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US Expels Russian Diplomats For Cyber Attacks

35 Russian diplomats handed their marching orders by the United States in revenge for cyber attacks

8 years ago

Android Malware Helped Russian Hackers Track Ukrainian Military

Killer malware! Russian malware on Android devices tracked and killed Ukrainian artillery units

8 years ago

Security Hole Could Let Hackers Take Control Of Planes

Security researchers was able to "hijack" in-flight displays and control cabin lighting

8 years ago

KFC Website Hack Leaks Customer Data

Clucking Hell: Another data breach shows online security needs some cooking

8 years ago

NHS Hospitals Putting Data At Risk With Outdated Windows XP

NHS Trusts have been caught running thousands of outdated and unsupported Windows XP machines, despite a developing threat landscape and…

8 years ago

Businesses Must Prepare For Bigger And Badder DDoS Attacks In 2017

Rise of the botnets levies threats at businesses and governments

8 years ago

One In Four Wi-Fi Hotspots Ripe For Hack Attacks

Cyber security firm Kaspersky finds that large amounts of Wi-Fi hotspots still lack solid security

8 years ago

Ask Search Bar Adware Exploited By Malicious Actor To Deliver Malware

Malicious actors have been found to be using the Ask search bar software to distribute malware of its users machines

8 years ago

Three Suffers Data Breach As Hackers Steal Customer Data

A trio of men have been arrested in relation to unauthorised access to Three's customer database

8 years ago

Symantec: Hackers Are Becoming Expert IP Hunting Professionals

Fujitsu Forum 2016: Cyber crime can now be considered a professional, targeted business, according to Symantec

8 years ago

Philips Hue Smart Lightbulbs Hack Can Spread IoT Worm Like Wildfire

Smart lighting may be the next Internet of Things (IoT) attack vector, thanks to hackable Philips Hue smart lightbulbs.

8 years ago

Chess Champion Seeks Microsoft Protection From Russian Hackers

Current world chess champion appoints Microsoft to bolster cyber defences ahead of showdown with Putin's lacky

8 years ago

Machine Learning And AI Could Be The Future Of Cyber Security

IN-DEPTH: As the war against malware rages, smart software could be the key to getting ahead of hackers

8 years ago

Ukrainian Hackers Claim To Have Breached And Leaked Kremlin Emails

The emails purportedly show Russia could have a plan to carve up pro-Russian parts of Ukraine

8 years ago

Yandex Is The First Russian Tech Firm To Join The CVE

The company wants to be transparent in how it discovers and protects against cyber security flaws

8 years ago

Zero-Day Security Hole In Wix Hosting Service Exposed Millions Of Websites

Infected sites could have been turned into botnets to launch DDoS attacks and spread malware

8 years ago

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Hackers Could Exploit Open Data To Wreak Real-World Chaos

ODI founders want the government to consider open data as critical infrastructure that needs protection

8 years ago

ShadowBrokers Data Dump Leaks Compromised Servers Used By NSA For Hacking Operations

The servers are claimed to have been used by NSA-sponsored Equation Group as staging areas for covert hacking activity

8 years ago

Data Breach Exposes 550,000 Australian Red Cross Blood Service Donors

Security flaws on the organisation’s website led to personal data bleeding out after a basic hack attack

8 years ago

Yahoo Hack: Verizon Could Withdraw From $4.83 Billion Acquisition Deal

Verizon believes Yahoo's massive data breach by hackers does give it reason to walk away from its acquisition

8 years ago

Symantec Spots Student Scam Powered By Ascesso Trojan

Scammers are trying to trick students into paying for application to the US student loan forgiveness programme

8 years ago

Nearly Three Quarters Of UK Police Websites Are Insecure

The Centre for Public Safety highlighted the police are putting the public at unnecessary risk of cyber crime

8 years ago

Cyber Criminals Using Odinaff Trojan To Infiltrate Bank Systems

Symantec has discovered a trojan capable of hiding in the networks of financial institutions

8 years ago

IoT And The Enterprise World Must Put Cyber Security At The Forefront Warn Experts

IP Expo 2016: Sophos, Kaspersky and Trend Micro talk future threats from IoT, Hired cyber criminals, and security education

8 years ago

TalkTalk’s Cyber Security Negligence Gets It Hit With £400,000 ICO Fine

The Information Commissioner said TalkTalk’s security was found wanting

8 years ago

UK’s National Cyber Security Centre Open Doors To Defend Britain From Hackers

The National Cyber Security Centre will focus on boosting the UK's cyber defense rather than offensive capabilities

8 years ago

Yahoo Hack: Eastern European Blackhats Responsible For The Massive Data Breach

Cyber security firm InfoArmor says criminal hackers for hire are to blame for the Yahoo hack in 2014

8 years ago

Yahoo Certificate Security Is ‘Still Poor’ Despite Hack

Research finds that Yahoo has still not taken steps to improve its certificate security and encryption, despite massive data breach

8 years ago

MarsJoke Ransomware Targets US Government And Education Institutions

Cyber criminals are using the Kelihos botnet to extort Bitcoin payments out of the ransomware's victims

8 years ago