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Destructive Cyber-Attacks Double In First Half Of 2019
Attacks seeking to wreak havoc on targets’ systems have risen sharply, with the manufacturing sector accounting for half of all incidents, finds IBM X-Force
Facebook Campus Given All-Clear After ‘False Positive’ Sarin Alert
Four postal warehouses were evacuated on Monday after parcel erroneously tested positive for sarin nerve agent
Researchers: Malware Surge ‘Could Indicate Imminent Attack’
Another NotPetya? The rapid spread of VPNFilter malware could mean plans for a fresh attack on the Ukraine – where previous worldwide attacks also began
YouTube Blogger Kills Herself and Shoots Three Others
Shooter rampage, as blogger shoots three people at YouTube headquarters before killing herself
‘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
Apple Users Stung By First Ever Mac Ransomware
Palo Alto Networks uncovers nasty ransomware buried in Transmission file sharing software for Macs – infected users will have their data encrypted today!
Greater Manchester Police Website Suffers DoS Attack
Police website knocked offline for several hours following denial-of-service attack
Experts Condemn eBay After XSS Attack Puts Users At Risk
Security experts have condemned the online security at eBay after another attack exposes user data
Brain Dead Security Unleashes Zombie Attack Hoax
US radio and TVs issued zombie attack warnings because of poor security. Wayne Rash wants more brains
ICO Struggles To Get Website Back Online After ‘Bot Attack’
A suspected DDoS hit is causing the ICO problems
TeaMp0isoN Hacks MI6 Phones
Mischievous hacktivists phone-bomb the UK intelligence agency
Cyber-Criminals Turning To ‘Malnets’ For Infrastructure
Attackers are increasingly using established infrastructure to deliver malicious payloads, giving security vendors a new way of offering protection, according to Blue Coat
The Accidental Terrorist – Anonymous’ Stooges Stage Attacks
A poisoned Website is tricking innocent visitors into becoming an unwitting part of the Anonymous DDoS army
Mass SQL Injection Storm Uses Search Engines And Automation
The third mass injection attack in a year uses search engines as a reconnaissance tool to identify sites to hit and then directs users to Lilupophilupop.com
RSA Attack Was Part Of A Wider Campaign: Report
The RSA Security hack was part of a wave of incidents that hit hundreds of companies, according to experts
Massive SQL Injection Attack Hits A Million Pages
LizaMoon attacks may have waned but code injection is still rife with a million pages infected in a new wave
DHS Dismisses Anonymous SCADA Threat
US authorities dismissed Anonymous collective’s industrial systems attack threat – for the time being
Linux Headache Is Latest Cyber Security Challenge
Competitors in the Cyber Security Challenge UK have been battling each other to fend of Linux attacks
North Korea Mounted DDoS Attack On South Korea
McAfee has analysed the resilient and destructive botnet that paralysed South Korean Websites in March
Cyber-Thieves Aim At Cloud And Virtualised Servers
Cyber-criminals are attacking virtualised data centre systems and targeting cloud environments
Massive Chinese Phishing Cyber-Attack Targets Gmail
Google has disclosed that a large-scale, spear-phishing attack focused on government officials and activists
Another Comodo Partner Hit By SQL Injection Attack
Though no certificates were affected, a SQL injection attack exposed customer data for Comodo’s Brazil partner
Analysts: Free Zeus Kit Will Mean More Malware
The release of Zeus’ source code means more cyber-criminals will soon be using the infamous banking Trojan
OpenID Vulnerable To Authentication Attack Flaw
The OpenID Foundation has warned of a flaw that could be exploited by attackers to modify data
Bin Laden Attack Accidentally Tweeted By Witness
An Abbottabad resident tweeted about a noisy night of helicopters and explosions – not realising the truth
Barracuda Networks Embarrassed By Database Hack
Hacked security company Barracuda lost email addresses of employees, channel partners and sales leads
Symantec: Targeted Cyber Attacks On The Rise
2010 was the year targeted attacks got serious, using multiple zero-day flaws and social engineering
Paul Allen’s Book Attack On Gates And Ballmer
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s upcoming memoir accuses Gates and Ballmer of colluding against him
EU Shuts Off Webmail After Another Cyber-Attack
The European Government was forced to shut off remote access to email during a five-day long cyber-attack