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Sony Music Apologises For Britney Death Tweet
Sony says sorry after hack of Twitter account, which was then used to claim that Britney Spears had died
Security Vulnerabilities Found In Airline Entertainment Systems
IOactive finds security flaws in Panasonic's Avionic In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) system that could potentially give an attacker unauthorised access
Android Malware Helped Russian Hackers Track Ukrainian Military
Killer malware! Russian malware on Android devices tracked and killed Ukrainian artillery units
Ukraine Probes Kiev Power Grid Cyber Attack
From Russia with love? Ukraine investigates weekend cyber attack on Kiev's power grid
Akamai Buys Startup CyberFend To Battle Bots In The Cloud And Online
Bot hunting tech will be added to Akamai's existing online security software
Money, Data And Disruption: Cyber Attacks Of 2016
2016 has been an interesting year for cyber security, and that's putting it mildly
Yahoo Suffers Biggest Data Breach In History With A Billion Accounts Hacked
Another major data breach could torpedo Yahoo’s acquisition by Verizon
Rehab Order For One TalkTalk Hacker As Another Teenager Faces Prison
Teenager TalkTalk hacker has iPhone confiscated, as a second teenager pleads guilty to ISP attack
MobileIron CEO: Windows 10 Lets Us Manage PCs Like Mobiles
INTERVIEW: MobileIron CEO Barry Mainz tells Silicon about PC management, the rise of IoT and why it is better equipped than some of its rivals
KFC Website Hack Leaks Customer Data
Clucking Hell: Another data breach shows online security needs some cooking
Microsoft PowerShell Increasingly Exploited By Hackers To Wreak Windows Havoc
Hackers can use the decade-old tool to execute stealthy cyber attacks
Hackers Pilfer Trade Secrets In ThyssenKrupp Cyber Attack
Hackers have looted sensitive trade secrets from a German conglomerate in latest damaging data breach
Yahoo Mail Bug Squashed By Cyber Security Flaw Bounty Hunter
Yahoo moved to patch the flaw before the bug could cause chaos
Ransomware Attacks Show Threefold Increase In 2016
Ransomware attacks developed significantly in 2016, both in prevalence and sophistication, making it the threat of the year for businesses worldwide.
Businesses Must Prepare For Bigger And Badder DDoS Attacks In 2017
Rise of the botnets levies threats at businesses and governments
Mirai UK Botnet Consists Mostly Of TalkTalk Routers
The Mirai botnet has spread like wildfire and now infects 2,398 home routers across the UK, with 99 percent of them being Talk Talk routers.
Millions Of Passwords, Emails And Usernames Stolen From Dailymotion In Hack
More than 85 million usernames and email addresses have been stolen by unrevealed hackers
IBM Watson for Cyber Security Expands With Beta Launch
40 organisations are now part of the effort to train Watson for Cyber Security in an effort to improve security intelligence
Fake News Campaigns to Increase in Frequency, Security Experts Say
ANALYSIS: With the possibility that fake news may have impacted the US election, people are giving a new look to propaganda and misinformation
Scottish Football Association Suffers Third-Party Data Breach
"I'd rather be associated with being hacked by some porn site," says one unhappy football fan
Credit Cards Hacked In Six Seconds Using Distributed Technique
Visa's online payment system fails to pick up on multiple invalid credit card attempts across multiple websites
MAD Concept Of Deterrence Doesn’t Apply In World Of Cyber War
ANALYSIS: The rules of traditional warfare don't apply in cyber war, even to the point where it's hard to tell if the war has started or who you're fighting
AWS Shield To Safeguard Web Apps From DDoS Nastiness
Amazon introduces AWS Shield managed service to protect against crippling DDoS attacks
Talk Talk And Post Office Broadband Taken Offline After Mirai Botnet Hack Attack
Mirai botnet strikes again, attacking routers and cutting-off broadband
Europol Terror Data Found On Unsecured Network Drive
Red faces at Euro cops after sensitive terror data is found online by Dutch TV programme
Million Google Accounts Hacked by ‘Gooligan’ Android Malware
Android malware has compromised more than one million Google accounts, warns Check Point
ICO Launches Probe After National Lottery Compromise
ICO begins investigation after Camelot detected 'suspicious activity' on player online accounts earlier this week
Up To 26,500 National Lottery Online Accounts Are Breached
National Lottery and experts suggest accounts breached by reusing compromised credentials
Black Friday, Cyber Monday Bring Open Season for Cyber-Criminals
ANALYSIS: You’re not paranoid. Cyber-criminals really are after your company’s money and its data and they won’t stop at anything to get it.