A years-long campaign of seemingly disparate cyberattacks against Tibetan and Uyghur activists likely comes from a single group of hackers, according to a seven-month study by Palo Alto Networks.
Jeremy Kirk |
25 Jan |
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An Austrian airplane component maker for Boeing and Airbus said earlier this week a cybercrime-related fraud has caused it €50 million (US$54 million) in damages.
Jeremy Kirk |
22 Jan |
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A vendor of audio visual networking equipment replaced one serious security vulnerability with another in a long line of products, despite being warned of the dangers.
Jeremy Kirk |
22 Jan |
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A number of Ukrainian power companies are seeing fresh cyberattacks following ones in December that briefly knocked out power for tens of thousands of customers.
Jeremy Kirk |
21 Jan |
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FireEye has acquired Texas-based iSight Partners for US$200 million, a deal that executives say will give FireEye stronger intelligence on cybercriminal and hacking groups before they strike.
Jeremy Kirk |
21 Jan |
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IBM's X-Force researchers have found that the latest version of Dridex uses a DNS (Domain Name System) trick to direct victims to fake banking websites.
Jeremy Kirk |
20 Jan |
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Oracle admins will be busy: The company issued 248 patches on Tuesday, its largest-ever release, according to one security vendor.
Jeremy Kirk |
20 Jan |
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A protocol designed and promoted by the British government for encrypting voice calls has a by-design weakness built into it that could allow for mass surveillance, according to a University College London researcher.
Jeremy Kirk |
20 Jan |
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A relatively simple phishing attack could be used to compromise the widely used password manager LastPass, according to new research.
Jeremy Kirk |
17 Jan |
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Apple hasn't completely fixed a weakness in Gatekeeper, its security technology that blocks harmful applications from being installed.
Jeremy Kirk |
15 Jan |
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One-time passcodes, a crucial defense for online banking applications, are being intercepted by a malware program for Android, according to new research from Symantec.
Jeremy Kirk |
13 Jan |
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To make timekeeping more reliable, Microsemi is releasing two appliances it says are hardened against attacks and have better redundancy if other services such as GPS aren't working.
Jeremy Kirk |
12 Jan |
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A discovery by a well-known Google security researcher provides further proof how antivirus programs designed to shield computers from attacks can sometimes provide a doorway for hackers.
Jeremy Kirk |
12 Jan |
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A new study of a cyberattack last month against Ukrainian power companies suggests malware didn't directly cause the outages that affected at least 80,000 customers.
Jeremy Kirk |
11 Jan |
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A cyberattack that knocked out power in the Ukraine last month is believed to have been initiated by a hacking group with strong Russian interests.
Jeremy Kirk |
08 Jan |
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