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DDoS attacks double as criminals leverage home routers, WordPress plugins
The number of distributed denial-of-service attacks in the second quarter of this year was more than double that of last year, according to a …
Crooks exploit public bug to plant adware on Yosemite Macs
A vulnerability in OS X Yosemite that went public last month is being used by cyber criminals to plant adware on Macs, a security …
Second Flash Player zero-day exploit found in Hacking Team’s data
The huge cache of files recently leaked from Italian surveillance software maker Hacking Team is the gift that keeps on giving for attackers. Researchers …
U.S. says computer hacking forum Darkode dismantled, 12 charged
U.S. authorities working with law enforcement officials abroad have shut down the Darkode online forum used by cybercriminals around the world and charged 12 …
Cyberattack on Penn State exposes passwords of 18K people
Pennsylvania State University’s College of Engineering revealed Friday that it has been the target of two “highly sophisticated” cyberattacks over the last two years. …
Lawmakers criticize FBI’s request to mandate encryption back doors
U.S. lawmakers are skeptical of an FBI request for Congress to mandate encryption workarounds in smartphones, with critics saying Wednesday that back doors would …
IT security is not an optional extra
IT security is often thought of as being a cost to business, rather than a source of revenue, leading many organisations to see whether …
Bank Hackers Steal Millions via Malware
In late 2013, an A.T.M. in Kiev started dispensing cash at seemingly random times of day. No one had put in a card or …
The NSA’s Undetectable Hard Drive Hack Was First Demonstrated a Year Ago
News broke earlier this week about the NSA’s “most sophisticated” malware yet: An undetectable backdoor that can filter information to and from a hard …
Cyber bank robbers steal $1bn, says Kaspersky report
Up to 100 banks and financial institutions worldwide have been attacked in an “unprecedented cyber robbery”, claims a new report. Computer security firm Kaspersky …
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