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The United States was the main target of hacker attacks last year, resulting in a record number of data breaches. According to a report from Risk Based Security, during 2016 there were 4,149 data breaches which resulted in the exposure Read More …
One of Europe’s most luxurious hotels has admitted paying 1,500 euros (£1,279) to cyber blackmailers who hacked into their electronic key system and locked scores of guests in their rooms. The hackers promised to restore the system at the Seehotel Read More …
An Executive Order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump in his first few days in office could jeopardize a six-month-old data transfer framework that enables EU citizens’ personal data to flow to the U.S. for processing — with the promise Read More …
The iPhone 7 is being turned into a phone capable of safeguarding military-level secrets for the UK armed forces. Telecoms giant BT is hardening the security of the device to allow UK military personnel to use it to discuss ‘secret’ Read More …
A new Trojan has been discovered in the wild that turns Linux-based devices into proxy servers, which attackers use to protect their identity while launching cyber attacks from the hijacked systems. Dubbed Linux.Proxy.10, the Trojan was first spotted at the Read More …
AlphaBay, possibly the largest active dark web marketplace at the moment, has paid a hacker after he successfully exploited vulnerabilities in the internal mailing system of the website and hijacked over 200,000 private unencrypted messages from several users. The hacker, Read More …
Yahoo is in big trouble with US authorities due to how it handled the massive data breaches it disclosed last year, more specifically its failure to inform investors of the issues at an earlier time. The United States Securities and Read More …
IBM Security announced this morning that it has purchased Agile 3 Solutions, a San Francisco-based company that has developed a security analytics dashboard aimed at helping executives understand cyber-security risks inside an organization. The acquisition gives IBM another tool in Read More …
The director of GCHQ, Robert Hannigan, has decided to step down early for what he described as personal reasons, the intelligence agency has announced. Hannigan took over at GCHQ in November 2014 to oversee a more open approach after the Read More …
Symantec is currently investigating reports of yet another new attack in the Middle East involving the destructive disk-wiping malware used by the Shamoon group (W32.Disttrack, W32.Disttrack.B). Similar to previous attacks, the Disttrack malware used by Shamoon is just the destructive Read More …