly hacked’

There were also internal documents, including a report of legal claims against the network and job offer letters to top executives.

08 Aug 2017 9:11 AM

In a typical targeted cyberattack, a threat actor — once inside the attacked network — establishes a foothold and then collects valuable information to subsequently transfer to the command and control server (C&C).

Worrying trend in hackers using steganography

Researchers find multiple hacking groups are increasingly using the technique to hide stolen information inside images.

07 Aug 2017 9:04 AM

Fraudsters send out threatening messages to a large number of companies in the hope that someone will decide to be better safe than sorry.

DDoS attacks get smarter, badder

Experts warn that if a victim company decides to pay, it may bring long-term damage in addition to instant monetary loses.

07 Aug 2017 8:58 AM

According to a report by Motherboard, Amazon’s Echo can be hacked and turned into an always-on microphone that can be spying on your intimate moments.

Unpatchable Echo hack can spy on you in your bedroom

A hack on the Echo, the AI speaker from Amazon, can turn your smart speaker into an always-on microphone.

02 Aug 2017 12:29 PM

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