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Foreign Office ‘Targeted By Sustained Cyber-Attack’
The British government was the subject of a sophisticated phishing campaign for several months last year, researchers say
Documents Show NSA Hacked SWIFT Service Provider
Documents released by hacking group Shadow Brokers detail efforts to monitor the systems of SWIFT money transfer service providers
MPs: Foreign Governments ‘Interfered’ With Brexit Vote
Evidence suggests a DDoS attack was used to take down the voting registration site before the landmark vote
WikiLeaks Will Work With Manufacturers To Develop ‘Fixes’ For CIA Hacking Tools
The whistleblowing site will publish 'additional documents' after fixes have been pushed out to citizens
NCSC: UK Bombarded By State Cyber-Attacks
The UK is hit by dozens of serious threats to national cyber-security each month, says NCSC head Ciaran Martin
London & Scotland Are More Affected By Financial Cyber-Crime
One in three Londoners said they had been hit by financial computer crime
Journalist Brian Krebs ‘Unmasks’ Mirai Botnet Developer
The IoT botnet code was used to power an attack that knocked Twitter and Netflix offline last year
Dutch Developer Backdoor Scam ‘Affects 20,000 Users’
A developer installed back-doors in online shops and used the details he collected for sophisticated financial fraud, Dutch police say
Rudy Giuliani Is To Head Donald Trump’s Cybersecurity Taskforce
Former major of New York Giuliani accepts position as leader of Donald Trump's new cybersecurity team
Britain Launches Cyber Security Inquiry
After Russian hacking of US election, the UK launches a national security inquiry into cyber defences
‘Russian Malware’ Hits US Electric Company As Tensions Rise
A Vermont electric utility found code connected with the alleged Russian hacking campaign on its network
US Expels Russian Diplomats For Cyber Attacks
35 Russian diplomats handed their marching orders by the United States in revenge for cyber attacks
Hacked Sony Music Tweets Britney Spears ‘Death’ Hoax
Sony Music has confirmed several tweets announcing Britney Spears' demise were the result of a 'compromise'
SWIFT Discloses More Successful Bank Heists
Attacks have continued since the Bangladesh heist, with one-fifth resulting in fraud
Obama Orders Full Review Of Russia Election ‘Hacking’
The review is to examine government-sponsored hacks going back to 2008
Mega-Breach Exposes 412 Million AdultFriendFinder Accounts
Friend Finder Network breach includes Penthouse.com users and 'deleted' accounts
Tesco Bank Halts Transactions After Online Fraud
Cash taken from 40,000 bank accounts over the weekend, prompting Tesco to halt online transactions
Developer Pulls Anti-Mirai IoT Worm After Backlash
The 'anti-worm worm' was intended as a proof of concept, but experts warned of further security risk
US Names Arrested Russian As Alleged LinkedIn, Dropbox Hacker
Yevigeniy Nikulin, a 29-year-old Moscow resident, allegedly conspired with two others to hack LinkedIn, Dropbox and other sites
‘Sophisticated’ DNS Attack Used IoT Gadgets To Target Dyn
The DDoS attack was unusual in its scale and was backed up by a large Mirai IoT botnet, Dyn says
Yahoo ‘Temporarily’ Disables Email Forwarding As Users Seek To Flee
The change makes it more difficult for email users to switch away from the embattled company
US Officially Blames Russia For Democratic Party Hack
US intelligence officials say they are 'confident' the hack was authorised by 'Russia's senior-most officials'
Turkey Bans Cloud Storage Sites Amidst Email Furore
Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and GitHub were all reportedly made inaccessible over the weekend
Hacker Jailed For Stealing £88,000 In Gold Bullion
The hacker used data from a bullion trading company's systems to intercept packages
Government Plans ‘Active’ Cyber Security Approach
Government plans to show more cyber-security initiative, says head of new National Cyber Security Centre, as NAO describes cabinet IT disarray
Russian Hackers Release US Athletes’ Doping Data
Anti-doping officials confirm hackers accessed sensitive medical records related to Rio 2016
Ransomware ‘Nearly Half Of All Cloud Malware’
Nearly half of all malware found in enterprise cloud applications is now ransomware, according to new figures
Obama Warns Of Cyber ‘Wild West’
Nation-states with advanced cyber-weapons risk entering into a new 'arms race', warns US president
Rio 2016 Olympics Suffered Sustained 540Gbps DDoS Attacks
Arbor security claims Rio was a success in terms of mitigating powerful, prolonged DDoS attacks