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300 Spar Stores Impacted After Cyberattack On Supplier
Family run firm in Preston, Lancashire suffers cyberattack, which impacts tills and IT systems for 300 Spar convenience stores
Government PSTI Bill To Protect Consumer Tech From Cyber Threats
Ban on easy to guess default passwords, plus obligation on manufacturers to be transparent about cyber, included in new government cyber bill
Apple Sues NSO To ‘Curb Abuse Of State-Sponsored Spyware’
Tech giant Apple adds to growing pressure on NSO by filing a lawsuit against the surveillance specialist for targetting its users
ESET Finds Candiru Campaign On UK, Middle East Websites
One of the firms recently placed on the US trade blacklist has been found by ESET Research to have compromised websites in UK and Middle East
Labour Party Member Data Compromised After Breach
'Cyber incident' for the UK's Labour Party sees 'significant quantity' of membership data, held by unidentified third party, being compromised
Tesco Website Hack Attempt: What We Know So Far
Tesco website and app back online, after hackers apparently attempted to 'intefere' with the supermarket's website and app
MoD Web Gaffe Exposes Special Forces Weapon Data
Secret data of enhanced weapons exposed in embarrassing cut-and-paste blunder, mirroring similar mistake in 2011 of data concerning nuclear submarines
Facebook Blames Configuration Change For Global Outage
Back online. Facebook confirms 'configuration change' for seven hour global outage that halt access to most of its services on Monday
Flaw With Apple Pay, Visa Uncovered By University Researchers
Researchers uncover flaw when Apple Pay linked to a Visa card is used for transportation payments on say the London Underground
New Zealand Banks, Post Offices Downed By DDoS Attack
Websites belonging to the national postal service and banks in New Zealand, have been knocked offline on Wednesday in an apparent DDoS cyberattack
Home Addresses Of Gun Owners Leaked By Activist
Animal rights activist effectively publishes a map that reportedly shows the home addresses of thousands of UK gun owners
Poly Network Hacker Offered $500,000 To Return Stolen Tokens
Poly Network confirms it offered 'white hat hacker' who stole $611m in digital tokens, a $500,000 bug bounty to return the stolen tokens
Poly Network Hackers Return $258m, After Huge Cryptocurrency Heist
That still leaves $353m unaccounted for. Hackers return $258m to Poly Network, after stealing $611m worth of digital tokens
Hackers Steal $600m In Cryptocurrency Heist – Report
Crypto heist. Blockchain site Poly Network urges hackers to return stolen digital tokens after they exploited a vulnerability
Biden Warns Cyberattacks Could Lead To ‘Shooting War’
President Biden underscores the issue of ongoing cyberattacks, and admits they could cause a 'real shooting war' with a 'major power'
Transnet Suffers Ransomware Attack, Halts Port Operations
State-run port operator Transnet has halted port operations in South Africa, after a cyberattack last week crippled IT systems
REvil Gang Websites Go Dark After Attacks
Websites for the criminal ransomware hackers linked to Russia suddenly disappeared on Tuesday, prompting takedown speculation
Kaseya Hackers Demand $70 Million Ransom
Number of organisations affected by damaging Kaseya ransomware attack grows from just 50, to roughly 1,500 businesses globally
EA Games Hacked, Source Code Stolen
Hackers compromise systems of Electronic Arts, and steal valuable source code to big name computer games, as well as internal tools
Fastly Blames Global Outages On Software Bug
Global outage of major websites on Tuesday was caused when an expected customer change, triggered an undiscovered software bug
Major Websites Down After Global Outage
Major internet outage knocks oflline big name websites such as UK Government, Amazon, CNN, Bloomberg, Financial Times offline
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
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
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
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
CES 2021: Ring Trials End-To-End Encryption In Smart Doorbells
Privacy move. Smart doorbell maker adds encryption to protect video streams after security scares
NEC Facial Recognition Works Despite Masks
NEC launches facial recognition system that can identify people, even if they are wearing masks to protect against Coronavirus
Ticketmaster Pays $10m DoJ Fine For Accessing Rival’s Computer
Criminal computer intrusion fine imposed on Ticketmaster by the US DoJ, after it repeatedly accessed computer system of a rival
British Airways Hit With Record £20m Fine For Data Breach
Data protection watchdog reconsiders its £183.4 million fine against British Airways for 2018 data breach, and lowers it down to £20 million