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UK National Lottery Hit By Peak-Time DDoS Attack

The National Lottery's website and mobile app were taken offline for 90 minutes, blocking last-minute online ticket sales

7 years ago

More Than 500 ‘Significant’ Attacks Reported To National Cybersecurity Centre

More than 1,000 cyber incidents were reported to the National Cyber Security Centre in its first year, including some affecting…

7 years ago

Additional Google Account Security Aims To ‘Deter Political Hackers’

The programme, aimed at high-profile executives and politicians, is to introduce a secont physical key and block access to data…

7 years ago

Intelligence Experts Say Cyber-Thieves, Nation-State Hackers Teaming Up

ANALYSIS: Imagine a world where state-sponsored hackers team up with financial criminals to use ever more sophisticated tools to break…

7 years ago

Researchers Drain Bitcoin Account Using Known Mobile SS7 Flaw

Positive Technologies used a known flaw in the SS7 mobile messaging protocol to take over a Gmail account and the…

7 years ago

Vevo Hackers Release Then Delete 3TB Of Internal Files

The white-hat hacking group OurMine said it released the files after a Vevo employee allegedly told them, 'f-- off, you…

7 years ago

US Arrests Chinese Man For Multiple Cyber-Attacks

The 36-year-old was arrested in Los Angeles on hacking charges linked to the high-profile hacks of the US Office of…

7 years ago

Russian APT28 ‘Hacking Hotels To Steal Guests’ Passwords’

The allegedly state-backed hacking group has been implicated in an information-stealing campaign targeting guests at hotels in Europe and the…

7 years ago

Support Grows For A GPS Backup System Amidst Hacking Danger

South Korea and the US have signalled their support for a land-based radio navigation system as incidents of GPS disruption…

7 years ago

Modder Makes Ultra-Thin ‘Raspberry Pi 3 Slim’ Computer

Hardware hacker NODE sawed off everything that projects up from the Raspberry Pi 3's board to create a 1.2GHz system…

7 years ago

Hackers Steal Data From Security Researcher

Hacker group 31337 Hackers says it is carrying out a broad campaign targeting the security analysts who help track down…

7 years ago

Black Hat 2017: Hacked Car Wash Could ‘Physically Attack’ People

Researchers show they can access an internet-connected car wash using the default password and program it to damage cars or…

7 years ago

DefCon: Hackers Find Voting Machine Security Flaws

Five voting machines, most of which are currently in use in the US, were found to be easily hackable at…

7 years ago

US And Russia ‘Exploring’ Joint Cyber Security Group

Russia and the United States are reportedly exploring the creation of a joint cyber security team

7 years ago

Report: Hackers ‘Likely’ Compromised UK Energy Control Systems

A warning reportedly sent by the NCSC warns of attacks on British energy firms, following last month's hack of a…

7 years ago

Researchers Find Way To Recover NotPetya Files

Encryption errors mean it may be possible to manually recover files encrypted by the NotPetya malware last month, researchers say

7 years ago

US Acknowledges Cyber Attack On Nuclear Power Plant

The Wolf Creek facility in Kansas was one of at least a dozen energy companies affected by the hacks, but…

7 years ago

President Trump U-Turns On Russia Cyber Security Partnership

Russian hackers are widely believed to have meddled in last year's US Presidential election

7 years ago

Eugene Kaspersky Offers To Disclose Company Source Code To US Government

Kaspersky Lab CEO willing to work with US authorities dispel long-standing rumours about his ties to the Russian government

7 years ago

China, Canada Sign Latest Pact Barring Economic Hacking

The deal follows a similar arrangement with the UK and is thought to signal a shift in Beijing's approach to…

7 years ago

Wikileaks Reveals CIA Tool To Hack ‘Air Bridged’ Computers

"Brutal Kangarooā€¯ tool used by US spooks to hack into computers not connected to the Internet

8 years ago

US Blames North Korea Government For Cyber Attacks

Nation state hacking is again in the spotlight as tensions rise between North Korea and the US

8 years ago

Russian Voter System Tampering The Result Of Typical Weak Security

The compromise of a highly classified report by an NSA contractor is serious enough, but the poor security measures were…

8 years ago

Putin: ‘Russian Patriots’, Not Government, Responsible For Foreign Election Cyber Attacks

Vladimir Putin goes on the defensive as fallout from US election continues

8 years ago

WannaCry Ransom Note ‘Written By Chinese Speaker’

Researchers have found a linguistic link between WannaCry's ransom notes and the language used in southern China, Taiwan or Singapore

8 years ago

Pacemaker Code ‘Contains 8,000 Vulnerabilities’

Researcher warns of troubling security vulnerabilities with pacemaker devices

8 years ago

Yahoo’s Lack Of Cooperation Is Slammed By German Cyber Agency

BSI chief recommends German users consider switch switching to other email providers

8 years ago

Trump Signs Executive Order To Upgrade US Cyber Defences

Cyber defences of US government agencies to be upgraded after President Trump orders order

8 years ago

HandBrake Malware Targets Mac Users Via Download Server Hack

Hackers last week replaced the latest Mac version of the HandBrake DVD ripping software with a file-stealing trojan horse

8 years ago

British Youth Receives Two Year Sentence For DDoS Attacks

Adam Mudd admitted to running the 'Titanium Stresser' DDoS attack tool out of his bedroom in Hertfordshire

8 years ago