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Hackers Release Stolen NASA Data, Detail Drone Crash Attempt

Hacker group AnonSec claims it briefly altered the flight path of a £154m Global Hawk drone with the intent of…

9 years ago

Asda Website Flaw Exposes Shoppers For Almost Two Years

A vulnerability in Asda's website found by a security consultant in March 2014 was left unchecked, but Asda claims no…

9 years ago

Security Firm Finds Zero-Day Flaw By Turning Users Into Honeypots

Kaspersky turned details of a Silverlight flaw into detection rules. When an attacker exploited the vulnerability, it had enough information…

9 years ago

Jeremy Corbyn’s Twitter Account Is ‘Hijacked’

Hackers post series of satirical messages on Jeremy Corbyn's account before control is re-established

9 years ago

BlackEnergy Trojan ‘Used In Ukraine Power Grid Attack’

BlackEnergy malware was used to black out power in parts of Ukraine last month, according to Eset researchers

9 years ago

BBC Attack Was ‘A Test’ Say Hackers

Attackers who disabled the BBC's online services last week claim to have been 'just testing' their capacities ahead of attacking…

9 years ago

Microsoft To Warn Of State-Sponsored Hacks

Collision course? Redmond to warn its users when any government attempts to hack into its services

9 years ago

5 IT Christmas Nightmares – How To Avoid The Festive Fallout

Bob Janssen, founder and CTO at RES, shares tips on how to avoid the torture created for IT teams over…

9 years ago

3.3 Million User Details Stolen From Hello Kitty Website

Hello Kitty: The SanrioTown website has been breached, possibly revealing data on children, according to a researcher

9 years ago

Ashley Madison Users Blackmailed Through The Post

Users of the self-described adultery site have begun receiving blackmail letters through the post following last summer's data breach

9 years ago

What Should Chief Security Officers Ask Santa For This Christmas? (Part 2)

We asked the tech industry what CSOs should ask Santa for, and we had so many great suggestions we needed…

9 years ago

What Should Chief Security Officers Ask Santa For This Christmas? (Part 1)

It’s that time of the year when chief security officers (CSOs) can ask Santa for a wee bit of help.…

9 years ago

Anonymous Offers ‘Noob Guide’ To Hack ISIS

Payback on ISIS. New guide offers ways to hack Islamic State following terrorist attacks in Paris

9 years ago

Start-Up To Pay $1m For iOS 9 Hack – And Won’t Tell Apple

Zerodium said it plans to sell the details of the exploit to corporate and government clients

9 years ago

Police Arrest Third TalkTalk Hack Suspect

Police searched an address in south Staffordshire and arrested its 20-year-old occupant as the TalkTalk breach investigation continues

9 years ago

Boy Arrested In Northern Ireland Over TalkTalk Hack

TalkTalk has insisted it had adequate security in place as it downplays the seriousness of the breach

9 years ago

Scottrade Breach Affects 4.6 Million Users

The postal contact data stolen may be intended for use in share-trading scams

9 years ago

Hacked T-Mobile Data ‘For Sale Online’

Personal data on 15 million T-Mobile USA customers has already gone up for sale on the web, according to researchers

9 years ago

US ‘May Impose Hacking Sanctions On Russia’

China isn't the only country in the US government's sights as it considers sanctions in retaliation for economic cyber-attacks

9 years ago

US ‘Planning China Cyber-Sanctions’

The US is reportedly planning its first use of an order enabling it to freeze assets of those involved in…

9 years ago

British Teenagers Arrested Over ‘Lizard Stresser’ Attacks

Six suspects are accused of paying to mount denial-of-service attacks on prominent organisations

9 years ago

Ashley Madison Hackers ‘Left Online Footprints’

The attackers behind the Ashley Madison breach left a BitTorrent server partly exposed to Internet intruders

9 years ago

Amazon Bans Flash Ads As Malware Danger Grows

The e-commerce giant said the change was in response to browsers' moves to limit the danger posed by Flash security…

9 years ago

Ashley Madison Source Code Leaked As US Military Investigates .Mil Addresses

A second data cache twice the size of the first includes the source code for all of ALM's websites and…

9 years ago

Experts Warn Of ‘Fake’ Ashley Madison Hack Data

Even the genuine hack data appears to contain large amounts of fake information, say experts

9 years ago

The Prophet McAfee: How 37m Sexual Deviants Handed World’s Data To Hackers On A Plate

Ashley Madison users are now prime targets for blackmail, warn security experts

9 years ago

Darkode Suspect Pleads Guilty Of Selling Botnet Access

A New York man arrested in the raids on Darkode hackers last month admitted to selling access to systems compromised…

9 years ago

China-Backed Group Accused Of Travel Booking Breach

Travel booking firm Sabre has reportedly been breached by the same group that stole US government personnel records

9 years ago

Hacker Forum Darkode Reappears Following Raids

Hackers have begun reconstructing Darkode less than two weeks after coordinated worldwide raids took it down

9 years ago

Hacking Team Developed Wi-Fi Hijacking Hardware For Drones

Hardware for attacking computers via Wi-Fi caught the attention of a Boeing defense subsidiary, which wanted to use its drones…

9 years ago