Second Stuxnet? Iran's Natanz nuclear facility suffered another cyberattack at the weekend, with the finger once again pointed at Israel
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AI Security Firm Darktrace Plans London IPO
Darktrace, a pioneer in applying artificial intelligence techniques to cyber-security, makes first major London IPO bid following Deliveroo flop
FBI Arrest Man Over ‘Plot To Blow Up Internet’
Texas man allegedly sought to 'kill off about 70 percent of the internet' to deal blow to 'oligarchy' by blowing up AWS buildings with C-4 explosive
LinkedIn Data Of 500 Million Users Being Sold Online – Report
Scraped data of nearly half a billion LinkedIn users is being sold online, with two million records being published as proof
European Commission Suffers ‘IT Security Incident’ – Report
Cyberattack carried out last month on the IT systems of the European Commission and a number of other European Union organisations
Facebook Says Massive Leak Involves ‘Old’ User Data
Facebook says public leak of personal details of 530 million users involves 'old' data from 2019, while Irish data protection office promises action
Acer Faces $50 Million Demand After Ransomware Attack – Report
REvil ransomware gang reportedly exploited Microsoft Exchange server flaw to attack Taiwanese PC giant Acer with mammoth demand
US Teenage Twitter Hacker Sentenced To Three Years In Prison
Graham Ivan Clark hacked high profile Twitter accounts of Bill Gates, Barak Obama, Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian West
UK Reserves Nuclear Strike Response For ‘Emerging Technologies’ Attack
The UK Integrated Defence Review includes subtle change about when it may use nuclear weapons if attacked by 'emerging technologies'
Ten Hacking Groups Exploiting Microsoft Email Flaw, Warns ESET
Security specialist ESET warns that at least ten hacking groups are exploiting the flaw with Microsoft's mail server software to attack targets
Verkada CCTV Breach Exposes Hundreds Of Businesses
Verkada compromise of its CCTV system, sees hackers gain admin access to cameras inside Tesla, hospitals, police stations, prison etc
Salesforce’s LinkedIn Account Hijacked With Black Lives Matter Post
CRM giant Salesforce confirms its LinkedIn social media account have been compromised, following unauthorised BLM post last week
Microsoft Blames China For Mail Server Hack
State-sponsored hacking group Hafnium, operating out of mainland China, responsible for Microsoft mail server hack, firms announce
Sectigo Warns 40 Percent Of SMBs Are Attacked Monthly
Survey finds that 50 percent of SMBs have suffered a website breach at some point, with 20 percent admitting being attacked in the last 12 months
Oxford University Confirms Hack Of Biology Lab Studying Covid-19
NCSC investigates after hackers compromised one of the world’s top biology labs at Oxford University, that is investigating Coronavirus
SolarWinds Executives Defend Conduct Before US Senate
'It was the Russians.' Senior executives from SolarWinds, Microsoft, FireEye and CrowdStrike defend themselves at US Senate
30,000 Apple Macs Infected With ‘Silver Sparrow’ Malware
Red Canary security researchers warn up to 30,000 Apple Mac computers are infected with 'Silver Sparrow' malware, that has no known goal
Kia Motors America Faces $20 Million Ransomware Demand – Report
South Korean car maker Kia admits it has suffered an “extended systems outage”, but says there is no evidence of ransomware
Malware Now Targets Apple’s M1 Processors
Apple security warning. Researcher discovers malware is now being rewritten to target Apple's inhouse designed M1 processors
US Charges Three North Korean Hackers
US charges three North Korean military hackers, and accuses one of them of being involved in Wannacry (2017) and Sony Pictures (2014) hacks
Pfizer Attack Carried Out By North Korean Hackers
North Korean hackers have attempted to steal valuable Covid-19 vaccine information from Pfizer, warns South Korean intelligence
Ten Hackers Arrested For $100m Cryptocurrency Theft
Criminal gang used 'sim swapping' technique to hijack phone numbers of famous online influencers, sport stars, and musicians
Popular Barcode Scanner App Transforms Into Adware
Malwarebytes issues warning, after update to a popular barcode scanning app on Google Play, transforms it into adware pusher
Hacker Attempts To Poison US City Water Supply
Real world risk to people's health from hackers demonstrated, after cyber attack attempted to poison water supply for an entire US city
Billions Of Emails, Passwords Leaked Online
Huge exposure of personal emails and passwords found on dark web hacker forum, is a compilation of many previous breaches
Track-and-Trace Personal Data Stolen In The Netherlands
Leak surrounding the Netherlands’ coronavirus track-and-trace programme, results in the personal data of people being stolen, amid curfew riots
Emotet Botnet Offline After Global Takedown By Police
Good news. One of the world's most dangerous botnets, Emotet, has been taken down in a co-ordinated police operation around the world
Some Laptops For Vulnerable Children Contain Malware – Report
A small number of laptops handed out by the Department for Education to vulnerable children, reportedly contain malware linked to Russian servers
Outgoing FCC Boss Ajit Pai Warns Of China Threat
China continues to pose espionage and cyber threat to US telecommunications networks, says FCC chairman as he steps down after three years in charge
Hackney Council Hackers Post Stolen Documents
New low... Ransomware gang publishes sensitive documents online, after crippling Hackney Council systems in October last year