Dozens of Clinton Emails Censored for Security Reasons
Dozens of emails that traversed Hillary Clinton’s private, unsecure home server contain national security information now deemed too sensitive to make public, according to …
DDoS Attacks Take Down RBS, Ulster Bank, and Natwest Online Systems
The Royal Bank of Scotland group of banks suffered nearly a fifty minute outage to their on-line banking systems today as a result of …
Daybreak Games Hit By Lizard Squad After CEO Threatens Hacker, Surprising Absolutely Nobody
Former Sony Online Entertainment chief John Smedley—now the president of Daybreak Games—publicly threatened convicted Lizard Squad hacker Julius Kivimaki on Twitter recently, saying that …
Hackers send ‘unexplained’ orders to German Patriot missile battery
This post is appearing on Autoblog Military, Autoblog’s sub-site dedicated to the vehicles, aircraft and ships of the world’s armed forces. Well, this is …
Israeli Computer Expert Works to Simplify Cyber Security
You want to send a PDF to your colleague, but the information is sensitive. You password-protect the document (encryption) and store it on your …
US personnel agency takes system offline after security flaw detected
Problems for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management aren’t letting up. The government agency said Monday it had suspended a system used for background …
Filesharing “a gateway into the dark side” says UK police chief
Unauthorised filesharing can be a “gateway” to online crime, according to Andy Archibald, deputy director of the National Cyber Crime Unit at the National …
Why the “biggest government hack ever” got past the feds
In April, federal authorities detected an ongoing remote attack targeting the United States’ Office of Personnel Management (OPM) computer systems. This situation may have …
European regulators tackle Facebook over privacy
One arm of the European Union is looking into whether Facebook and other tech companies unfairly favour their own services over those of rivals. …
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