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Microsoft Takes Control Of ‘Thallium’ Hacking Domains
Cyber win. Web domains used by North Korean hacking group Thallium have been seized by Microsoft
ECB Closes Website After Breach By ‘Unauthorised Parties’
European central bank shuts down banking industry website after it discovers it was accessed by unknown parties
Texas Suffers ‘Co-ordinated’ Ransomware Attack
Local government departments across Texas have been attacked with ransomware from ‘single threat actor’
Chinese Government Hackers Moonlight For Extra Cash – FireEye
Will hack for cash!. Team of Chinese government-backed hackers conduct cyber operations on the side for cash
Microsoft Says Russia’s Strontium Behind IoT Hacks
Russian state-sponsored hackers linked to GRU, identified by Microsoft as attacking IoT devices
Chinese Ministry Hackers Hit Eight Services Firms – Report
China’s Ministry of State Security implicated in report on hacking attacks on US and Japanese IT services giants
Ransomware Hackers Get Paid By Another US City
Another US city opts to hand over hundreds of thousands dollars to hackers after ransomware attack
Eurovision Webcast Hacked With Fake Tel Aviv Missile Attack
Cyber attack blamed on Hamas after Eurovision semi-final webcast hacked with fake missile warning
Collection 2 Data Breach Exposes 2.2 Billion Unique Accounts
Massive new data dump of 2.2 records are being distributed on hacker forums and torrents
US Files Charges Against Two ‘Chinese Government Hackers’
Two Chinese men belonging to Advanced Persistent Threat 10 hacking group are charged by US authorities
MoD Secrets Exposed In Multiple Data Breaches – Report
Sensitive British defence data has been exposed in multiple breaches in 2017, heavily redacted incident reports show
British Airways Hack ‘Compromises’ Customers’ Financial Details
The incident involved the theft of payment card details over a period of two weeks at the height of the summer season
Chinese Hackers Target Alaska Government – Report
Ahead of Alaska’s trade mission to China, hackers targetted state government and local utility firms
Russian Hackers Penetrate US Electrical Grid – Report
Blackout threat? Russian linked hacking group has compromised networks of American electric utilities
US Blames Russia For Energy Grid Attacks
United States officials have for the first time publicly blamed the Russian government for two years of cyber attacks on the US power grid
Chinese Hackers Target UK Think Tanks
British think tanks are being repeatedly target by Chinese hacking groups, Crowdstrike warns
Five Steps To Keep North Korean Hackers Out Of Your Network
ANALYSIS: You can’t prevent all attempts to penetrate your enterprise security, but you can impede the attackers and you can keep them from getting the data they want
Equifax Was Warned Months Before Attack, Researcher Claims
Oh dear. Firm was apparently warned about website vulnerability, months before devastating data breach
Israeli Spies Claim Kaspersky Anti-Virus Software Was Used By Russian Hackers To Spy On US Intelligence Ops
Kaspersky vehemently denies being involved in any Russian spying activities
Russian Hackers ‘Used Antivirus Software’ To Steal NSA Data
Kaspersky rejects claims it was directly involved and asks why didn’t the NSA report the alleged flaw
Sonic Drive-In Data Breach Potentially Exposes 5m Customer Credit Cards
The stolen credit card details are up for sale in a cyber thief’s bazaar
Equifax Hack Exposes Personal Data Of 143 Million People
Shares plunge in credit reporting firm after massive data breach of the personal data of half the US population
WikiLeaks Hacked By Saudi-Based OurMine
OurMine group claims Wikileaks ‘hack’ after it managed to poison its DNS web address
WannaCry ‘Hero’ Pleads Not Guilty To Kronos Malware Charges
Marcus Hutchins, who helped stop the WannaCry attack, rejects six charges of helping to create and spread the Kronos banking malware
HBO Hackers Leak More TV Shows But Not Game Of Thrones As £5m Ransom Isn’t Met
Hackers release more TV episodes and could release more, alongside contact details of actors and legal documents unless HBO pays £5m
Facebook, Ford Foundation & GitHub Donate £229,990 To Open Source Bug Bounty Program
Internet Bug Bounty receives cash donations to expand its Internet safety program.
Verizon Won’t Be The Last to Leave Data Exposed In The Cloud
ANALYSIS: Once again, security researchers have found that data has been left open and improperly secured in the cloud and it’s going to keep happening
Ukraine Police Seize Servers Of Accountancy Software Firm To Stop NotPetya
Intellect Services denies any role in the spread of NotPetya
Hackers Could Use Brainwaves To Make Educated Guesses On Passwords And PINs
Clever algorithms can figure out passwords using stolen brainwave data