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A 15-year-old gained access to plans for intelligence operations in Afghanistan and Iran by pretending to be the head of the CIA to gain access to his computers, a court has heard. From the bedroom of the Leicestershire home he Read More …
Researchers have discovered the Dridex banking Trojan has once again evolved and is now using compromised FTP websites in phishing campaigns. The Trojan was first spotted back in 2014 after targeting banks in the United Kingdom. Since then, Dridex has Read More …
A shadowy hacking campaign has been operating out of a Beirut building owned by the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security for the last six years, stealing text messages, call logs, and files from journalists, military members, corporations, and other Read More …
Cyber security academicians in the UK will soon be able to receive grants of up to £16,000 from the National Cyber Security Centre if they come up with innovative ideas that can be commercialised. Grants offered by the National Cyber Read More …
The year ahead will be a perilous one for large global corporations according to a risk ranking report from Allianz, the global insurance company. Several of the risks overlap in the 2018 Allianz Risk Barometer which shows a great deal of fragility Read More …
One of the largest stock exchanges in the Middle East has quietly fixed a security issue that could’ve let hackers gain unfettered access to the network. A core router for Oman’s stock exchange, the Muscat Securities Market, had both its Read More …
Security researchers have spotted a new malware campaign in the wild that spreads an advanced botnet malware by leveraging at least three recently disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. Dubbed Zyklon, the fully-featured malware has resurfaced after almost two years and primarily Read More …
Oracle has shipped 237 patches for vulnerabilities impacting hundreds of product versions as part of its latest quarterly critical patch update. Product lines coming in for some of the most fixes include Oracle Financial Services Applications, with 34, Fusion Middleware with 27, Read More …
Researchers have identified a powerful new Android malware strain called Skygofree capable of eavesdropping on WhatsApp messages, siphoning private data off phones and allowing adversaries to open reverse shell modules on targeted devices, giving attackers ultimate remote control. Researchers said Read More …
More than four months have passed since a novel, highly sophisticated piece of malware forced an important oil and gas facility in the Middle East to suddenly shut down, but cybersecurity analysts still don’t know who wrote the code. Since Read More …
